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DIGITAL LITERACY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
THY339 DIGITAL LITERACY 5 3 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading Introduction to the content and methodology of the course; introductory lecture Lecture, discussion
2 Reading The concept of media literacy, circumstances necessitating media literacy Lecture, discussion
3 Reading Digital literacy and digital media literacy Lecture, discussion
4 Reading Digital citizenship Lecture, discussion
5 Reading Digital means and generations Lecture, discussion
6 Reading Digital news literacy Lecture, discussion
7 Reading The issue of disinformation in digital media Lecture, discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading News fact-checking practices and digital news literacy Lecture, discussion
10 Reading Digital news literacy in the age of algorithms and artificial intelligence Lecture, discussion
11 Reading Digital activism Lecture, discussion
12 Reading Digitalization and ethics Lecture, discussion
13 Reading Digitalization and addiction Lecture, discussion
14 Reading Student presentations Individual study
15 Reading Overall review of the semester Lecture, discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -