PSIR 323

Course ID:

Course Code & Number

PSIR 323

Course Title

Media and International Politics

Level

BS

Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits

(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits

Year of Study:

Junior

Semester:

Fall

Type of Course:

Elective

Mode of Delivery:

Face-to-face

Language of Instruction:

English

Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::

Catalog Description

The role of media in international relations. Theories of media. Media- power relationship. Media as a means of governments and media as a means to resist governments.

Course Objectives

This course aims to analyze the role of media and its links to and potential effects on International relations. The course is designed to provide the students with a critical evaluation on media-power relationship.

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Course Learning Outcomes

Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Design different perspectives about the role of media
2. Describe main media theories, such as the “hypodermic” model, functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interaction, moral-panic theory and postmodern theory
3. Evaluate and question media – power relationship
4. Recite coding, encoding and decoding
5. Critically evaluate the “rally around the flag” syndrome
6. Demonstrate how media can become a means of propaganda and power 
7. Reveal how media can become a means to resist (authoritarian) governments 

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:

Telling/Explaining Discussion/Debate Questioning Reading Inquiry Case Study/Scenarion Analysis Video Presentations Oral Presentations/Reports Guest Speakers Web Searching

Assessment Methods and Criteria:

Test / Exam Quiz Case Studies / Homework Presentation (Oral/Poster)

Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:

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Recommended Reading

1. Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber, Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq (Penguin, 2003). 2. Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent (Pantheon, 1988). 3. Denis McQuail, Mass Communication Theory: An Introduction (4th edition, 2000). 4. Edward S. Herman and Robert W. McChesney, The Global Media (2001).

Required Reading

1. David Miller (ed.), Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq (Pluto Press, 2004).

Grading

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:

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Student Workload:

Workload	Hrs
Case Study Analysis	16

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