| Course Name | Network Society |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| MCS 312 | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The aim of the course is to make a theory informed introduction to recent transformations in societies and the role of communication technologies and processes in these transformations. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course will focus on the definitons and conceptualisations of new media, social media, network society, social movements, the Internet, networked public spheres. An emphasis will given to power relations, historical backdrops, social interactions and technological developments with relation to these concepts. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to the course | |
| 2 | History of the Internet | http://www.historyofthings.com/history-of-the-internet |
| 3 | Conceptualising the Internet | Naik, U. & Shivalingaiah, D. (2008). Comparative Study of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. CALIBER 2008 Collections |
| 4 | Informationalism and networks | Castells, M. (2004). Informationalism, Networks, and the Network Society: A Theoretical Blueprint. In Castells, M. (ed.) The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective, pp. 3-49. Cheltenham, UK: Edwar Elgar Publishing. |
| 5 | The rise of network society | Castells, M. (2004). Informationalism, Networks, and the Network Society: A Theoretical Blueprint. In Castells, M. (ed.) The Network Society: A Cross-cultural Perspective, pp. 3-49. Cheltenham, UK: Edwar Elgar Publishing. |
| 6 | Network society, social transformation, and key policy issues | Castells, M. (2005). The Network Society: From Knowledge to Policy. In Castells, M. and Gustavo, C. (eds.) The Network society: From Knowledge to Policy, pp. 2-23. Massachusetts: Center for Transatlantic Relations. |
| 7 | Midterm I | %30 |
| 8 | A critical introduction to social media | Fuchs, Christian (2014). Social media: A critical introduction. London: Sage – chapter 1: What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media? |
| 9 | Facebook and the network society | Fuchs, Christian (2014). Social media: A critical introduction. London: Sage – chapter 7: Facebook: A Surveillance Threat to Privacy? |
| 10 | Twitter and the network society | Fuchs, Christian (2014). Social media: A critical introduction. London: Sage – chapter 8: Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere? |
| 11 | Networked social movements | Castells, M. (2012). Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press - Changing the World in the Network Society, pp.218-244. |
| 12 | Social movements | Toplumsal hareketler Farro, A. L. and Demirhisar, D. G. (2013). The Gezi Park Movement: A Turkish Experience of the Twenty-first-century Collective Movements. International Review of Sociology (24) 1, pp. 176-189. |
| 13 | Midterm II | |
| 14 | Review of the semester | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Reading materials will be provided to the students bu the lecturer
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| Suggested Readings/Materials | Course reader, Hand-outs, PowerPoint presentations Bibliography, print journals, open access journals |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 16 | |
| Project | 1 | 24 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 20 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 150 |
| # | 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 the discipline of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 2 | 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 new media and communication. | |||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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