COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Media Industries
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
MCS 422
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s) -
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims students to be able to recognize and analyse the media industries which they will be operating within after graduation.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To analyze the history and theory of media industries
  • To discuss media and culture as industries in a capitalist world
  • To evaluate the role of media industries in shaping society and culture
  • To critically evaluate the political economy of media industries
  • To compare and contrast a variety of media industries
Course Description
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



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 Introduction to Class / Syllabus Review
2 Introduction to Media Industries and Key Concepts
3 Technology and Media Industries
4 Media as Cultural Industries and the History of Mass Culture
5 Economic Conditions in Media Production
6 The Rise of the Media Industry
7 Midterm
8 Internationalization: Cultural Imperialism
9 Consumer Culture
10 Transcultural Communication
11 New Media Industry
12 Public Media Industries
13 Presentations
14 Presentations
15 Review of Semester
16 Final
Course Notes/Textbooks
Timothy Havens and Amanda D. Lotz (2012), Understanding Media Industries, Oxford University Press
Desmond Hesmondhalgh (2013), The Cultural Industries, Third Edition, Sage Publications
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
1
30
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
70
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
30
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
14
2
28
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
20
Presentation / Jury
1
6
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
Final Exams
1
18
    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 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.  

X
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.  

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.

10

To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. 

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.

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