SUİ319

School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Political Science and International Relations

3

6

Elective

Turkish

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SUİ students take it departmental elective, other programs can take the course as faculty or university elective.

In this course, the relationships between media, the public, and the government will be examined comparatively; different methods of media studies will be emphasized, and information will be provided on positive, normative, and critical theories.

Tokgöz, Oya (2008). Understanding Political Communication. İmge Kitabevi Publishing: Ankara.

Chomsky, Noam (1993). Media Control, The Immediate Manifesto. Karınca Publishing Distribution: Istanbul.

Chomsky, Noam (2002). The Reality of Media. Everest Publishing.

Bourdieu, Pierre (1994-1995). The Crisis of Politics, Intellectuals, Media (Translated by Tanıl Bora). Birikim.

Adorno, Theodor (2007). The Culture Industry, Culture Management. İletişim Publishing.

Adorno, Theodor & Horkheimer, Max (2010). Dialectic of Enlightenment. Kabalcı Publishing.

Bağçe, Emre (2006). The Frankfurt School. Doğu Batı Publishing.

Küçük, Mehmet (1999). Media, Power, Ideology. Ark: Ankara.

To inform students at a level that enables them to recognize, analyze, and interpret the relationship between the political system, international relations, and the media. To focus on the relationship between diplomacy, politics, and the media; to explain political communication, which lies at the core of this relationship, both theoretically and through everyday practices, and to demonstrate its role in shaping international relations. To examine the social and political position and functions of the media; and to discuss the concepts of impartiality and objectivity through the public’s ‘right to know’ and the social function of news.

1. Students learn about the political and social functions of the media and can analyze these functions.
2. Students comprehend political communication, communication theories, and the relationship between media and political systems.
3. Students explore the relationship between media and democracy , which enables them to evaluate the influence of civil society organizations on the media.
4. Students examine propaganda and social control mechanisms and thus understand the historical origins and societal functions of propaganda.
5. Students explore the role of media in international relations and gain knowledge about communication management.

Week 1: Introduction to the course content and screening of a related film.
Week 2: The evolution of media-politics relations in Anatolia from the first printing press to the present day.
Week 3: The political and social functions of the media. The role and management of media in international relations.
Week 4: Political systems and mass communication.
Week 5: Power, ideology, and media.
Week 6: Media and democracy… Comparative Media Systems – Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini’s Three Models of Media and Politics.
Week 7: Exam – Media, politics, and public opinion formation processes. The influence of local powers on the media.
Week 8: Media and public opinion formation processes; the impact of media simulacra and simulation on the masses. The processes of producing perception, reputation, and anxiety.
Week 9: The development of media in Turkey; political power relations and subsidies after 1980.
Week 10: Exam / Political economy: Horizontal and vertical expansion.
Week 11: Horizontal and vertical monopolization in the media and its political connections.
Week 12: Media and international relations / Gilboa, E. (2005). The CNN Effect: The Search for a Communication Theory of International Relations. Political Communication, 22(1), 27-44.

• Midterm 25 %
• Final 50 %
• Participation 10 %
• Assignments 15 %