| Course Name | Gender and Media |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| MCS 370 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course conceptualizes gender as a category of knowledge and aims to understand how gender is constructed by the mass media. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course examines various images and representations of gender in mass media paying particular attention to contemporary discussions. We will consider gender as a constitutive element of identity and by analyzing its intersection with other categories such as race, class, nation and sexuality, we will grasp the importance of the representation of gender in media and its meaning for our lives. The course consists of lectures, screenings and discussions revolving around critical analysis of and engagement with contemporary examples of film, television, adverts and new media. It employs theories from cultural studies, media, film and gender studies. |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: What is “gender” and whu should we study gender and media? | |
| 2 | Gender, Sexuality and Representation 1 | G. Tuchman, “The Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media.” In Culture and Politics: A Reader, Eds. L. Crothers and C. Lockhart. S. 150-174. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. Screening: Examples of movies and advertisements that unearth the hegemonic representation of women by the media |
| 3 | Gender, Sexuality and Representation 2 | D. Gauntlett, Media, Gender and Identity, London and New York: Routledge, 2002. Chapters 3 and 4, P. 42-90. |
| 4 | Media and gender: A historical perspective | D. Gauntlett, Media, Gender and Identity, London and New York: Routledge, 2002. 3. Chapter. Screening: Movie “Ah Belinda”, and magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Kadınca |
| 5 | Femininity and spectacle | J. Gerhard. “Sex and the City: Carrie Bradshaw's queer postfeminism. Feminist Media Studies”. 5(1), (2005): 37-49. Screening: Sex and the City, Season 4 Episode 2 ‘The Real Me’ (1998-2004, HBO) |
| 6 | Cinematic representations of masculinity | L. M. Ta. “Hurt so good: Fight Club, masculine violence, and the crisis of capitalism.” The Journal of American Culture, 29(3), (2006) 265-277. Screening: Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999) |
| 7 | Midterm exam (in-class) | |
| 8 | Gender, race and media | L. Young. Fear of the Dark: 'Race', Gender and Sexuality in the Cinema. London & New York: Routledge, 1996. P. 28-40. (Chapter 2) Screening: Stuart Hall: Race - the Floating Signifier ((Kanopy) ve Saartjie Baartman örneği |
| 9 | Gender, class and media | Y. Tasker. Working girls: Gender and sexuality in popular cinema. London & New York: Routledge, 2002. P. 1-18. Screening: Class Dismissed: How the TV frames the working class (Kanopy |
| 10 | Gender and media in Turkey 1 | E. Yanardağoğlu and I. N. Karam. “The fever that hit Arab satellite television: audience perceptions of Turkish TV series.” Identities, 20(5), (2013): 561-579. Screening: Magnificent Century, Star TV & Show TV, 2011-2014. |
| 11 | Gender and media in Turkey 2 | İ. İnceoğlu ve E. Akçalı, “TÜSİAD Televizyon Dizilerinde Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği Araştırması”, March 2018. Screening: Scenes from the TV-series mentioned in the research and examples from the #MeToo campaign |
| 12 | Media and Queer Theory | J. Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London and New York: Routledge, 2018, p. 179-186. Screening: Drag King and examples from Rupaul’s Drag Contest |
| 13 | Media and LGBTQ+ Identity | G. Avila-Saavedra, “Nothing queer about queer television: televized construction of gay masculinities”, Media, Culture and Society, Volume: 31 issue: 1, (2009): 5-21. Screening: Benim Çocuğum (My Child) documentary, director: Can Candan. |
| 14 | Conclusion and Review | |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Final Exam | Date will be announced |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | The Routledge Companion to Media and Gender. Editörler: C. Carter, L. Steiner ve L. McLaughin. London and New York: Routledge, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-415-52769-9 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-203-06691-1 (ebk) |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | They are listed above. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
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| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 50 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 50 |
| 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 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 10 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 110 |
| # | 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. | X | ||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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). | X | ||||
| 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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