Television and Culture
Radio, Television and Cinema
Faculty of Communication
First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Television and Culture | RTS305 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 3 | Fall | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Mert GÜRER
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Discuss the impacts and outputs of public or private televison channels to cultural communication.
2) Evaluate the effects of cultural based televison programmes on the sociological, psychological and cultural structure.
3) Develop knowledge to produce cultural based programmes for interculturality.
4) Explain how television programme genres represent the conflicts with the overall and sub-cultures.
5) Develop model proposals for television programs for the ways of reinforcing culture.
6) Conduct content analysis of the cultural based television programmes.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | High | Middle | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | High | High | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
| 3 | Middle | High | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
| 4 | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
| 6 | Middle | High | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The course is contended of investigation and analyses of cultural oriented television programmes including talks,interviews or traveller's shows or documentaries on art, literature,cinema,vernecular traditions and cusine,etc. Social and psychological impacts contributed are also defined and described.
Weekly Schedule
1) General info about the course2) Description of culture as a concept, its relation with media, public broadcasting media.
3) Cultural approcahes and social practices.
4) Public broadcasting and ideology- reflection on the programmes; analyses of the public broadcasting: art and culture
5) Public broadcasting and ideology- reflection on the programmes; analyses of the public broadcasting: art and culture
6) Private tv channels, their philosophy and ideology, the way they address the audience.
7) A look over analysing approaches
8) Cultural programmes framework and content analyses.
9) European Tv channels and cultural programmes and comparisons.
10) European Tv channels and cultural programmes and comparisons.
11) Sample Analysis
12) Sample Analysis
13) Sample Analysis
14) Sample Analysis
15) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Ayşe İnal (2001) “Televizyon, Tür ve Temsil.” Yıllık 1999, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi. 255-286.
2- Sevilay Çelenk, Televizyon, Temsil, Kültür: 90’lı Yıllarda Sosyokültürel İklim ve Televizyon İçerikleri. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi, 2005.
3- Mahmut Mutman, Televizyonu Nasıl Sorgulamalı, Toplum ve Bilim, Sayı 67, s.26-75.
4- Tezcan Durna (2010) Medyadan Söylemler (der.) İstanbul: Libra Kitapçılık.
5- Erol Mutlu, "Televizyonu Düşünmek" Yıllık 1999, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi. 2001. 219-226.
6- John Ellis “Televizyonun Anlatısı.” çev. Ayşe İnal. Yıllık 1997-1998, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi. 1999. 145-58.
7- Walter Benjamin, “Tekniğin Olanaklarıyla Yeniden Üretilebildiği Çağda Sanat Yapıtı” Pasajlar, (3. baskı), çev. Ahmet Cemal, İstanbul: YKY, 2001.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Group Study
6) Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Presentation/Seminar to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required