VISUAL SOCIOLOGY

SOC422

Course Code: SOC422
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Recognize the basic concepts of Visual Sociological research.
Discuss the relationship between images and society.
Discuss the relationship between visual sociology and visual anthropology.
Applies the methodological approach and literature review by planning a research on visual sociology.
Analyzes his research on visual sociology by reporting.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, students are expected to comprehend the relationship between sociology and visual culture, learn visual research methods, and learn to analyze visual sources in a sociological context.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course and basic concepts
2^nd Week	Historical development of cinema.
3^rd Week	C. Wright Mills and sociological imagination and cinema
4^th Week	Cinema's social effects, cinema and mass culture
5^th Week	Cinema theories
6^th Week	Mass communication theories
7^th Week	Historical development of cinema in Turkey
8^th Week	Mid Term
9^th Week	Social change and cinema films in Turkey
10^th Week	National identity and cinema
11^th Week	Cultural imperialism and cinema
12^th Week	Film analysis 1: Gender and Cinema
13^th Week	Film analysis 2: Globalization and cinema
14^th Week	Student presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

* Diken, Bülent; Laustsen, Carsten B. Filmlerle Sosyoloji, Metis Yayınları,2010

*Jarvie, Ian Charles. Towards a Sociology of the Cinema, London and New York: Routledge, 2013

*Mills, C. Wright. The Sociological Imagination. Oxford university press,2000

*Teksoy, Rekin. Rekin Teksoy'un Sinema Tarihi, Oğlak Yayıncılık, 2014

*Scognamillo, Giovanni. Türk Sinema Tarihi. Kabalcı Yayınları, 2013

*Schneider, Steven Jay; Palmer, R. Barton (eds). Dünya Sinemasında Akımlar, Doruk Yayınları,2016

*Sutherland, Jean-Anne; Feltey, Kathryn (eds) Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film. Los Angeles and London, Sage, 2013

*Yaşartürk, Gül. Ve Sinema. Doruk Yayınları, 2013

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	1	3	3
Preparation for Final exam	1	55	55
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	45	45
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	2	2
Total Work Load			151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2
K3	X			X	X
K4				X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X	X
K7		X	X
K8
K9
K10					X
K11
K12