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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND JOURNALISM SYLLABUS IN TURKEY

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND JOURNALISM SYLLABUS IN TURKEY. H. ESRA ARCAN PhD ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION FACULTY. THANKS TO. UNICEF Geneva and Ankara Offices DIT Brian O’Neill Michael Foley Noirin Hayes. PREREQUISITIES. Education of Educators Preparing Course Materials

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CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND JOURNALISM SYLLABUS IN TURKEY

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  1. CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND JOURNALISM SYLLABUS IN TURKEY H. ESRA ARCAN PhD ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATION FACULTY

  2. THANKS TO • UNICEF Geneva and Ankara Offices • DIT • Brian O’Neill • Michael Foley • Noirin Hayes

  3. PREREQUISITIES • Education of Educators • Preparing Course Materials • Localization of the textbook • Creating and gathering local course materials • Preparing Syllabus

  4. EDUCATION OF EDUCATORS: CHALLANGES • LACK of HR CULTURE/DEMOCRACY • A NEW HRAPPROACH for TEACHERS and STUDENTS • A NEW METHODOLOGY for TEACHERS and STUDENTS

  5. PREPARING COURSE MATERIALS:1 LOCALIZATION OF THE TEXTBOOK • CRITICALLY REVIEWING • of LOCAL LAW • of PROFESSIONAL ETHICS • ADDING LOCAL NEWS/STUDY CASES/ SUBJECTS

  6. ASPECT of LOCAL LAW of TEXTBOOK • Scanning national law rules • Scanning Police Application of Law • Considering UN CRC Monitoring (Shadow) Reports

  7. ASPECT OF THE LOCAL PROFFESSIONAL ETHICS OF THE TEXTBOOK • Journalism Association of Turkey • Guidelines for the Media to transformproduction and content development process for the benefit of children

  8. ADDING LOCAL NEWS/STUDY CASES/SUBJECTS TO THE TEXTBOOK • CRITICAL READING OF NEWS RELATED TO CHILDREN: • WRONG NEWS MAKING EXAMPLES (Stagmatization, Demonization of Children) • CHILDREN RIGHTS BASED NEWS MAKING EXAMPLES • LOCAL SUBJECTS: CHILD BRIDES, STONE THROWN CHILDREN (Victims of Anti Terror Law), MINORITY CHILDREN

  9. PREPARING COURSE MATERIALS:2CREATING AND GATHERING LOCAL COURSE MATERIALS • Articles by teachers • Daily Newspapers, Magazines, TV news sets • Novels and stories • Movies, documanteries, fotos, visual materials

  10. APPLYING THE SYLLABUS • 7 PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROJECT: • ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY • ANADOLU UNIVERSITY • GAZİ UNIVERSITY • ANKARA UNIVERSITY • GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY • BİLGİ UNIVERSITY • ISTANBUL AYDIN UNIVERSITY

  11. ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND JOURNALISM COURSE SYLLABUS • 3 CREDIT MANDATORY COURSE • 5th SEMESTER • 14 WEEKS/3 HOURS • THEORETICAL/ PRACTICAL TEACHING

  12. COURSE DESCRİPTİON • This course has been specifically designed by UNICEF and an academic committee from Turkey and Ireland to address the needs and interests of students of journalism in order to teach children’s rights based journalism perspective.

  13. WEEK 1 • Introduction of Subject, Reading and Course Requirements • Liberal and Social approaches to the state, the rights and the media:. • News as construction vs. objectivity and fairness of news • Reading TB&by Dr. Arcan

  14. WEEK 2 • Conceptual and philosophical genesis of human rights • Natural Rights (Greek and Roman Thought) • Human Rights (Enlightenment, Humanism, and Contemporary HR: after WW II • Reading: TB&by Dr. Arcan

  15. WEEK 3 • Why do children need special Right? State of children around the world, including Turkey, with UNDP, EU statistics and cases. • What are the rights of children? Convention on Children’s Rights • Readings: TB&R.Oven-New Society’s related chapter • Make a classifications of articles in Convention on Children’s Rights according to Survival- Protection- Development- Participation Rights Group

  16. WEEK 4 • History of children’s rights activism; 19th Century- Britain • A factory owner: Robert Owen, • A child worker and journalist: John Doherty, • A women writer: Frances Trallope and her novel “Michael Armstrong: A Factory Boy” • A writer from Turkey: KemalettinTuğcu • Convention on Children’s Rights in the light of history of child labor • (Survival rights, development rights, and protection rights) • Reading and Assignment: Read TimurSoykan’s interview with a child worker and write a paper to compare today’s child labor state to Owen’s era.

  17. WEEK 5 • Children Rights and Media: • Representation in news: Constructed reality vs. Objective reality • Relation between representation and reality in news • Stereotyping and Stigmatization&Demonization of children in news 

  18. WEEK 5 • Representation of Child in Media: wrong and right news examples • Children in conflict with the law: demons and protection rights • Children who forced to work in streets; poverty and survival-development rights • Children who sexually harassed or exploited; femalisation of child and protection rights • Children who are a part of cultural activities; good news on participation rights  • Reading: Course Book • Assignment: For next class bring news related to children to the class and make a brief presentation about it according what you learn in class 4-5

  19. WEEK 7 • Midterm visa period

  20. WEEK 8 • Student presentation and discussion of news • CR and Journalism Practice introduction and general principles • Info on news monitoring research • Reading and assignment: Read Course book U2 P1 and Media and Diversity Guideline for Child of TGC. Read research handout (by E. Arcan) chose your research teammate and newspaper and inform E. Arcan.

  21. WEEK 9 • IFJ Guidelines for children news • TGC Media and Diversity Guidelines for Child • BBC Editorial Principles • Interviewing with children • Assignment: Apply to the Hearing and Speech Handicapped School to make an interview with a student and write news for IU News Agency. Study on research project.

  22. WEEK 10 • Movie: Shame, Dir. Samra Makmalbah • Special Issues and Child Protection Policies   • Reading: Read course book U2/P2, Can Dündar: TV and Violance, study on research project

  23. WEEK 11 • Special Issues; • Reporting on armed/ethnic conflict-child soldiers, • Violence, children, media • Child sex workers • Assignment: Write a general evaluation for course no more than 1 page

  24. WEEK 12 • Presentation of research results and discussion

  25. WEEK 13 • General Evaluation&Discussion on course

  26. WEEK 14 • Final Exam

  27. OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT • BOOKS (Handbook of Media and Children’s rights) • CONFERENCES (I. Children’s Rights Congress of Turkey) • IU UNIVERSITY for CHILDREN • CHILDREN NEWSPAPER, NEWS, DOCUMANTERIES, SHORT MOVIES, as student projects.

  28. IMPACT OF THE PROJECT • UNMEASURED INFO: • Graduted students who took the course, as reporters and editors are more sensitive and aware of making news related to children. • Do&do not about news related to children are more common in media. • Children’s rights and related ethical issues are more visible in media.

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