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  1. Graduate School
  2. Department of Journalism
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  5. Power Struggles in News Production
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Last Updated: 22/06/2026
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Learning Outcomes Program Qualifications
PY1 PY2 PY3 PY4 PY5 PY6 PY7 PY8 PY9 PY10 PY11 PY12 PY13 PY14 PY15 PY16 PY17 PY18 PY19
LO-1 Explains the fundamental theories of news sociology (Schudson, Tuchman, Gans) and how these theories engage in dialogue with critical political economy (Herman & Chomsky, Murdock), cultural studies (Hall), and post-structuralist power analyses (Foucault). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-2 Defines the triple level of analysis in news production (micro: routines/practices, meso: organizational structure/professional ideology, macro: political economy/state) and interrelates how these levels mutually shape each other. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-3 Interprets Gramsci\'s concept of hegemony within the context of news production and media discourses; explains the concepts of manufacturing consent, counter-hegemony, and civil society with examples from the Turkish media. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-4 Critically evaluates how professional ideologies and normative discourses such as \"objectivity,\" \"impartiality,\" and \"news value\" are historical constructs that legitimize and conceal power relations. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-5 Analyzes how the digital transformation (platforms, algorithms, metrics) has transformed traditional news production routines, professional identity, and politico-economic structures, and created new power struggles. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-6 Develops a research design capable of applying the necessary qualitative research methods (ethnographic observation, in-depth interviews, discourse analysis, document analysis) to map the news production process of a media organization. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-7 Subjects a specific news text (written, visual, television, or digital) to a multi-layered analysis within the context of the organizational routines, economic constraints, and dominant ideological frameworks that produced it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-8 Interprets the media-politics-economy connections in Turkey (holding structures, state advertisements, trustee appointments, legal regulations) through concrete cases from a comparative and historical perspective. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-9 Critically discusses the counter-hegemonic potential and inherent limitations of alternative/independent media practices by comparing them with the production logic and power structures of mainstream media. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-10 Utilizes academic writing skills to design and write an original, theoretically grounded, and methodologically coherent doctoral-level research proposal at the intersection of news production, representation, and power. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-11 Develops a critical literacy and researcher skepticism that systematically questions the power relations behind practices and discourses presented as \"natural,\" \"neutral,\" or \"inevitable\" in the media. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
LO-12 Discusses and evaluates alternative practices, ethical principles, and political proposals with the potential to transform power relations in news production. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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