Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Media
Course Code: HİRY524
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 aim of this course is to introduce the basics of mass communication. The course also introduces students to the community and the world, Turkey will gain the ability to perceive the relationship between media with economic and political developments.

Course Content

mass general definition of communication, means of mass communication, functions, processes and impacts, development of press in the world and in Turkey, photography and the history of cinema, radio broadcasting history, television radio and development in interaction with cinema, public broadcasting and private broadcasting notions, control the media, international treaties and organizations, broadcasting history in Turkey, public relations and advertising and its effect on the development of the internet revolution and Turkey

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students will be able to understand the basics of mass communication and media.
2.Students will have information about the history of Turkey and the world media.
3.Students will be able to identify and evaluate the social, political and cultural effects of media.
4.Students will learn about national and international media and institutions related to media.
5.Students will be able to critically evaluate the interaction between the media and the economic and political structure of the state.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Defleur, Melvin L. ve Dennis, Everette E. (2002). Understanding Mass Communication. 7. Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
2.Alemdar, Korkmaz (2001). İletişim ve Tarih. 2. Baskı, Ankara: Ümit Yayincilik.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Mass communication: an overview
Week 3 - Theoretical
Functions, tools, processes and effects of mass communication
Week 4 - Theoretical
Books, newspapers and magazines in the world & press in the Ottoman Empire
Week 5 - Theoretical
Photography and cinema
Week 6 - Theoretical
Development of radio broadcasting
Week 7 - Theoretical
Interaction of television with radio and cinema, development of TV broadcasting genres
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exams
Week 9 - Theoretical
Traditional news values, public and private broadcasting, functional approaches to broadcasting
Week 10 - Theoretical
Supervision in publishing & international media conventions and organizations
Week 11 - Theoretical
The history of broadcasting in Turkey
Week 12 - Theoretical
Current broadcasting in Turkey
Week 13 - Theoretical
Development of advertising and public relations in the world
Week 14 - Theoretical
Internet revolution and its effects in Turkey.
Week 15 - Theoretical
Final Exams
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132365
Midterm Examination129130
Final Examination129130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
5
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4
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2
4
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4
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3
5
4
1
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5
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4
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3
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026