CULTURE, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

SOC522

Course Code: SOC522
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;

Learn culture, media and communication processes and discusses the relationship between these concepts in a sociological context.
Learn and discuss the issues of culture, culture-society relation, communication, social meaning of communication, social effects, society-communication relation.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, concepts such as culture, culture-society relationship, communication, social meaning of communication, effects on society, society-communication relationship, development of social communication in the historical process, media, basic concepts of media, media-society relationship, new media and communication technologies are discussed. The main aim of the course is to enable students to learn culture, media and communication processes and to learn and discuss the relations of these concepts with each other in a sociological context.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the course, introduction to the course and basic concepts
2^nd Week	Relations between Sociology and Communication
3^rd Week	Basic structure of communication
4^th Week	Communication and culture relation
5^th Week	Media and sociology
6^th Week	Mass communication concept and sociology relation
7^th Week	Basic approaches in mass communication
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Theories of Communication
10^th Week	Local and International Communication
11^th Week	New technologies and changing communication structure
12^th Week	Communication and culture relation in Turkey
13^th Week	Communication and sociology relation in Turkey
14^th Week	Case studies

Recommended or Required Reading

Maigret, Eric. Medya ve İletişim Sosyolojisi. İstanbul: İletişim yayınları, 2016

Yaylagil, Levent. Kitle İletişim Kuramları. Egemen ve Eleştirel Yaklaşımlar.Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları, 2016

Oskay, Ünsal. Kitle İletişimin Kültürel İşlevleri, İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınları, 2014

Leydesdorff, Loet. A Sociological Theory of Communication.Universal Publishers,2003

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	14	17	238
Preparation for Final exam	1	12	12
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	3	3
Homework	0	0	0
Total Work Load			307
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.23
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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K4	X	X
K5	X	X
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K14	X	X
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K18

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2
K3
K4	X	X
K5	X	X
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K9	X	X
K10	X
K11	X	X
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K14	X	X
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