Representation of Digital Identity In New Media
Visual Communication Design and Advertising
Institute of Social Sciences
Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representation of Digital Identity In New Media | GIR125 | Elective | Master's degree | 1 | Fall | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Nihan DÖNMEZ
Assistant Prof. Dr. Ebru TURANLI
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Have knowledge about new media platforms
2) Understand the difference between traditional and new media
3) Learns Social Media, Characteristics and Structure of Social Media
4) Learn how identity production and representation occurs in new media.
5) Learn the concept of new media
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
| 2 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
| 3 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
| 4 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | |
| 5 | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Middle | Middle | Low | Low | Low | Low | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Cyber-Cultura
Course Contents
New media and new media environments will be defined and different characteristics from traditional media will be exemplified. The developments in digital and social media, communication, new media studies, the relationship between culture, media and society will be explained. The concept of digital generation, identity representations and its relationship with new media will be examined. Producing and using content in new media environments and identity representations in new media environments will be discussed.
Weekly Schedule
1) Introducing the course and its plan2) What are new media and new media environments? Characteristics of new media: digitality, interactiveness, hypertextuality, multimedia stylisticity, sense of virtuality/presence, diffusion, user-derived content production
3) What are the differences between Traditional media and New media? What is digital culture and network society?
4) Some discussion focuses on new media: identity, identity exercise, socialization, virtual community concepts
5) presentation/performance of self, networked public/networked public and networked individual/self, virtual body, avatar etc. A general introduction to which concepts and how to deal with which perspectives.
6) Digital Natives and Immigrants
7) Communities and Identities in new media
8) mid term
9) Identity and Online Life
10) Identity and Digitization
11) students presentrations
12) Students presentations
13) Student presentations
14) Students presendation
15) Students presentation
16) Final exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Stuart Hall, Temsil Kültürel Temsiller ve Anlamlandırma Uygulamaları, Pinhan Yayıncılık
2- John Palfrey , Urs Gasser, Doğuştan Dijital, İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) 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