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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Students should evaluate the role mass media has played in the organization of society economically, socially, and culturally.
  • Students should examine the representation of daily life in mass media by analyzing a selection of media texts, including film, advertising, television, popular magazines and journals.
  • Student will have the ability to critically analyse and interrogate the social and cultural dynamics of new media technologies and their uses and impacts on everyday life.
  • Students should debate the main theoretical perspectives about the role of media in everyday life.
  • Students should demonstrate an ability to present a paper with a clear thesis statement or question by supporting this statement or addressing this question in a logical manner in order to draw logical conclusions from their findings.
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Presentation and overview of the course, course organization, requirements and methods of evaluation
2 Television, cinema and consumption culture Certeau, Michel de 1984: The Practice of Everyday Life. University of California Press, BerkeleyMeltem Ahıska, Zafer Yenal, Aradığınız Kişiye Şu An Ulaşılamıyor. Türkiye'de Hayat Tarzı Temsilleri 19802005, Osmanlı Bankası Yayınları, 2006.Hugh Mackay, Consumption and everyday life, Sage, 1997.Silverstone R. (1994) Television and Everyday Life. Routledge.Gauntlett, D. & Hill, A. (1999) TV Living: Television, culture and everyday life. Routledge.Roger Silverstone, Eric Hirsch, Consuming Technologies: Media and Information in Domestic Spaces, Routledge, 1994.
3 Media, home and family Henri Lefebvre, Everday life in modern world, 1971. Patricia Pisters, Wim Staat, Shooting the family: transnational media and intercultural values, Amsterdam University Press, 2005.MacKay, H. and Ivey, D. (2004) Modern Media in the Home: An Ethnographic Study, John Libby Publishing, Rome.Kraut, R, Brynin, M. and Kiesler, S. (2006) Computers, Phones and the Internet. Domesticating Information Technology, Oxford University Press, Oxford.Stewart M. Hoover, Lynn Schofield Clark, Diane F. Alters, Media, home, and family, Routledge, 2004.
4 Music channels and popular culture Erving Goffman, The presentation of self in everyday life, 1959. Simon Emmerson, Music, electronic media, and culture, Ashgate, 2000.Simon Frith, Popular music: critical concepts in media and cultural studies, Routledge, 2004.Davis, G. and K. Dickinson (eds) (2004). Teen TV: genre, consumption and identity. London: British Film Institute.
5 Film screening
6 FIRST MIDTERM
7 Representation of gender stereotypes in media Carter, C. and L. Steiner (eds) (2004). Critical Readings: Media and Gender. Maidenhead and New York: Open University Press. Croteau, D. and W. Hoynes (2000). ‘Social Inequality and Media Representation’, in Media and Society: Industries, Images and Audiences. Eds. D. Croteau and W. Hoynes. Pine Forge Press, 193225. Hermes, J. (1999). ‘Media Figures in Identity Construction’, in Rethinking the Media Audience. Ed. P. Alasuutari. London: Sage, 6986. Wood, J. (1994). ‘Gendered Media: The Influence of Media on Views of Gender’, in Gendered Lives. Ed. J.Wood. Belmont CA: Wadsworth, 21358.
8 Patterns of leisure time and mass media Bruce Brown, Marx, Freud and the critique of everyday life, 1973. Moores, S. (2000) Media and Everyday Life in Modern Society. Edinburgh University Press.Wellman, B. and C. A. Haythornthwaite (2002). The Internet in everyday life. Oxford. Nurdan Gürbilek, Vitrinde Yaşamak (1992); Yer Değiştiren Gölge (1995); Ev Ödevi, (1999); Kötü Çocuk Türk, (2001); Kör Ayna, Kayıp Şark (2004).
9 Mass Media and language transformation David Chaney, Cultural change and everyday life, 2002. John Fiske, Reading the popular, 1989. Susan Willis, A primer for daily life, 1991. Stuart Hall, ed., Culture, Media, Language, Routledge, 2005. Sally Johnson, Language ideologies and media discourse, Continuum, 2010.
10 Film screening
11 SECOND MIDTERM
12 Food culture George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of society, Pine Forge Press, 2004.Maggie Wykes, Barrie Gunter, The media and body image: if looks could kill, 2005
13 Media, consumption and popular taste Pierre Bourdieu, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste, Routledge, 1984.
14 Sport and the media Lawrence A. Wenner, Media, sports, & society, SAGE, 1989.Arthur A. Raney, Jennings Bryant, Handbook of sports and media, Routledge, 2006.
15 Classin activities (Language and television (reality shows, sitcoms, serials…etc.)
16 FINAL EXAM
Course Notes/Textbooks Detailed bibliography of the course will be delivered
Suggested Readings/Materials Daily new sources such as newspapers, television news & shows, magazines, advertisements and internet

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
5
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
2
50
Final Exam
1
35
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
4
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
12
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
2
20
Final Exams
1
20
    Total
120

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of media and communication discipline. X
2 To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the mediaproduction process. X
3 To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. X
4 To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of media and communication. X
5 To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of media and communication studies. X
6 To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problemsolving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report those methods to the public. X
7 To be able to gather, scrutinize and use with scientific methods the necessary data to for the processes of production and distribution. X
8 To be able to use and develop the acquired knowledge and skills in a lifelong process towards personal and social goals. X
9 To be able to follow developments in new technologies of media and communication, as well as new methods of production, new media industries, and new theories; and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale,” Level B1)
10 To be able to use a second foreign language at the intermediate level.
11 To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advancedlevel computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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