FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of New Media and Communication
NMC 202 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Language, Meaning, Reality
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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NMC 202
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Spring
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2
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2
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionGroup WorkQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to develop the ability to describe, interpret and critically evaluate the mechanisms whereby thoughts, feelings and actions are given meaning and value in communicative situations. It achieves this goal by looking at the major paradigms of interpretation in the social sciences and the humanities: Speech act theory, psychoanalytic theory, semiology, deconstruction, phenomenology, genealogy and communicative action. The course will aim to make explicit the relationship between general conceptual\ndebates concerning language and meaning, and apply the insights so gained to problems in the domains of media and communication through concrete exercises. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Sense-making is a peculiar human activity. We do not only think, feel and act, but we also give meaning and value to the ways in which we think, feel and act. Through an examination of the general features of major interpretive paradigms in the social sciences and the ;humanities, this course will discuss the main concepts and strategies of interpretation as we make human thought and action intelligible. Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions and in-class group projects. |
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Core Courses |
X
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| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | What is interpretation? |
| 2 | The theory of psychoanalysis: Desire, language and the unconscious (Freud) | Freud, 156-209 |
| 3 | The theory of psychoanalysis: The imaginary, the symbolic, the real (Lacan) | Lacan’s reading of Poe’s “The purloined letter” |
| 4 | Speech act theory: Language as Practice (Austin) | Austin, 1-39; 67-83 |
| 5 | Phenomenology: The silent speech of the world. (Merleau-Ponty) | Merleau-Ponty, 3-52 |
| 6 | Midterm 1 | |
| 7 | Semiology: Language as sign system and the social world as language. | Culler, 17-51 |
| 8 | Deconstruction: Possibility and impossibility of meaning (Derrida) | Derrida, 302-317 |
| 9 | Discussion session: What difference does it make? | |
| 10 | In-class writing assignment | |
| 11 | Discourse, power, knowledge (Foucault) | Foucault, 369-393 |
| 12 | Communicative action (Habermas) | Habermas, 116-195 |
| 13 | Interpretation as ideology critique (Althusser) | Althusser, Essay 5 |
| 14 | Film screening | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | ● John Austin, How to do things with words, Oxford university Press ISBN 978-0-19-281205-6 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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25
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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30
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| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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35
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| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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2
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32
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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2
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32
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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3
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42
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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15
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15
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| Presentation / Jury |
1
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20
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20
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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35
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35
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| Final Exam |
0
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| Total |
176
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. |
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| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. |
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| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. |
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| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 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). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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