LET’s LEARN HOW TO READ NEWS

‘International News’ course examines general mode of  International Relations in terms of communication relations as an integrated part of international political, economic and cultural order. International Communication is a field of study that encompasses many issue areas. These include: Culture, national development, foreign policy and diplomacy, conflict, technology, news flow, national sovereignty, ideology, comparative mass communication systems, regulation and policy, human and civil rights, ideological confrontation, war and peace, and propaganda and influence.Therefore the main focus/objective of the course is to introduce the students with theoretical framework to understand international communication. Not only theory but practicing different news items from different news media cover the second half of the course day/time:  International News course deals with various examples of written and visual presses of  different countries about very recent crucial issues or happenings all over the world. Besides, major issues and events about Turkey which are also the concern or interest of other countries and the portrayal and/or representation of their news media reserve a special place and task within this course.  

Among them, Communication technologies and practices have always been central to the maintenance of social, economic and political relations among social groups who differentiate themselves from one another other according to language, custom, geography, religion, state borders. The explosion of electronic technologies that can transverse such boundaries has made understanding global commnications systems a centerpiece for diplomacy, economic transactions, and political debate. Therefore, the secondary focus/objective of the course is to analyse the structure of global/international communication systems among different countries. This course attempts to provide as a basic grounding in these global news systems as they constitute, represent, and influence international relations and politics.