Media and Children's Rights(COM404)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COM404 | Media and Children's Rights | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Prerequisites | |
| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Nilgün TUTAL ntutal@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective |
The objective of this course is to inform the students about the children’s rights and bring them in the ability of analyse the media outcome about children in a critical way of thinking. |
| Content | |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The student taking this class: - Learns the international texts and associations concerning children - To be informed about children’s rights - Can analyse the media outcome about children in a critical perspective - Learns the historical bacground of children’s media, the paradigms of child broadcasting and experiences - Learns how to make child proggramming |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | |
| References |
S. Alankuş (haz), Çocuk Odaklı Habercilik, IPS İletişim Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. B. Franklin (ed.), New Handbook of Children’s Rights; Comparative Policy and Practice, Routledge, London, 2002 |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concept of child and children’s rights in terms of social psicological and juridical processses and their historical evoluations |
| 2 | International texts and regulations on children’s rights - 1 |
| 3 | International texts and regulations on children’s rights - 2 |
| 4 | UNICEF and the endouvours on children’s rights |
| 5 | Juridical disinformations in news stories about children and suggestions for preventing them |
| 6 | Children’s rights in Turkish legal system – 1 (In the field of public law) |
| 7 | Children’s rights in Turkish legal system – 1 (In the field of private law) |
| 8 | Children who have special protection need and associations for them |
| 9 | Juvenile courts, being tried of children and children’s rights |
| 10 | Execution of child crimes and the associations of execution |
| 11 | The critical analysis of child broadcasting and participative perspective |
| 12 | Historical background of child broadcasting |
| 13 | Proggramming for children in radio and television and child pages in magazines amd newspapers |
| 14 | Child and children’s rights in Turkish cinema |
Practice Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|
Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 2 | 100 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 100 |
| 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 |
| Toplam | 1 | 100 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Will have effective written and oral communication skills in Turkish | X | ||||
| 2 | Will have a thorough knowledge of at least two foreign languages | X | ||||
| 3 | Will be informed about art and culture, human rights, social, professional and ethical values, law and legislation, quality standards, and will be aware of their responsibility on these subjects | X | ||||
| 4 | Will have sufficient knowledge about social sciences, professions and sectors in communication and media, innovative and entrepreneurial practices | X | ||||
| 5 | Will have the ability to use, in an effective and creative way, the techniques and tools and information technologies necessary for interactive and conventional media, in the context of health and safety in the workplace | X | ||||
| 6 | Will have the ability to develop documentary and fictional content related to their field for interactive and conventional media; also the ability to produce and manage this content in group | X | ||||
| 7 | Will have the theoretical knowledge and ability to carry out and share scientific work on communication environments and processes of interactive and conventional media and on the individual and social outcomes of the latter | X | ||||
| 8 | Will have the knowledge of analysis and modelling techniques to analyse interactive and conventional media and the communication environments and processes | X | ||||
| 9 | Will have the ability to question and critically analyse developments and problems concerning interactive and conventional media and the communication environments and processes, will be aware of the public interest, social responsibility and the environment, will be sensitive to contemporary world’s and Turkey's current problems; will develop a libertarian, democratic, constructive and problem-solving approach | X | ||||
| 10 | They are familiar with the historical development processes of electronic, digital media and film; and the current developments in these fields | X | ||||
| 11 | They learn sociological, cultural and aesthetic approaches in electronic, digital media and film | X | ||||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 63 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 2,52 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 3 | ||