Lesson plan / ADVERTISING AND ETHICS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Programme Elective
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? S
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s) Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) OLCAY UÇAK
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The aim of the course is to teach the characteristics that advertising has in Turkey and the world, the advertising practices and ethics in communication with advertising.
Course Content The course covers ethic issues about advertising and marketing communication practices, legal issues, unethical advertising practices and its effects on society and individual.

Weekly Course Subjects

1The historical development of ethics.
2The historical development of ethics
3Consumption world, ideology and critics of daily life.
4Advertising and ethics in Turkey
5Printing press and ethics.
6TV advertising and ethics
7Midterm exam
8Advertising and ethical issues in current advertisings.
9Printing ads and ethical analysis
10TV ads and ethical analysis
11Outdoor ads and ethical analysis
12Social media ads and ethical analysis
13Internet ads and ethical analysis
14General theoretical view.

Resources

• Sayımer, İdil ve Eraslan Pınar. Halkla İlişkiler ve Reklam Üzerine Etik Değerlendirmeler, İstanbul: Beta Yayınevi, 2008.
• Ivan IIIich, Tüketim Köleliği. Aasdair Macintyre, Ethik’in Kısa Tarihi(Homerik Çağdan Yirminci Yüzyıla), Pınar Yayınları, İstanbul 2011 

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William Frankena, Etik, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2007