DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

SOC432

Course Code: SOC432
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;

Discuss the cultural, political and economic content of the phenomenon of digital sociology.
Gains a critical perspective on the field.
Evaluate the theoretical approaches developed on technology and social life.
Apply research methods and techniques to digital sociology issues.
Interpret the social impact of digitalization.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No.

Course Description

Digital sociology can be considered as one of the sub-branches of sociology in general. It focuses on social and economic aspects of technological developments and digitalization in our daily lives. How do digital instruments affect the socialization process? Or our social lives? Digital sociology tries to analyze the enormous development of ICT Technologies, the impact of internet in our social lives or digitalization of working processes. These are the new areas for social researches; education, identity, new working conditions?etc. Within this course, the latest debates about digitalized life will be generated.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	1st Week What is Digital Sociology?
2^nd Week	2nd Week Technology and Social Life
3^rd Week	3rd Week Technology and Identity
4^th Week	4th Week Utopias and Realities
5^th Week	5th Week Social Media
6^th Week	6th Week Information Society/Network Society
7^th Week	7th Week Theories of NS- II
8^th Week	8th Week Mid Term
9^th Week	9th Week Digital Economy
10^th Week	10thWeek Digital Labor
11^th Week	11thWeek Digital Culture: Games and society
12^th Week	12thWeek Digital in different fields: Education
13^th Week	13thWeek Digital in different fields: Health
14^th Week	14thWeek Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Marres, N. (2017) Digital Sociology: the reinvention of social research, Cambridge: Polity.
Gillespie, T. & K. Foot et al. (2013) Media Technologies: Materiality, Technology, Society, Cambridge: MIT Press
Ruppert, E., Law, J., & Savage, M. (2013). Reassembling social science methods: The challenge of digital devices. Theory, culture & society, 30(4), 22-46.
Lupton, Deborah (2013) Digital Sociology. London: Routledge.Miller, V. (2011). Understanding digital culture. London: SAGE Publications.
Orton-Johnson, K. and N. Prior (Eds) (2013) Critical Perspectives in Digital Sociology, Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	1	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	30	30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	15	3	45
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
K4	X	X	X	X	X
K5				X
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X	X	X
K12