Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
BASIC JOURNALISM	UGZT1101	1. Semester	2 + 0	2.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors	Gül KEÇELİOĞLU
Assistants
Goals	This course aims at introducing the basic concepts of journalism, and offers an understanding of the relationship between the practice of journalism and political and social developments.
Course Content	Different genres of journalism, liberal and critical approaches to journalism, media product in its economic and political context, journalism in the neoliberal age and journalism practice and journalism genres in Turkey.
Learning Outcomes	1) Context of journalism and news writing. 2) Being impartial, difference between fact and interpretation 3) Relations with sources 4) Parts of news, news writing

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	What is news and definition of news
2. Week	News and PR focus and fact and editorial
3. Week	Context of impartiality/objectivity
4. Week	Types of journalism practice
5. Week	Type of news 1: Hard news.
6. Week	Types of stories 2: Long form journalism
7. Week	Lonf form journalism (continues)
8. Week	Investigative journalism
9. Week	Organization of newspapers
10. Week	News sources
11. Week	Principles of relation with sources and types of asking
12. Week	Writing headline
13. Week	Writing the lead, body and background
14. Week	Reported speech, private names and numbers

Recommended Sources

Ders notları

Gazeteciliğe Başlarken, Bia Yayınları, İstanbul.

Gazetecilik, Ian Hargreaves, Dost Kitabevi Yayını, Ankara.

Hak Haberciliği, Bia Yayınları, İstanbul.

Rüzgarlı Sokak Belgeseli, Gazi Ün. İletişim Fk. Yapımı, Ankara.

Temel Gazetecilik, Oya Tokgöz, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara.

Utanıyorum Ama Gazeteciyim, Doğan Tılıç, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul.

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	2	28
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	2	28
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	15	15
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	40	40
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30