Information Package / Course Catalogue
Local Journalism
Course Code: BMY251
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The course focuses on the historical development of local media from Ottoman to today, the situation of local media, basic problems, function and importance of Anatolian media.

Course Content

The situation of local media in Turkey, basic problems, function and importance are explained.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Can define local press.
2. Knows the importance and functions of local press.
3.The local press understands the relation between democracy and public opinion.
4.Define the problems of local media
5.Have knowledge about the problems of local media.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Giving information about the content of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
The first edition in the West and the Ottoman Empire
Week 3 - Theoretical
Newspapers published in French and other languages in the Ottoman Empire
Week 4 - Theoretical
First newspapers published in Turkish in the Ottoman Empire, official press and official press functions
Week 5 - Theoretical
The press in the Tanzimat period and the Ottoman Provincial press
Week 6 - Theoretical
I. I. Legitimacy, II. Abdülhamit period and ii. Constitutional
Week 7 - Theoretical
News Agencies In The Ottoman Empire
Week 8 - Theoretical
Press and local press during the Republican period (Midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Press and local press during the Republican period
Week 10 - Theoretical
Functions, Duties and responsibilities of the press
Week 11 - Theoretical
Functions, duties, responsibilities, basic features of local press
Week 12 - Theoretical
Factors that promote local media and basic problems of local media
Week 13 - Theoretical
Factors that promote local media and basic problems of local media
Week 14 - Theoretical
Basic suggestions for strengthening the local press and general view of the Anatolian press, General Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%5
Project1%5
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment90218
Project1224
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)72
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026