Ä°LT654 - DISCRIMINATION, HATE SPEECH and MEDIA

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
DISCRIMINATION, HATE SPEECH and MEDIA Ä°LT654 1st Semester 3 1 3 6
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
 
Instructor (s)Faculty members and lecturer 
Course objectiveAs a socio-cultural outcome of resurgence of class and identity-based social dynamics, in Turkey as well the debate on discrimination and hate speech has been dramatically escalated and attracted academic interest during the last years. The main aim of this course is to create and/or increase communication students? awareness about hate speech that has been produced and reproduced particularly by the media; strengthen their skills in analyzing media content via the perspective acquired during the course; and, more importantly, assist them to apply journalistic/professional strategies that are aware of and sensitive to the discrimination and hate speech during their professional production in the future. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of this course students will -understand basic concepts related to discrimination and hate speech,
  2. -analyze discriminative texts appeared on print and visual media,
  3. -explain the main discussions about the topic in the field of social sciences,
  4. -able to produce media texts/contents that are not reproducing discriminative, otherizing and marginalizing discourses,
  5. -understand the importance of strategies, civil society initiatives/NGOs and collective action in fighting against and struggling with discrimination
  6. -be informed about actual examples of discrimination and plurality from real life settings via in-class projects and home works.
Course ContentIn this course, we will look at the concrete examples/processes in which hate speech/discourse occur, be developed and legitimized via socio-psychological perspectives. The concepts such as discrimination, hate speech, hate crime, tolerance/intolerance, freedom of speech and their relations to each other will be discussed throughout the course. During the later stages of the course, the close connection between and media and hate speech will be dealt with in terms of language-discourse and reproduction of meaning. This will be followed by analysis of actual cases/examples from journalism, cinema, documentaries, advertising, television, Internet as well as alternative media. At the end of the course we will discuss about the possibilities of resistance and action against hate speech; strategies to deconstruct discriminative language and demonstrate prevailing discriminate patters in media texts. 
ReferencesBrewer, M. B. & Gaertner, S. L. (2003). Toward reduction of prejudice: Intergroup contact and social categorization. In R. Brown & S.L. Gaertner (Eds.) Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intergroup processes (pp. 451-472). New York; Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Göregenli, M. (2005). Şiddet ve işkenceye yönelik tutum, yaşantı ve algılar. Diyarbakır: Diyarbakır Barosu Yayınları (Diyarbakır Araştırması)

Göregenli, M. (2009). Ayrımcılığın şiddeti: Nefret suçları. Uluslararası homofobi karşıtı buluşma, Anti-homofobi kitabı (ss. 49-55). Ankara: Kaos GL Yayınları.
Göregenli, M. (2010). Psikolojinin Kürt sorunuyla imtihanı. Eleştirel Psikoloji Bülteni, 3-4, 3-12.
Göregenli, M. (2008). Militarizmin inşasının aracı olarak eşitsizliğin meşrulaştırılması ve vatanseverlik. Üsterci ve Çınar (Ed.) Çarklardaki Kum, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1General introduction to the course
Week 2Basic concepts of discrimination
Week 3Essentialist beliefs and other types of discrimination
Week 4Legitimation of discrimination
Week 5Discrimination and Violence
Week 6Hate Speech: Legal Perspective
Week 7Hate Speech, International Human Rights Law, and Turkish Law
Week 8Discrimination in the Media 1
Week 9Discrimination in the Media 2
Week 10Discrimination in the Media 3
Week 11Discrimination in the Media 4
Week 12Combating Discrimination
Week 13Discrimination in the New Media
Week 14General assessment
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1420
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments160
Presentation220
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam00
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes040
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes060
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14342
Presentation / Seminar Preparation22040
Project000
Homework assignment15656
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 000
Total Workload3182180

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. The students successfully completing HU Communication Sciences Graduate Program will be competent in evaluating basic concepts and the conceptual interrelations as well as their reflections on theoretical and practical levels.   X 
2. will have the knowledge of the basic methodological approaches, methods and research technics and their implementations.    X 
3. is capable of designing a social research, implementing it, analyzing the findings, reporting them and putting all into an original piece of academic writing.     X
4. will be able to think, question, assess and evaluate in an interdisciplinary mode.     X
5. will follow the contemporary knowledge and approaches in the communication sciences area and evaluates these with a critical and inquisitive manner.     X
6. will be able to present his/her knowledge in the field orally and in written effectively and systematically.     X
7. is aware of the scientific and ethical principles and in every academic production acts in accordance with these principles.     X
8. will be able to get involved in team work for identifying and solving problems related to the area and shares knowledge.     X
9. will be able to use the knowledge and the skills related to the area, find solutions to the problems in communication and media, develop policy propositions and transform these into projects and action.     X
10. has strong social communication in business life.     X
11. will pursue a higher degree in his/her education.     X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest