Academic Catalog

HIST515 HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

Course Code: 2400515
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: History
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The aim of the course is to explore the historical development of the mass media in the Ottoman Empire, vis-à-vis the Western experience. Due emphasis will be given to main lines of socio-political thought in the Empire in the 19th century as they have appeared and been debated in the media