Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3MİL212Media and Culture3+0+03422.11.2024

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Media and Communication
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of this course is to examine the reflection of the cultural power of the media in today's digital media environments in the axis of the effects of the media as both the disseminator and producer of culture on human daily life.
Course Content Culture and media, high culture, folk culture, mass culture, popular culture, circulation of culture, cultural products and transformative effects of media on culture, cultural studies school, critical analysis of cultural products
Course Methods and Techniques Lecture, discussion, homework
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor Betül GÜNDOĞAN betul.gundogan@gedik.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Nurçay Türkoğlu (2010). Medya ve Kültür. İstanbul: Urban Kitap.
Oğuzhan Taş (2018). İletişim Medya ve Kültür. İstanbul: Ütopya Yayınevi.
Course Notes
Course Notes Lecture, case study, question-answer, discussion

Course Category
Social Sciences %60
Field %40

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 2 % 30
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
4
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 2 28
Assignments 2 5 10
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Final examination 1 15 15
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 105

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Learns the close relationship between culture and media.
2 Understands that culture has different forms and that culture shapes human life.
3 Recognize the transformative and diffusing effects of media on culture.
4 Explores the advantages and disadvantages of digitalization of cultural products.
5 Recognizes new cultures created by social media.
6 Learns that alternative media can respond to alternative culture.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Introduction to the relationship between culture and media Course notes
2 The phenomenon of culture as superhuman and its relationship with communication Course notes
3 Media as a disseminator of culture Course notes
4 The relationship between high culture and media Course notes
5 Folk culture, mass culture and popular culture Course notes
6 Cultural differences in the context of high versus low culture Course notes
7 The Cultural Studies School and cultural studies Course notes
8 Theories on the cultural effects of media Course notes
9 Media culture as a producer of culture Course notes
10 Digital culture and digitalized cultural products Course notes
11 Internet culture and new communities Course notes
12 Alternative cultures and alternative media Course notes
13 A culture spreading on social media: consumer culture Course notes
14 A culture spreading on social media: lynching/cancellation culture Course notes

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15
All 3 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 5 3 3 2 3
C1 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 5 3 3 3 4
C2 3 5 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 5 2 3 2 2
C3 2 5 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 2 5 3 2 2 3
C4 4 5 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 5 3 3 2 2
C5 3 5 3 3 4 2 1 2 2 2 5 3 3 2 2
C6 3 5 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 2 5 3 3 2 3

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