As with the development of communication technology, changes have been inevitable in the field of media. For this reason, it will be examined how journalism on the internet is carried out, how its infrastructure will be established and how it is provided on it. In addition, it will be shown practically how to set up and run news portals.
Can BEKCAN
Senior Instructor
Communication Consultant
Creating News Portal
Eastern Mediterranean University Faculty of Communication and Media Studies Department of New Media and Journalism
Course Outline
Course Completion Requirements
Within the scope of the course, topics about the brief history of the internet, internet terms, journalism, site establishment, news writing, reaching the reader through social media usage, how to use the services provided by Google and journalism ethics will be covered. Each students should manage their own websites individually and within the group.
Exams and Projects
Within the scope of the course, in-class practices and final project will be applied.
- Practicals %50
- Final project %50
Format of the Lesson
Creating News Portal course is going to be conducted to theoretical and practical. Theories are going to be transferred to form a basis for practical studies. All theoretical information will be shared on this site weekly.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the student will learn how to set up the site, how the site infrastructure works, news writing, publishing and sharing, and will also have knowledge on topics such as search engine optimization, trend topic selection, site editing.
Important Notes
Participation in practical courses is compulsory. Those who do not attend cannot get points even if they do class practices.
Everyone will buy their own system. For this, a fee must be paid to external services. Below are the calculations of the fees to be paid.
Hosting Service: Reseller Price / Number of students
Domain: You can get it from the service provider you want.
Useful Links
Weekly Courses Content
1. Week
Introduction of the course content
2. Week
Purchase of the System
Establishment of Accounts
Practice
3. Week
File Transfer with FTP
Installation of WordPress (User Registrations)
Practice
4. Week
Theme Edits
Practice
5. Week
Installing Plugins
Setup of Analytical Systems
Practice
6. Week
Organising Pages
Practice
7. Week
Organising Menus
Organising Categories
Practice
8. and 9. Weeks
Midterms
10. Week
Content Creation
Practice
11. Week
Search Engine Optimised Content Creation
Practice
12. Week
Visitor Increase Techniques
Practice
13. Week
Ethics
Practice
14. Week
Finals
Detailed Grades
Pracitces
%50
You will be expected to complete a practical task each week, as outlined in the timetable. Each application is worth 5 points, for a total of 10. If you are not present for the course, you will not receive points for the application.
Evaluation Criteria
Grades will be given according to results of the ability to solve the problem.
Having personal domain
Final Project
%50
This is a group project, but each member must take notes individually. Each of group members must write 10 contents and upload them to the system.
Evaluation Criteria
- Obtaining Group Domain
- Setup of the System and Assignment of Users
- Organising the Theme
- Analytics Setup
- Preparation of Pages
- Preparation of Menus
- Report (written text in which you describe the situations experienced in group work)
- News (Posts)
- Shipping
- Ethics
- Original
- Keywords
- Length