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Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students

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Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students

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The aim of this study is to investigate the level and characteristics of the professional ethics awareness of students enrolled in graphic design departments, in which professional ethics courses have been found to occupy a limited place in the curriculum. Designed as a phenomenological study, one of the qualitative research designs, the research was conducted with a total of 25 fourth-year graphic design students selected through purposive sampling from state universities located in five different geographical regions of Türkiye. The data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analysed by means of content analysis. The findings revealed that, although prospective graphic designers possess a general awareness of the concept of ethics, they are unable to transfer this awareness to professional practice. In particular, it was determined that the students have marked deficiencies in knowledge concerning such matters as copyright, font licensing, original design and legal responsibilities, and that their awareness of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works (FSEK) and of the concept of plagiarism remains extremely limited. By contrast, the great majority of the participants stated that an ethics course should be incorporated into graphic design programmes. Considered as a whole, these findings lead to the conclusion that systematically strengthening the teaching of ethics in graphic design education constitutes an important necessity.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Destekleyen Kurum

Çukurova University Social Sciences Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee Meeting Minutes

Etik Beyan

For the thesis titled “An Examination of Prospective Graphic Designers’ Awareness of the Ethical Principles of Graphic Design,” which is being prepared by Ömer ERDEM, a master’s student with thesis in the Department of Art and Design, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Birnur ERALDEMİR, and which was submitted to our Committee by the Directorate of the Institute of Social Sciences, it has been unanimously decided to issue an “Ethics Committee Approval Certificate” regarding the two separate sets of questions and the questionnaire planned to be administered to fourth-year students and faculty members of the Graphic Design departments of Fine Arts Faculties at several universities.

Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Güzel Sanatlar Eğitimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

31 Ağustos 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

23 Aralık 2025

Kabul Tarihi

1 Temmuz 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 55 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Erdem, Ö., & Eraldemir, B. (2026). Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 55(2), 1175-1217. https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA
AMA
1.Erdem Ö, Eraldemir B. Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2026;55(2):1175-1217. https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA
Chicago
Erdem, Ömer, ve Birnur Eraldemir. 2026. “Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 55 (2): 1175-1217. https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA.
EndNote
Erdem Ö, Eraldemir B (01 Ağustos 2026) Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 55 2 1175–1217.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Erdem ve B. Eraldemir, “Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students”, Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 55, sy 2, ss. 1175–1217, Ağu. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA
ISNAD
Erdem, Ömer - Eraldemir, Birnur. “Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 55/2 (01 Ağustos 2026): 1175-1217. https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA.
JAMA
1.Erdem Ö, Eraldemir B. Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi. 2026;55:1175–1217.
MLA
Erdem, Ömer, ve Birnur Eraldemir. “Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students”. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 55, sy 2, Ağustos 2026, ss. 1175-17, https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA.
Vancouver
1.Ömer Erdem, Birnur Eraldemir. Qualitative Study on the Professional Ethics Awareness of Graphic Design Students. Çukurova Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 01 Ağustos 2026;55(2):1175-217. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA76HC33YA

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