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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
RTS210 COMMUNICATION THEORIES 4 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading book chapters related with the subject Evaluation of the concepts of "communication", media", "mass communication tools", "communication theories", "communication studies" and "media studies", and periodization and classifications for communication theories Narration Question-response method
2 Reading book chapters related with the subject Mass media and mass culture approach to the media / mass media Narration Question-response method
3 Reading book chapters related with the subject Strong impact approach and syringe / hypodermic needle model (Harold Lasswell); psychology and social psychology-based communication research Narration Question-response method
4 Reading book chapters related with the subject Limited impact approach, two-stage flow of communication theory and concept of opinion leader (Paul Lazarsfeld); Uses and Satisfaction Theory (Jay Blums, Herta Herzog, Elihu Katz, Denis McQuail) Narration Question-response method
5 Reading book chapters related with the subject Chicago School's communication and media research Narration Question-response method
6 Reading book chapters related with the subject Mathematical communication theory (Claude Elwood Shannon and Warren Weaver) Narration Question-response method
7 Reading book chapters related with the subject Cultivation thesis and cultural indicators project (George Gerbner, Michael J. Morgan and Nancy Signorielli) Narration Question-response method
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading book chapters related with the subject Agenda setting theory (Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw); silence spiral theory (Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann) Narration Question-response method
10 Reading book chapters related with the subject "Empire and communication tools", ”mean is message“ and ”global village“ theses (Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan) Narration Question-response method
11 Reading book chapters related with the subject The theory of propagation of innovations (Everett Rogers); media in terms of modernization theory (Daniel Lerner, Wilbur Schramm, Lucian Pye Narration Question-response method
12 Reading book chapters related with the subject Critics of modernization theory, "cultural imperialism", "media imperialism" theses and the political economy of international communication (Herbert Schiller and Armand Mattelart); propaganda model (Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman) Narration Question-response method
13 Reading book chapters related with the subject Monopolization Narration Question-response method
14 Reading book chapters related with the subject Political Economy of Communication Narration Question-response method
15 Reading book chapters related with the subject Discussion on the basis of current events, discussion, questioning. Narration Question-response method
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -