COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDIA, GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 2028 MEDIA, GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PINAR KAYA ÖZÇELIK

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

: It is aimed to research media, politics and democracy with their complex structure. The course aims to explore some aspects of both national and international levels. It is aimed to research media where it has become fourth force. It is also aimed to investigate media s impact on the public and international politics

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand historical, political, moral impacts which organized relationship between media, politics and democracy
2   Being able to analyse contemporary dangers in media and democracy theories which emerge in democratic and anti-democratic countries
3   Being able to interpret media in historical process and in the context of democracy.
4   Being able to explain the relationship in different cultures and political tendencies of democracy, government and media.
5   Being able to analyses media structure in turkey, government and media interaction and the effects of the existance of democracy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition and analyse of Political Party and power
2 The emergence, development and typologies of political parties in the world
3 The emergence of political parties in Turkey, political movements in Ottoman period
4 Political parties after foundation of Republic, the process of CHF, opponent political parties in single party period and effects of them on Turkish political life
5 Conditions preparing and accelerating multi-party period in 1945
6 Legal conditions of founding political party in Turkey, The law of political parties
7 Midterm
8 Midterm
9 Concept of media, roles of written-visual media organs in globalization period
10 Government media relations, the position of media in shaping political life
11 Concept of democracy, definition and evaluation of democracy understandings
12 Problem of Closing party in democracies and Turkey cases
13 Problem of democracy inside party
14 The roles of political parties in the context of globalisation in 21.century and their changing functions
15 An evaluation about interactions between media, government and democracy
16 final

Recomended or Required Reading

Alemdar Korkmaz, Medya Gücü ve Demokratik Kurumlar, Afa Yay. 1999.
Arsev Bektaş, Kamuoyu, Iletişim ve Demokrasi, Bağlam Yay. 2000.
Lance Bennet, Politik Illüzyon ve Medya, Nehir Yay. 2000.
Jürgen Habermas, Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü, Iletişim Yay.1998.
Michael Milburn, Sosyo-psikolojik açıdan Kamuoyu ve Siyaset, Imge Kit. 1998
Robet McChesney, 21. Yzyılda Iletişim Politikaları, Kalkedon Yay.2003.
Thomas Meyer; Medya Demokrasisi, Medya Siyaseti Nasıl Sömürgeleştirir, Çev. Ahmet Fethi, Iş Bankası Kültür Yay. Istanbul: 2002
Noam Chomsky, Medya Gerçeği, Tümzamanlar Yay. 1993
Bertrand Russel, Iktidar, Cem Yay. 2002
Alexsis De Tocqueville, Amerika da Demokrasi, Türk Siyasi Ilimler Derneği Yay. Siyasi Ilimler Serisi- 4, 1962.
Giovanni Sartori, Demokrasi Teorisine Dönüş, Yetkin Kit.,1996
Lous Althusser .; Yeniden Üretim Üzerine, Ideoloji ve Devletin Ideolojik Aygıtları ile Birlikte, Ithaki,:2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Students have to prepare themselves every week regarding the matters specified in the course syllabus.
Preparation of presentations benefiting from relevant sources
To contribute to mutual discussion
Making article analyses
Case discussion
Term project preparation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

t.ozuerman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 107

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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