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HISTORY AND THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code	Name of the Course Unit	Semester	In-Class Hours (T+P)	Credit	ECTS Credit
HRY108	HISTORY AND THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION	2	3	3	7

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week	Preparatory	Topics(Subjects)	Method
1	-	Introduction to the course	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
2	The related subject in the coursebook	What is history? Critical approach against the history concept, primary communication types and mass media in the early civilizations	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
3	The related subject in the coursebook	Origins of writing – the main differences and light between oral and written culture	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
4	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Typographic period – the invention of the printing press and modern literacy	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
5	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	The invention of the electricity and revolution in communication, paradigmatic change in communication	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
6	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	The Enlightenment and Industry Revolution: Rise of modern society. Universalization networks: railway, telegraph and others	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
7	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	The impacts of Industry Revolution, urbanization, mass society discussions, working class movements, imperialist policies in the 19th century on the press and various countries’ press in the 19th century	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
8	-	MID-TERM EXAM	-
9	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of radio and cinema, before and analysis on radio after the Second World War and during Cold War	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
10	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of radio and cinema, before and analysis on radio after the Second World War and during Cold War	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
11	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of television broadcasting and various effects of television on the social life	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
12	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of television broadcasting and various effects of television on the social life	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
13	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Neoliberalism and development of new communication technologies: convergence	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
14	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of internet and political, cultural, economic, social effects of internet and network society discussions	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
15	The related subject in the coursebook - Presentation	Historical development of internet and political, cultural, economic, social effects of internet and network society discussions	Lecture: Presentation and Discussion
16	-	FINAL EXAM	-
17	-	FINAL EXAM	-