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COMMUNICATION THEORIES COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
RTI205 COMMUNICATION THEORIES 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading a book chapter on the subject Introduction, introduction of course content and weekly topics Lecture, Question and answer method
2 Reading a book chapter on the subject Those who laid the foundations of sociology (Thomas Hobbes, Spinoza, Leipniz, Smith, Montesquieu, Saint Simon); Sociology in the 19th and 20th centuries Lecture, Question and answer method
3 Reading a book chapter on the subject Interdisciplinarity in sociology; Basic Approaches in Communication Science (Positive, Interpretive and Critical Realist Approach) Lecture, Question and answer method
4 Reading a book chapter on the subject Theories according to ideological foundations: Conservative and Change Paradigms Lecture, Question and answer method
5 Reading a book chapter on the subject Mainstream Communication Research and Ideology Lecture, Question and answer method
6 Reading a book chapter on the subject Variationist Communication Research and Ideology Lecture, Question and answer method
7 Reading a book chapter on the subject Linear Approaches in Mainstream Communication Theories: Laswell Model, Information Theory and Shannon Weaver Model Lecture, Question and answer method
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading a book chapter on the subject Socio-psychological Approaches in Mainstream Communication Theories Lecture, Question and answer method
10 Reading a book chapter on the subject Social Approaches in Mainstream Communication Theories Lecture, Question and answer method
11 Reading a book chapter on the subject Coherence and Cohesion Theories: Heider's Balance Theory, ABX Objective Balance Theory, Westley and Maclean Model, Cognitive Dissonance Theory Lecture, Question and answer method
12 Reading a book chapter on the subject Magic Bullet Theory, Uses and Gratifications Theory, Active and Passive Audience Theory, Agenda Setting Theory, Spiral of Silence Theory Lecture, Question and answer method
13 Reading a book chapter on the subject Critical Theories: Frankfurt School 1st, 2nd and 3rd Period Lecture, Question and answer method
14 Reading a book chapter on the subject Critical Theories: Frankfurt School 4th Period, Antonio Gramsci and Hegemony, Althusser and Ideological Devices of the State Lecture, Question and answer method
15 Reading a book chapter on the subject Semiotics and Linguistic Approaches Lecture, Question and answer method
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -