FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of New Media and Communication
NMC 475 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Media, Society and Politics in Turkey
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
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Application/Lab
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Local Credits
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ECTS
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NMC 475
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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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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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to familiarize students with advanced issues in politics in Turkey. The course also aims to enable students to discuss the relations between politics media and society. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | In addition to theoretical discussions on how the media is shaped by social, economic and political circumstances, starting from the late Ottoman period, the course examines how the Turkish media have affected and been affected by major sociopolitical and economic transformations that have taken place from the outset of the Republic. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | ||
Supportive Courses |
X
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Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction: General Review of the First Part of the Course: Key Concepts of Politics and Communication | |
2 | State and Society in the Late Ottoman Empire and the Early Republic | Feroz Ahmad, The Making of Modern Turkey, Routledge, 1993, pp.1-72. Şerif Mardin, ‘Center-Periphery Relations: A Key to Turkish Politics?’ Daedalus, Vol. 102 (1973): 169-90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20024114 |
3 | Modernization in Turkey | Case Study: Araba Sevdası and Fatih Harbiye novels. Readings: Dankwart A. Rustow, ‘The Modernization in Turkey in Historical and Comparative Perspective’, in Kemal H. Karpat and Contributers, Social Change and Politics in Turkey, Leiden E.J. Brill, 1973, pp.93-122. M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, ‘Garbcılar: Their Attitudes toward Religion and Their Impact on the Official Ideology of theTurkish Republic’, Studia Islamica, No. 86 (1997), pp. 133-158. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1595808. Kemal H.Karpat, ‘Structural Change, Historical Stages of Modernization and the Role of Social Groups in Turkish Politics, in Kemal H. Karpat and Contributers, Social Change and Politics in Turkey, Leiden E.J. Brill, 1973 pp.11-92. |
4 | Turkish Politics and Media | Readings: Kemal H. Karpat, ‘The Impact of the People's Houses on the Development of Communication in Turkey: 1931-1951’, Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Vol. 15, Issue 1/4 (1974), pp. 69-84./Uygur Kocabaşoğlu, ‘Tek Parti “Matbuatı” Üzerine Gözlemler’, in in Mehmet Ö. Alkan, Tanıl Bora, Murat Koraltürk (Derleyenler), Mete Tunçaya’a Armağan, İletişim Yayınları, pp.573- 602./Ahmet O.Evin, ‘Novelists:New Cosmopolitanism versus Social Pluralism’, in Turkey and the West, M. Heper, A.Öncü and H. Kramer (eds), I.B Tauris & Co.Ltd, London, New York, 1993, pp.92-115. |
5 | The Republic's Official Ideology: Kemalism | Case Study: Kadro Journal and Hakimiyet-I Milliye Newspaper. Readings: Mustafa Türkeş, ‘A Patriotic Leftist Development-Strategy Proposal in Turkey in the 1930s: The Case of the Kadro (Cadre) Movement’, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Feb., 2001), pp. 91-114. Paul Dumont, ‘The Origins of Kemalist Ideology’, in Jacob M. Landau, Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey,Westview Press, E.J. Brill, 1984,pp.25-44 |
6 | Nationalism and Far right | Case Study: Üç Tarz-I Siyaset and Primo Türk Çocuğu (Ömer Seyfettin) Readings: Hugh Poulton, Top Hat, Grey Wolf and Crescent, Turkish Nationalism and Turkish Republic, Hurst & Company, London, 1997, pp. 130-167./Jacob M. Landau, Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation, London: Hurst & Company, 1995. |
7 | Mid-Term I | |
8 | Social Democracy, Socialism and the Radical Left | Case Study: Aydınlık and Yön journals and Gece Dersleri (Latife Tekin) Readings: Kemal H. Karpat, ‘The Turkish Left’, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 1, No. 2, (1966), pp. 169-186./Further reading: Arslan, U. T. (2001). Popüler Sinema ve Sol Siyaset. Mürekkep, 16, 8- 28./ Doğruöz, H. Ş. (2007). Sinemada 12 Eylül: Bellek Yitimine Direnmek ve Temsil Stratejileri. Birikim, 222, 68-80. |
9 | Political Islam | Case Study: Minyeli Abdullah (Hekimoğlu İsmail and Huzur Sokağı (Şule Yüksel Şenler) Readings: Haldun Gülalp, ‘The Poverty of Democracy in Turkey: The Refah Party Episode’, New Perspectives on Turkey, Fall 1999, 35-59./ Further reading: Ayse Öncü “Packaging Islam: Cultural Politics on the Landscape of Turkish Television”, in Public Culture, 8(1):51-71, 1995./ Maktav, Hilmi (2010). Sinema ya da İlahi Aşk: İslami Sinemada Tasavvufi Yolculuklar. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(2), 31-55./ Cihan Aktaş, Bir Hayat Tarzı Eleştirisi: İslamcılık, Kapı, 2007. Martin Stokes, ‘Islam, the Turkish State and Arabesk’, Popular Music, Vol. 11, No. 2, A Changing Europe (May, 1992), pp. 213-227. http://www.jstor.org/stable/852942. |
10 | Nationalism and Minorities | Case Study: Films: Hope/Umut (1970); On the Way to School-İki Dil Bir Bavul (2008); Salkım Hanımın Taneleri-Mrs. Salkım's Diamonds (1999) Readings: Mesut Yeğen, ‘The Kurdish Question in Turkish State Discourse’, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Oct., 1999), pp. 555-568. http://www.jstor.org/stable/261251/Harris, Sarah (2008). Turkish Popular Cinema: National Claims, Transnational Flows. The International Journal of the Humanities, 6(3), 77-87/Baskın Oran, Türkiye'de Azınlıklar, İletişim, 2008/Mersin, S. (2010). Azınlık Filmleri: Tarihin Yeniden İnşası ve Kolektif Bellek. sinecine: Sinema Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(2), 5-29. |
11 | Mid-Term II | |
12 | Gender and Politics | Case Study: Handan (1912) Halide Edip Adıvar; Çöl Güneşi (1933), Şükufe Nihal Başar Kadının Adı Yok (1987) Duygu Asena. Reading: Nükhet Sirman, ‘Feminism in Turkey: A Short History’, New Perspectives on Turkey, 3/1, Fall 1989./ Deniz Kandiyoti, ‘Sex Roles and Social Change: A Comparative Appraisal of Turkey's Women’, Signs, Vol. 3, No. 1, (Autumn, 1977), pp. 57- 73. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173079. |
13 | Migration in Turkey | Case Study: Fikrimin İnce Gülü (1976), Adalet Ağaoğlu; Gurbet Kuşları (1964), Halit Refiğ. Readings: Rifat N. Bali, Tarz-Hayattan Life Style'a Yeni Seçkinler, Yeni Mekânlar, Yeni Yaşamlar, İstanbul, İletişim, 2002./ Türk sinemasında göç ve şehirleşme Gurbet Kuşları (Halit Refiğ, 1964) Gelin (Lütfi Akad, 1973)./Diasporik Türk sineması Mercedes Mon Amour (Tunç Okan, 1987). |
14 | Poverty in Turkey | Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde (1953), Parasız Yatılı (1971), Füruzan; Orhan Kemal); Acı Lokma (1986), Temel Gürsu, Dertler Benim Olsun (1974), Safa Önal; Readings: Necmi Erdoğan, Yok-sanma: Yoksulluk-Maduniyet ve “Fark Yaraları”, Yoksulluk Halleri, Ed. Necmi Erdoğan, De:ki, 2002, s.33-64./ |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | |
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 | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
2
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50
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Final Exam |
1
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40
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Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
3
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60
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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40
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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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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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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 |
0
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Presentation / Jury |
0
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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 |
2
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7
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14
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Final Exam |
1
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15
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15
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Total |
119
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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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‘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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