MEDIA SOCIOLOGY

RTS543

Course Code: RTS543
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Analyze the relationships between media and society within the framework of fundamental sociological concepts and theories.
Evaluate the role of media in processes of power, inequality, identity, representation, and cultural production within their social, cultural, economic, and political contexts.
Critically evaluate the impact of contemporary transformations such as digitalization, platformization, algorithms, digital labor, and artificial intelligence on media and society.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none.

Course Description

This course examines the relationship between media and society through sociological theories and concepts, focusing on the role of media in the formation and transformation of social, cultural, economic, and political structures, as well as phenomena and issues related to power, inequality, identity, representation, ideology, culture, the public sphere, digitalization, platformization, and algorithmic transformation.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The Rise of Media in the Construction of Modern Society
2^nd Week	Global Media Systems, Power, and Cultural Circulation
3^rd Week	The Transformation of Mediated Publicness, the Public Sphere, Counter-Publics, and Democracy
4^th Week	From the Surveillance Society to the Data Society, the Transformation of Privacy
5^th Week	The Mediatization of the Self and Everyday Life, Identity, Representation, and Consumption
6^th Week	The Production of Social Positions, Bourdieu, Cultural Capital, and the Media Field
7^th Week	The Production of Reality and Meaning, Ideology, Hegemony, and Media
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Mobility, Borders, and Otherness, Mediated Representations of Migration
10^th Week	The Sociology of Seeing, Images, the Body, and Visual Culture
11^th Week	The Networked Society and the Restructuring of Media
12^th Week	The Platformized Society, Algorithms, Data, and Digital Labour
13^th Week	Counter-Hegemonic Practices in the Media Field, Alternative Media, Citizen Journalism, and Critical Media Literacy
14^th Week	The Trajectory of Media Studies in Türkiye and New Questions in Media Sociology

Recommended or Required Reading

Baudrillard, J. (2011). Simülakrlar ve simülasyon (O. Adanır, Çev.; 6. bs.). Doğu Batı Yayınları.
Bourdieu, P. (2006). Pratik nedenler (H. U. Tanrıöver, Çev.; 2. bs.). Hil Yayınları.
Bourdieu, P. (2019). Televizyon üzerine (B. Yılmaz, Çev.; 3. bs.). İletişim Yayınları.
Bucher, T. (2018). If...then: Algorithmic power and politics. Oxford University Press.
Debord, G. (2006). Gösteri toplumu (A. Ekmekçigil & O. Taşkent, Çev.; 2. bs.). Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Field, J. (2006). Sosyal sermaye (B. Bilgen & B. Şen, Çev.). İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
Fuchs, C. (2015). Dijital emek ve Karl Marx (T. E. Kalaycı & S. Oğuz, Çev.). NotaBene Yayınları.
Fuchs, C. (2016). Sosyal medya: Eleştirel bir giriş (D. Saraçoğlu & İ. Kalaycı, Çev.). NotaBene Yayınları.
Fuchs, C. (2024). Media, economy and society: A critical introduction. Routledge.
Gillespie, T. (2018). Custodians of the internet: Platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media. Yale University Press.
Hall, S. (2013). Representation: Cultural representations and signifying practices (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications.
Hall, S. (2002). İdeoloji ve iletişim kuramı. In S. İrvan (Ed.), Medya kültür siyaset. Alp Yayınevi.
Lefebvre, H. (1998). Modern dünyada gündelik hayat (I. Gürbüz, Çev.). Metis Yayınları.
Maigret, E. (2021). Medya ve iletişim sosyolojisi (H. Yücel, Çev.; 2. bs.). İletişim Yayınları.
Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of oppression: How search engines reinforce racism. New York University Press.
Schiller, H. I. (1993). Zihin yönlendirenler (C. Cerit, Çev.). Pınar Yayınları.
Srnicek, N. (2019). Platform kapitalizmi (M. A. Acar, Çev.). Epos Yayınları.
Thompson, J. B. (1995). The media and modernity: A social theory of the media. Stanford University Press.
van Dijck, J., Poell, T., & de Waal, M. (2018). The platform society: Public values in a connective world. Oxford University Press.
Zuboff, S. (2021). Gözetim kapitalizmi çağı: İnsan geleceğinin yeni güç odağındaki mücadele (A. Yılmaz, Çev.). Panorama Kitap.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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