Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MEDIA POLICY İLT360 6. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 3.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals This course aims to introduce the way that media industry is structured together with the critical evaluation of widespread approaches to the media. It also offers an explanation of the political economy of the contemporary media environment.
Course Content The structure of today’s media industry is addresses critically within the framework of the economy politics approach and neoliberal policies.
Learning Outcomes 1) It explains the scope of the media policy
2) It differentiates certain approaches to the media policy analysis
3) It evaluates the place of media policy in the whole social formation
4) It defines the main actors of media policy.
5) It evaluates the historical development of modern media and capitalist system
6) It dİfferentiates the advantages of the political economy approach to other approaches on the inquiry of media policy .
7) It evaluates the relationship between neoliberal policy and media policy.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction to the course. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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2. Week A brief history of political economy; critical political economy of communication. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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3. Week Regulation as a new framework on media policy; Different regulation according to medium, region and period Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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4. Week Historical background of public service broadcasting and BBC Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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5. Week Neoliberalism: Changing function of the state, deregulation, new marketization forms. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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6. Week Convergence and regulatory bodies. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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7. Week Midterm Exams Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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8. Week Media policy in post-socialist nation-states from state monopolies to the privates Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Media management, class issue and control. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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10. Week A periodisation for media policies in Turkey Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
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11. Week Media policy in Turkey: From single-party regime to multi-party regime. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Media policy in Turkey: Transition to Neoliberalism. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week The current state of the media industry and media policy in Turkey. Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General evaluation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Opinion Pool
Storyline 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Adaklı, Gülseren (2006) Türkiye'de medya endüstrisi: Neoliberalizm çağında mülkiyet ve kontrol ilişkileri, Ankara: Ütopya.
Bourdieu, Pierre (1997) Televizyon Üzerine, çev. T. Ilgaz, İstanbul: YKY
EUMAP (2005) Avrupa’da televizyon: Düzenleme, politikalar ve bağımsızlık, İzleme Raporu 2005: Türkiye, Ankara: OSI.
Hobsbawm, Eric (1996) “Kriz onyılları”, Kısa 20. yüzyıl 1914-1991: Aşırılıklar çağı, çev. Y. Alogan, İstanbul: Sarmal, 465-497.
Marx, Karl (1997) Kapital: Kapitalist üretimin eleştirel bir tahlili (1. Cilt), çev. A. Bilgi, Ankara: Sol, 47-73.
Mattelart, Arman (2001) İletişimin dünyasallaşması, çev. H. Yücel, İstanbul: İletişim.
Murdock, Graham ve Peter Golding (1997) “Kültür, iletişim ve ekonomi politik”, çev. D. B. Kejanlıoğlu, İrvan, S. (der.) Medya Kültür Siyaset içinde, Ankara: Ark.
Murdock, Graham ve Peter Golding (2001) “Ortak pazarlar: Birleşik Krallık ve Avrupa’da şirket hırsları ve iletişim eğilimleri”, çev. A. Topal, Praksis: 4 (Güz), 314-331.
Pekman, Cem (2003) “Evrensel müzik, evrensel politikalar: Bölgesel bir AB müzik politikası olanaklı mı?”, M. G. Bek (der.) Avrupa Birliği ve Türkiye’de İletişim Politikaları içinde, Ankara: Ümit, 205-236.
Shutt, Harry (2003) Kapitalizmle derdim var, çev. N. Sungur ve A. Çakmak, İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, (“Giriş”: 7-11; “Refah döneminin sonu ve neoklasik tepki”: 40-51)

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 32 37
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 1
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 10
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 20
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