Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF COMMUNATION SBUS1037 3. Semester 2 + 0 2.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
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Goals The aim of the course is explaining development of human communication and technology on a historical aproach.
Course Content Curse is teaching the development of communication technologies, oral and written culture, mass media, media and related events and phenomena around the social and historical contexts, in relation to the history of civilization.
Learning Outcomes 1) The student discerns concepts of history and the history of civilisation.
2) The student recognizes the relationship between communication and the history of civilization.
3) The student periodizes the concept of communication from the beginning of human history.
4) The student identifies and compares the concepts of written and oral culture.
5) The student discerns the acquired meaning of communication history within a general and holistic structure.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course Lecture

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
2. Week On the concept of history Lecture; Discussion

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
3. Week "Prehistoric" forms of communication from the perspective of history of civilization Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
4. Week Oral/written culture: Horizons of writing from object to symbol Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
5. Week The development of writing systems Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
6. Week Alphabets and literacy Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
7. Week From manuscripts to printing press Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
8. Week Commercial news/birth of journalism Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
9. Week Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution: Impact of electricity Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
10. Week Industrial Revolution and mass media: The birth of mass communication, the origins of contemporary journalism, the development of the advertising sector Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
11. Week The foundations of audiovisual culture: Photography, film, radio Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
12. Week Television: World according to small screen Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
13. Week Age of information: impact of informational technologies Lecture; Question Answer

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) Seminar
14. Week General Evaluation and Discussion Question Answer; Discussion

 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
• Crowley, D., Heyer, P. (2019), İletişim Tarihi, Siyasal Kitabevi (5. Baskı) • Harari, Yuval Noah (2019). Hayvanlardan Tanrılara Sapiens, Kollektif Kitap, (52. Baskı) • Mankind / insanoğlu (Belgesel dizi)
 Armand Mattelart (2001) İletişimin Dünyasallaşması, çev. Halime Yücel, İstanbul: İletişim.
 David Crowley & Paul Heyer (2007), İletişim Tarihi, Çev. Berkay Ersöz, Ankara: Siyasal kitabevi
 Eric J. Hobsbawm (2005) Devrim Çağı, çev. B. S. Şener, Ankara: Dost.
 George Basalla (2010) Teknolojinin Evrimi, Ankara: TÜBİTAK.
 Gordon Childe [1941] Tarihte Neler Oldu?, çev. A. Şenel ve M. Tunçay, İstanbul: Alan.
 Jean-Noel Jeanneney (1998) Başlangıcından Günümüze Medya Tarihi, çev. Esra Atuk, İstanbul: YKY.
 Korkmaz Alemdar (1981) Türkiye’de Çağdaş Haberleşmenin Tarihsel Kökenleri, Ankara: AİTİA Yayını
 Raymond Williams (2003) Televizyon, teknoloji ve kültürel biçim, çev. A.U. Türkbağ, Ankara: Dost, 9-26.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 1
Seminar 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 8
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 8
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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