FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of New Media and Communication
NMC 204 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Digital Media Cultures
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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 204
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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 | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course provides the students with the concepts and theories related to digital media technologies, along with the necessary skills to conduct basic research based on the uses of these technologies in everyday life. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course focuses on the issues related to digital media and its connections to social, political and cultural contexts. The course touches upon what is “new” and not new in media, the role of media technologies in daily life, the effects of content creation, the flow and distribution of information through platforms, as well as issues concerning big data. It elaborates on how the digital media ecosystem works, with a particular focus on the components of this ecosystem (users, content creators, media\ncompanies, etc). It discusses contemporary trends such as polarization, echo chambers and fake news. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Defining new media and key concepts | Manovich, How Media Became New, Language of New Media, 21-26. |
| 3 | New media and social life | Lister, New Media in Everyday Life, 237-266. Williams, Television: Technology and Cultural Form, 289-300. |
| 4 | Communication in digital spaces | Baym, Personal connections in the digital age, 50-71. |
| 5 | Networks and connectedness | van Dijck, The Culture of Connectivity, 3-23. Castells, The Internet galaxy, 116-135. |
| 6 | Midterm | |
| 7 | Social media | Fuchs, Social media: a critical introduction, 33-51. |
| 8 | Big data and society | boyd, & Crawford, Critical Questions for Big Data. |
| 9 | News and information flow | Hermida, Twittering the News. |
| 10 | The online political sphere | Castells, Communication, Power and Counter-power in the Network Society. Owen, The Past Decade and Future of Political Media. |
| 11 | Digital media activism | Bennett & Segerberg, The Logic of Connective Action. |
| 12 | Liberation and exploitation in the digital society | Jordan, Information politics, 1-29. |
| 13 | AI in everyday life | Elliott, The Culture of AI, 1-22. |
| 14 | Project presentations | |
| 15 | Project presentations | |
| 16 | Review of the semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Television: Technology and Cultural Form, Raymond Williams, Routledge, 9780415314565, 2003 |
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
|
20
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| Presentation / Jury |
-
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-
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| Project |
1
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40
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| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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-
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| 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 |
-
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-
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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2
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28
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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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18
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18
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| Presentation / Jury |
-
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0
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| Project |
1
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40
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40
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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30
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30
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| Final Exam |
1
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-
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0
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| Total |
180
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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#
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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. |
X | ||||
| 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. |
X | ||||
| 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. |
X | ||||
| 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. |
X | ||||
| 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
NEWS |ALL NEWS
‘Media’ Summit at Izmir University of Economics
International Press Institute (IPI) organized a symposium on ‘Economy and Financial Sustainability of Media’ hosted by Izmir University of Economics (IUE).
Received a special invitation from the USA for the Italian director's documentary
Dr. Alper Gedik, Lecturer at Department of New Media and Communication, Izmir University of Economics (IUE), went to the USA to introduce
Laura Aymerich-Franch visited our department
Laura Aymerich-Franch who is currently a senior research fellow at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) was a visiting scholar in the Department of
Women and the Media in the Middle East
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nahed Eltantawy, who will be visiting the Media and Communication Department as a part of the Fulbright Specialist Program,
A Partnership Agreement between the Department of Media and Communication and Izmir Journalists Association
“Local Media in Izmir”, a panel organized by the Department of Media and Communication, Izmir University of Economics, was held on Thursday
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İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, “Radyo Televizyon Yayıncılığı ve Telif” konferans ve sergisine ev sahipliği yaptı. İEU İletişim Fakültesi Dekanı Prof. Dr. Ebru Uzunoğlu’nun
