COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS AND METHODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YBS 4019 SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS AND METHODS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Management Information Systems

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VAHAP TECIM

Offered to

Management Information Systems

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to make students knowlegeable about how to use social media tools by businesses,the methods of studies over social media,analyzing and reporting of activities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explaining processes in social media
2   Using performance metrics in the study through the social media(campaing,advertisements etc.)
3   Presenting reports to firms using social media.
4   Having knowledge about managing social media tools.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Development of Social Media
2 Consumer Behaviors in Social Media
3 Creating Content in Social Media
4 Social Media Marketing and Feedbacks
5 Steps to Follow in evaluation of Social Media
6 Statistical Methods used in Social Media
7 Statistical Methods used in Social Media
8 Search Engine Optimization I
9 Search Engine Optimization II
10 Platforms that can be used in Evaluation and Analysis
11 Reporting of Social Media Analysis
12 Legal Aspects of Social Media and Ethic
13 Examples of Analysis Studies of Businesses
14 Examples of Analysis Studies of Businesses

Recomended or Required Reading

Main reference:Blanchard,O.(2011).Social Media ROI:Managing and Measuring Social Media Efforts in Your Organization,Pearson Education.
Subsidiary References:KIRIK,A.M & BÜYÜKASLAN, A. (2013), Sosyal Medya Araştırmaları 1, Çizgi Yayınevi.
Kara, T. & Özgen, E. (2012). Sosyal Medya/Akademi,Beta Yayınları.
Poynter,R. (2012) Internet ve Sosyal Medya Araştırmaları El Kitabı, Optimist Yayım Dağıtım

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.50 +MTE * 0.50
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 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

Success of students will be evaluated according to mid-term and final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Students will undergo two exams, one mid-term and one final.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The rules applied by the department is valid.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

will be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Case study 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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