| Course Name |
Digital Media Practices for Social Change
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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 310
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Fall/Spring
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3
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Elective
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Group WorkCritical feedbackSimulationLecture / Presentation | |||||
| National Occupation Classification | - | |||||
| Course Coordinator | ||||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course is designed to provide a stimulating interdisciplinary and practice-led environment in which students explore contemporary issues in and approaches to the use of digital media for social change. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course explores digital media for humanitarian studies drawing from across the disciplines of sociology, politics, art and design, and informatics.Through examination of relevant international instruments, research, case studies, and agency policies, students will develop the skills necessary for understanding the use of media in development and humanitarian studies. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses |
X
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| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Course Introduction - On Society | F. Tönnies, Community & Society; G. Le Bon, The Crowd |
| 2 | Relationship between Media and Society | J. Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation |
| 3 | Society, Culture and Media | Stuart Hall, Representation; Raymond Williams, Culture is Ordinary; John Fiske, Understanding Popular Culture |
| 4 | Society, Information and Media | Manuel Castells, The Rise of the Network Society; Pierre Lévy, Cyberculture; Michel Foucault, Power/Knowledge |
| 5 | Being a Subject and the Media | Michel Foucault, Technologies of the Self; Judith Butler, Gender Trouble; Nick Couldry, Cultural Politics |
| 6 | Gender Representations in the Media | Laura Mulvey, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema; Rosalind Gill, Postfeminist Media Culture; bell hooks, The Oppositional Gaze; Jack Halberstam, Gaga Feminism |
| 7 | Society, Animals and Media | John Berger, Why Look at Animals?; Annie Potts, What is Animal Studies?; Akira Mizuta Lippit, Electric Animal |
| 8 | Consumer Society and Media | Jean Baudrillard, The Consumer Society; George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of Society; Grant McCracken, Culture and Consumption |
| 9 | Midterm Week | |
| 10 | Society and Children, Children's Media Consumption | UNICEF Türkiye, Çocuk Hakları ve Medya Rehberi; Sonia Livingstone, Children and the Internet; David Buckingham, After the Death of Childhood |
| 11 | Project Development | |
| 12 | Project Evaluation | |
| 13 | Project Evaluation | |
| 14 | Presentations | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Scott, Martin. 2014. Media and Development : Development Matters.
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| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
|
10
|
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury |
-
|
|
| Project |
1
|
30
|
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
|
20
|
| Final Exam |
1
|
40
|
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
|
60
|
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
|
40
|
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
|
3
|
48
|
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
|
0
|
|
| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
|
1
|
14
|
| Field Work |
0
|
||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
|
||
| Portfolio |
0
|
||
| Homework / Assignments |
0
|
||
| Presentation / Jury |
-
|
-
|
0
|
| Project |
1
|
40
|
40
|
| Seminar / Workshop |
0
|
||
| Oral Exam |
0
|
||
| Midterms |
1
|
18
|
18
|
| Final Exam |
1
|
30
|
30
|
| Total |
150
|
|
#
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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|||||
|
1
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2
|
3
|
4
|
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. |
-
|
-
|
X
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 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
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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. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 4 |
To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| 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. |
-
|
-
|
X
|
-
|
-
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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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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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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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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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| 9 |
To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
X
|
-
|
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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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-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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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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-
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-
|
-
|
-
|
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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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-
|
-
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-
|
-
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