DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

SOC616

Course Code: SOC616
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn cultural, political and economic aspects of digital sociology.
Gain critical point of view about the field.
Learn theories on technology and social life.
Can apply research methods and techniques in digital sociology

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Digital sociology can be considered as one of the sub-branches of sociology in general. It focuses on the 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 the 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	What is Digital Sociology?
2^nd Week	Technology and Social Life
3^rd Week	Technology and Identity
4^th Week	Utopias and Realities
5^th Week	Social Media
6^th Week	Information Society/Network Society
7^th Week	Technology and new social movements
8^th Week	Mid Term
9^th Week	Digital Economy
10^th Week	Digital Labor
11^th Week	Digital in different fields: Health
12^th Week	Digital in different fields: Education
13^th Week	Presentations
14^th Week	Presentations
15^th Week

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
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation

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	15	210
Preparation for Final exam	1	10	10
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	8	8
Laboratory (including preparation)	0	0	0
Final exam	1	12	12
Homework	3	14	42
Total Work Load			326
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.86
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X		X	X
K2	X			X
K3			X
K4	X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7	X			X
K8
K9	X		X
K10	X