International Communication (COM 513) | GSÜ

Content

Objective

The aim of this course is to critically examine the theoretical perspectives, concepts and approaches in the field of international communication that have emerged since the early 20th century within the political and socio-cultural context of their era and in reference to the important studies of the major authors.

Course Content

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Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students are expected to;
- understand the intricate relationship between the theories of international relations and the theories of international communication;
- recognize the role of propanda studies in the development of international communication as an academic area of inquiry;
- discuss the impact and consequences of theoretical perspectives including modernization, development, dependency and imperialism on international media and communications;
- explain the role UNESCO and other international bodies in the development of policies and instruments that concern international communication;
- recognize the contribution of current debates on orientalism and postcolonialism into international communication;
- understand the paradigms and criteria used to define comparative media systems.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Participating Conference

References

Selected readings:
Ole R. Holsti (no date), Theories of International Relations, http://people.duke.edu/~pfeaver/holsti.pdf

Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Matthew Paterson, Christian Reus-Smit and Jacqui True (2005) Theories of International Relations, Third edition, http://lib.jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/RefrenceFile/Theories-of-IR.pdf

Emel Akça (2004) “1990 Sonrası Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri ve İki Ülke Basınında Temsili: Karşılaştırmalı Söylem Çözümlemesi (Afganistan ve Irak Müdahaleleri), yayımlanmamış doktora tezi, Ege Üniversitesi.

Benedict Anderson (1983) Imagined Communities, https://www2.bc.edu/marian-simion/th406/readings/0420anderson.pdf

Armand Mattelart İletişimin Dünyasallaşması, İletişim yayınları, 2001.
İrfan Erdoğan (1995) Uluslararası İletişim, Kaynak yay.
William B. Gudykunst, Molefi Kete Asante , Eileen Newmark (2000) Handbook of international and intercultural communication, Sage Publications.
Hamid Mowlana (1997) Global information and world communication : new frontiers in international relations, London : SAGE Publications, 2nd ed.
İrfan Erdoğan (1994) Uluslararası iletişim : dünyanın çarpık düzeni, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235915757_Uluslararasi_Iletisim_Dunyanin_carpik_duzeni
Armand Mattelart (1996) La mondialisation de la communication, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
Robert W. McChesney, Ellen Meiksins Wood, and John Bellamy Foster (1998) Capitalism and the information age: the political economy of the global communication revolution, New York, NY : Monthly Review Press.
Sean MacBride...[ve öte.] Bir çok ses tek bir dünya: iletişim ve toplum - bugün ve yarın /; çev. Ertuğrul Özkök...[ve öte.] Ankara : Unesco Türkiye Milli Komisyonu, 1993.
Harold Lasswell (1927) Propaganda Techniques in World War I. London: M.I.T. Press, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015000379902;view=1up;seq=269
Hallin, D. C., & Mancini, P. (2004). Comparing media systems: Three models of media and politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hallin, D. C., & Mancini, P. (Eds.) (2012). Comparing media systems beyond the western world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Weekly Contents

Theory Topics
Week	Weekly Contents
1	Introduction
2	Theories of international relations
3	Propaganda Studies:1st World War
4	Propaganda Studies: 2nd World War
5	Modernization theory
6	Development theory
7	Mid-term exam
8	Dependency theory
9	Imperialism and cultural imperialism
10	New World Infıormation and Communication Order (NWICO) and UNESCO
11	Comparative International Media Systems
12	Globalisation and global media
13	Orientalism and postcolonialism
14	New media and informational capitalism

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities	Number	Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade	1	50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade	1	50
Total	2	100

In-Term Studies
Activities	Number	Contribution
Assignments	0	0
Presentation	0	0
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	40
Project	0	0
Laboratory	0	0
Other Applications	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0
Reports	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0
Seminar	0	0
Other	0	0
Make-up	0	0
Total	1	40

Relation of Proficiency

No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	The students understand and correlate the events both at the national and international levels.					X
2	The students follow innovations and developments in the media and communication Technologies.			X
3	The students know theoretical background, methods and applications required to realize researches and studies in the fields of media and communication.					X
4	Students acquire the analytical and synthesis skills.					X
5	Students have a critical point of view in evaluating events and phenomena.		X
6	Students acqueirent ethical values in the field of media and communication and defend the public interest, respect for human and individual rights.		X
7	Students acquirent the sensitivity to understand the diversity of cultures and societies.					X

ECTS

Activities	Number	Period	Total Workload
Class Hours	2	14	28
Working Hours out of Class	1	14	14
Assignments	0	0	0
Presentation	1	6	6
Midterm Examinations (including preparation)	1	12	12
Project	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Other Applications	0	0	0
Final Examinations (including preparation)	1	14	14
Quiz	0	0	0
Term Paper/ Project	0	0	0
Portfolio Study	0	0	0
Reports	0	0	0
Learning Diary	0	0	0
Thesis/ Project	0	0	0
Seminar	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
Make-up	0	0	0
Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Yıl Sonu	0	0	0
Hazırlık Bütünleme	0	0	0
Total Workload			74
Total Workload / 25			2.96
Credits ECTS			3