This course aims to enable students to comprehend the relationship between media and politics within a historical and theoretical framework, and to critically evaluate the functioning of mass media in the context of communication theories and media literacy. It also aims to develop students' ability to analyze media content by addressing contemporary issues such as propaganda, fact-checking, gender, and violence.

History of communication and media; concepts of communication and political communication; mass communication theories (liberal and critical approaches); theoretical contributions of Habermas, Gramsci, and Chomsky; political economy of media in Turkey; analysis of topics such as media and violence, media and gender roles, media and children; media, public opinion, international relations, and media and propaganda.