Information Package / Course Catalogue
Persuation and Perception
Course Code: MİÇ623
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The effects of personal beliefs as well as their social/cultural references on the perception and comprehension of messages; displaying the rational as well as irrational roots of human decisions and behavior; examining them in the light of different persuasion theories to exhibit and analyze their impact on the communication and media.

Course Content

Perception, selective processes, the impact of the message characteristics on perception; relations between perceptions-beliefs- attitudes; effects of different persuasion theories on perceptions; analyzing advertising, public relations, news making, marketing messages from the point of view of informing versus manipulation, and the difference between them.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Yelda Özlem KÖLGELİER
Learning Outcomes
1.Examines perception and the selective processes related to it.
2.Examines the impact of personal beliefs and the social-cultural filters which constitute perceptions.
3.Examines the concept of perception and its role in the marketing/advertising process and brand formation.
4.Analyzes the persuasion concept and the persuasion theories which are formed in the context of communicational/sociological theories.
5.Examines consumer attitudes in the light of persuasion theories, and attitude theories and practice.
6.Analyzes and interprets the difference between information and manipulation.
7.Puts forward the basic clues in the formation of a persuasion ethics.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Borchers, T. A. (2013). Persuasion in the Media Age. Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc.
2.Cialdini, R.B. (2016). İknaya Açılan Kapı, Çev: Taner Gezer, Mediacat Yayınları, İstanbul.
3.Cialdini, R. B. (2007). İknanın Psikolojisi Teori Ve Pratik Birarada. Çev: Yasemin Flethcer. Mediacat Yayınları. İstanbul.
4.Deckard, W. (2017). Güçlü Bir İletişim İçin İknanın Gücü, Çev: Alp Dağ. Eftalya Yayınları. İstanbul.
5.Hogan, K (2013). Başkalarını Sizin Gibi Düşünmeye Nasıl İkna Edersiniz?. Çev: Vahide Karaca. Yakamoz Yayınları, İstanbul.
6.Larson, C. U. (1995). Persuasion: Reception And Responsibility. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company.
7.Perloff, R.M. (2010). The Dynamics Of Persuasion: Communication And Attitudes in the 21st Century. 4. Baskı. New York & U.K.: Taylor & Francis Group.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Persuasion in Contemporary Society
Week 3 - Theoretical
Theories of Persuasion: Media Theories
Week 4 - Theoretical
Persuasion and Ethics in the Media Age
Week 5 - Theoretical
Media Influences on Persuasion
Week 6 - Theoretical
Audiences and Attitudes
Week 7 - Theoretical
Persuasion and Visual Images
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Persuasion and Language
Week 10 - Theoretical
Persuasion and Culture
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Persuasiveness of the Source
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Reasoning Process
Week 13 - Theoretical
Motivational Appeals
Week 14 - Theoretical
Persuasive Campaigns and Movements
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%50
Project1%20
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory133378
Project110212
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)119
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
3
3
2
1
5
5
4
5
OÇ-2
4
2
3
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
4
5
5
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
OÇ-7
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026