Information Package / Course Catalogue
Communication Skills in Sports Management
Course Code: SPYB514
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

To introduce the field of media literacy, a new discipline in communication sciences; to draw attention to media texts and sexist, racist, discriminatory discourses / structures in the media sector and to comprehend its importance in media literacy.

Course Content

This lesson focuses on the necessity, nature of media literacy, basic approaches in the field, principles, critical media literacy and media literacy education, critical thinking, civics, gender, relationship with hate speech and new media literacy.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Pero Duygu DUMANGÖZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Explain the basic components of media by classifying
2.Knows that media texts, including news, are fiction.
3.He / she understands that the media reproduces the inequalities and distortions in the current social structure through the representations and discourses presented by the media; he / she recognizes the role the media plays in the shaping of mental maps and criticizes the discriminatory, racist, militaristic and sexist discourses circulated in the media texts.
4.He realizes that media literacy is part of a critical sense of civics.
5.Understands that the media is structurally biased because of its economic and industrial functioning.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.All kinds of scientific studies and publications related to the field.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Teaching Methods, Techniques and Strategies
Week 2 - Theoretical
Importance Of Human Relations In Social Life
Week 3 - Theoretical
Characteristics and elements of communication process
Week 4 - Theoretical
Communication Types and Features
Week 5 - Theoretical
Self-Recognition Process in Communication
Week 6 - Theoretical
Communication Barriers
Week 7 - Theoretical
Active Listening
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Mİdterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
You Language and I Language in communication
Week 10 - Theoretical
Empathy In Communication
Week 11 - Theoretical
Effective Family Communication
Week 12 - Theoretical
Effective Communication In-House
Week 13 - Theoretical
Effective Communication In Class
Week 14 - Final Exam
Final Exam.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment310236
Individual Work212126
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination110111
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
4
OÇ-2
4
OÇ-3
3
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026