Information Package / Course Catalogue
Communication and Media Ethics
Course Code: MİÇ506
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The course’s aim is to reveal the concepts of ethics and ethics with their historical, theoretical and institutional backgrounds, to discuss ethical problems encountered in the media through current examples and to introduce the students to the professional internal control mechanisms.

Course Content

Basic Concepts of Ethics; Ethics, Morals, Deontology, Basic Approaches Concerning Ethic, Communication Ethics, Media Ethics, Media Ownership And Media Control, Basic Ethical Issues; Private Life, İntimacyve and Personal Rights Etc., Relations with News Sources, New Media And Ethical Problems.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Yelda Özlem KÖLGELİER
Learning Outcomes
1.Understands the concepts of morality and ethics.
2.Develops an academic critical perspective on the current ethical problems of the media.
3.Gains the ability to be aware of ethical problems in the media.
4.Achieves the level of knowledge to compare the professional control mechanisms at the international level for the solution of ethical problems in the media.
5.Learns to look at the research from the perspective of ethics.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Uzun Ruhdan, İletişim Etiği: Sorunlar, Sorumluluklar, Dipnot Yayınları, 2009.
2.Işık Metin, İletişim ve Etik, Eğitim Yayınevi, 2019.
3.Claude-Jean Bertrand, Medya Etiği, Ankara, Özkan Matbaacılık, 2004.
4.Chomsky, Noam, Medya Denetimi, Everest Yayınları, 2005.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic Concepts of Ethics; Ethics, Morals, Deontology
Week 2 - Theoretical
Basic Approaches Concerning Ethics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Communication Ethics I
Week 4 - Theoretical
Communication Ethics II
Week 5 - Theoretical
Media Ethics
Week 6 - Theoretical
Basic Ethical Issues; Private Life, İntimacyve and Personal Rights Etc.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Basic Ethical Issues; Private Life, İntimacyve and Personal Rights Etc.
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
New Media And Ethical Problems
Week 10 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 11 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 12 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Presentations
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%50
Term Assignment1%20
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory152375
Term Project28220
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-2
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-3
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
OÇ-5
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026