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  1. Faculty of Communication Sciences
  2. Department of Journalism (30% English)
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  4. Data-Driven Journalism
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
GZT306 - Data-Driven Journalism VI. SEMESTER 2 +2 5.0
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ ÇAĞDAŞ CEYHAN
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
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Prerequisites N/AThere are no prerequisites for this course
Courses Recomended N/AThere are no other courses recommended for this course
Recommended Resources Gray, J., Chambers, L., & Bounegru, L. (2012). The data journalism handbook. O\\\\\\\'Reilly Media, Inc.Attfield, S., & Dowell, J. (2003). Information seeking and use by newspaper journalists. Journal of documentation, 59(2), 187-204.Kawamoto, K. (Ed.). (2003). Digital journalism: Emerging media and the changing horizons of journalism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ChicagoWestlund, O. (2013). Mobile news: a review and model of journalism in an age of mobile media. Digital Journalism, 1(1), 6-26.
Work Placement Not necessary
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introducing the course content
Week - 2 Introduction to network society and major theories
Week - 3 Critical communication theories and use of data in journalism
Week - 4 “Big data” vs. “small data”
Week - 5 Principal methods in data-driven journalism
Week - 6 Major examples of international data-driven journalism
Week - 7 Examples of data journalism from Turkey
Week - 8 Data Cleansing Examples
Week - 9 Data visualization - 1
Week - 10 Data Visualization 2
Week - 11 Data visualization - 3
Week - 12 Data-driven news production - 1
Week - 13 Data-driven news production 2
Week - 14 Data-driven news production 3

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