Communication

Digital Storytelling(COM420)

Course Code Course Name Semester Theory Practice Lab Credit ECTS
COM420 Digital Storytelling 8 2 0 0 2 3
Prerequisites
Admission Requirements
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Type Elective
Course Level Bachelor Degree
Course Instructor(s) Nebahat AKGÜN ÇOMAK ncomak@gsu.edu.tr (Email)
Assistant
Objective What is Storytelling? The activity of telling or writing stories. relating to the telling or writing of stories. Storytelling is the oldest method of communication.
Content 1.Week: What is Digital Storytelling?
2.Week: Old cultures and Digital Storytelling.
3.Week: Mythology and Storytelling.
4.Week: Literatüre and Storytelling.
5.Week: Digital Storytelling and Digital Platform.
6.Week: Digital Literacy
7.Week: personel stories.
8.Week: News and Stortelling.
9.Week: Advertising and Storytelling.
10.Week: Brands and Storytelling.
11.Week: Stortelling and "21-K" Method.
12.Week: 2 or 3 minute digital shooting
13.Week:Digital Storytelling and Digital shooting.
14.Week: Digital Storytelling and Digital Presentation
Course Learning Outcomes 1.Digital Storytelling: What is Digital Storytelling?
2.Digital Storytelling: Old cultures and Digital Storytelling.
3.Digital Storytelling: Mythology and Digital Storytelling.
4.Digital Storytelling: Litarature and Digital Storytelling.
5.Digital Storytelling: Digital Stortelling and Digital Platforms.
6.Digital Storytelling: Digital literacy
7.Digital Storytelling: Personel stories.
Teaching and Learning Methods Participant Conference
References BEAUGRANDE Robert (2005) The Story of Grammers and the Grammer of Story.

BOYD Brian (2010) On the Origin of Stories. Evolution. Cognition and Fiction.

BROOKS Peter (2016) Psikanaliz and Storytelling. Boğaziçi Press. Istanbul.

ÇOMAK Akgün Nebahat (1995) Yazının İşlevsel Kullanımı. Der Yayınları. İstanbul.

ÇOMAK Akgün Nebahat (2005) "21-K" Method and Keloğlan Story.Istanbul.

ECK Jill (2006) An Anaysis of the Effectiveness of Stortelling (Master of Science Degree) The graduate School. University of Wisconsin.

ERGİN Muharrem (2009) Dede Korkut Hikayeleri. Boğaziçi Yayınları. İstanbul.

VAYNERCHUK Gary (2014) Sosyal medya Çağında Hikaye Anlatmak. Mediacat Yayıncılık. İstanbul.
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Theory Topics
Week Weekly Contents
1 What is Digital Storytelling?
2 Old cultures and Digital Storytelling.
3 Mythology and Digital Storytelling.
4 Literature and Storytelling.
5 Digital Storytelling and Digital Platforms.
6 Digital literacy
7 Personel stories.
8 News and Storytelling.
9 Advertising and Storytelling.
10 Brands and Storytelling.
11 Storytelling and "21-K" Method.
12 2 or 3 minute Digital shooting.
13 Digital Storytelling and Digital Shooting.
14 Digital Storytelling and Digital Presentations.
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 1 50
Presentation 1 50
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 0 0
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 2 100
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 14 1 14
Assignments 1 15 15
Final Examinations (including preparation) 1 15 15
Other 1 3 3
Total Workload 75
Total Workload / 25 3,00
Credits ECTS 3
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