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Program of Communication Design

EILF201

COMMUNICATION AND MUSIC

Course Code
EILF201
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Analyzes music as a medium by applying key theories from communication and cultural studies.
  2. Critically evaluates the relationship between music, society, and culture through theoretical debates and contemporary examples.
  3. Demonstrates an interdisciplinary perspective in written and oral work, linking practical cases with academic approaches in music studies.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course explores the central debates that gave rise to `auditory culture? in the late twentieth century. It focuses on key theoretical and practical approaches in music studies, analyzing how music functions as a medium of meaning and expression in wider cultural contexts through the lens of communication research.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the course. Q&A.
2nd Week Ways of Seeing: John Berger
3rd Week Visual and Acoustic Space: Marshall McLuhan
4th Week Music and Its Others: Noise, Sound, Silence
5th Week Frankfurt School, Critical Theory and Music
6th Week Screening: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Dir: Johan Grimonprez. 2024. (150 min).
7th Week Birmingham School, Cultural Studies and Music
8th Week Popular Music Industry
9th Week Screening / Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul Dir: Fatih Akın. 2005. (90?min)
10th Week Music Video
11th Week The Gender of Sound
12th Week Subcultures and Countercultures: Arabesque
13th Week Subcultures and Countercultures: Rap
14th Week Algorithms: Erasures and the Art of Memory
Recommended or Required ReadingAdorno, T.W (2008). The Culture Industry. Routledge.
Berger, J. (2008). Ways of seeing. Penguin uK.
Chang, J. (2006). Can't stop won't stop: A history of the hip-hop generation. St. Martin's Press.
Cox, C., & Warner, D. (Eds.). (2017). Audio culture, revised edition: readings in modern music. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Hebdige, D. (1993). Subculture: The meaning of style. Routledge.
Hebdige, D. (2003). Cutn'mix: Culture, identity and Caribbean music. Routledge.
Gürbilek, N. (2001). Kötü Çocuk Türk. Istanbul: Metis.
Light, A. (2004). About a Salary or Reality?-Rap?s Recurrent Conflict. In That's the Joint! (pp. 137-145). Routledge.
Lull, J. (1987). Popular Music and Communication. Sage
McLuhan, M. (2004). Visual and acoustic space. Audio culture: Readings in modern music, 67-72.
Özbek, M. (1997). Arabesk culture: A case of modernization and popular identity. Rethinking modernity and national identity in Turkey, 211-232.
Solomon, T. (2005). `Living underground is tough?: authenticity and locality in the hip-hop community in Istanbul, Turkey. Popular Music, 24(1), 1-20.
Solomon, T. (2005). Listening to Istanbul: Imagining Place in Turkish Rap Music. Studia Musicologica Norvegica, 31(1), 46-67.
Solomon, T. (2009). Berlin?Frankfurt?Istanbul: Turkish hip-hop in motion. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 12(3), 305-327.
Soysal, L. (2004). Rap, hiphop, Kreuzberg: Scripts of/for migrant youth culture in the WorldCity Berlin. New German Critique, (92), 62-81.
Stokes, M. (2003). The Tearful Public Sphere: Turkey?s `Sun of Art,?Zeki Müren. Music and gender: perspectives from the Mediterranean, 307-328.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 1 25
Practice 1 10
Other 1 15
Total(%) 70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30
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 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 2 23 46
Total Work Load173
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5.76
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionEnglish
Work Placement(s)No

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