COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION
2	Course Code:	TRH4093
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	7
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Cafer Çiftci
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Zeynep DÖRTOK ABACI
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-mail: cafer1@uludag.edu.tr Tel: 0224 294 18 61 Adres: Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059 Bursa
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to evaluate the concepts of information, communication, mass media and social network (with relevant facts and events) in the historical process and to give students interpretation ability.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to explain the concept of communication.;
2	To be able to apprehend different period of communication concept from origin of the human history;
3	To be able to explain oral culture;
4	To be able to compare between oral and written culture;
5	To be able to realize that the communication history becomes meaningful in a universal and broad structure.;
6	To be able to express the relationship between economic-cultural history and communication process.;
7	To be able to define the concept of technological determinism and to learn the critics which are oriented this field;
8	To be able to interpret the power of communication network in the construction of mental world, of impress of unconscious and of manipulation of historical events.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The primitive forms of communication
2	The sources of oral and written culture and their definitions
3	First communication systems
4	Geographical exploration, transportation and communication
5	Enlightenment and communication
6	Imperialism and communication
7	Midterm Exam
8	The origins of modern journalism and the development of advertising
9	The development of new communication technologies
10	Cinema, historical documentary and music
11	The critics of technological determinism
12	The communication and media in the construction of subconscious
13	Screening of documentary and its interpretation
14	Evaluation of the course

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Fernand Braudel (2005) Maddi Uygarlık. Gündelik Hayatın Yapıları, çev. M. A. Kılıçbay, Ankara: İmge. Armand Mattelart (2001) İletişimin Dünyasallaşması, çev. Halime Yücel, İstanbul: İletişim Jean-Noel Jeanneney (1998) Başlangıçtan Günümüze Medya Tarihi, çev. Esra Atuk, İstanbul: KYK. Raymond Williams (2003) Televizyon, teknoloji ve kültürel biçim, çev. A. U. Türkbağ, Ankara: Dost, 9-26. George Basalla (2010) Teknolojinin Evrimi, Ankara: TÜBİTAK.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High