| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Media and Culture | ITB120 | Compulsory | Master's degree | 1 | Spring | 8 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Saadet Zeynep VARLI GÜRER
Assistant Prof. Dr. Nihan DÖNMEZ
Assistant Prof. Dr. Kerim KARAGÖZ
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Analyzes cultural practices, representations, identities and power, gains interest and knowledge on these issues, and can look critically.
2) Knows how cultural practices and meanings are produced, disseminated and changed..
3) Read the visual media.
4) Gains knowledge about communication and cultural theories, mass culture, popular culture, globalization, gender, representation of various identities in the media, media - economy - power relations, new communication technologies.
5) Study theories between media and culture.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
Bölümün/programın program yeterlilikleri sistemde olmadığından ilişkilendirme işlemi yapılamamıştır.
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Visual Reading Methods
Course Contents
After giving a brief history of visual media and cultural studies, semiotics, ethnography, cultural history, critical theory and the basic theories and methods of psychoanalysis are shown. Assessing the impacts of the visual culture of the media.
Weekly Schedule
1) General information about the content of the course is given.2) Introduction to cultural studies: What is culture? What is cultural studies?
3) Classic Social Theory
4) Meaning relations and ideology is explained.
5) Emile Durkheim and Max Weber
6) Karl Marx and Georg Simmel
7) Frankfurt School theorists
8) Midterm exam
9) Selected samples are analyzed of a visual media item.
10) Modern Sociological Theory
11) Methods in cultural studies
12) Selected samples are analyzed of a visual media item.
13) Selected samples are analyzed of a visual media item.
14) Presentation of papers prepared by the students performed.
15) Presentation of papers prepared by the students performed.
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Çelenk, S. (2008). İletişim Çalışmalarında Kırılmalar ve Uzlaşmalar. (çev. Çelenk S.), Ankara: De ki.
2- Mattelart, A. ve Neveu, E. (2007). Kültürel İncelemelere Giriş. İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Self Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
20% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
80% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required