VIDEO ACTIVISM

RTS532

Course Code: RTS532
Semester: Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

Second Term (Spring)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Nihan Gider Işıkman

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

know the general characteristics of video activism.
know the production process with structural and technical aspects.
carry a critical approach to video activism in the framework of theoretical knowledge.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Video activism is to to carry the unseen images and unheard voices of unknown stories to the public domain that can?t find place in the main stream media, with the possibility of todays digital audio and video technology. In this course, video activism will be covered thourgh the concepts like; video as a political tool, reality and the recorded reality, presentation and re-presentation, surveillance cultur, power of the image and its evidentiality. Video activism will be analyzed through samples of participatory video works, guerrilla televisions, new media applications etc. to better understand its structure and funtioning.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	What is video activism?
2^nd Week	Historical development
3^rd Week	Narrative technics; video activim and documentary, journalism, activism, art
4^th Week	Video activist production; basic shooting technics
5^th Week	Video activist production; sound
6^th Week	Video activist production; editing
7^th Week	Video activist production; distribution, alternative media, videosharing, digital broadcasting,videoarchives,guerrilla tv
8^th Week	Mid-Term
9^th Week	Video activist production; ethical and legal issues
10^th Week	Video as an political tool; power of the image and its evidentiality
11^th Week	Video as an political tool; reality, recording the reality, presentation and re-presentation
12^th Week	Video as an political tool; surveillance culture, digital surveillance, protection of personal data
13^th Week	Samples from the World.
14^th Week	Samples from Turkey.

Recommended or Required Reading

Giovanni Sartori. Görmenin İktidarı: Homo Videns Gören İnsan.
Umut Tümay Aslan. Görsel Olanı Okumak: Eleştirel Görsel Okur-Yazarlık.
Anthony Giddens. Modernliğin Sonuçları.
Korkmaz Alemdar. Öteki Kuram, İrfan Erdoğan.
Louis Althusser. İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları.
Türk Film Araştırmalarında Yeni Yönelimler-8, Sinema ve Politika
Michael Ryan, Douglas Kellner. Politik Kamera.
Jodi Nelson. Social Media as a Filmmaking Narrative Tool.
Thomas Harding. The Video Activist Handbook.
Sam Gregory. Değiştirmek İçin Video.
Megan Boler. Digital Media and Democracy.
Paolo Gerbaudo. Tweetler ve Sokaklar, Sosyal Medya ve Günümüzün Eylemciliği.
Dean Wilson, Tanya Serisier. Video Activism and the Ambiguities of Counter-Surveillance.
Kjerstin Thorson. Youtube and Proposition.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Practice

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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