SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION

İLF321

Course Code: İLF321
Semester: Fifth Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Fifth Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Sevil Bal Köse

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain the ability to associate various social facts and events with the functions, functioning and effects of mass communication at the sociological level.
Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of communication with a critical approach.
Gain competence in the concepts and approaches, methods, strategies and techniques of communication sociology.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

The course focuses on basic concepts and theoretical models that appear at the interface of communication and social sciences. In this context, the concepts and approaches emerging today are evaluated from a historical and critical perspective, based on the epistemological and methodological knowledge of communication and social sciences.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course Description
2^nd Week	Concept and scope in sociology of communication
3^rd Week	Historical development of sociology of communication
4^th Week	Relationship between language and culture in communication and media
5^th Week	Globalisation in communication and media
6^th Week	Modernity and social change
7^th Week	Ownership and control in communication and media
8^th Week	Postmodernity and media
9^th Week	Discussions on ideology, subject and power in communication and media
10^th Week	Discourse and representation in communication and media I: Everyday life, body-identity-privacy
11^th Week	Discourse and representation in communication and media II: Gender, race and ethnicity
12^th Week	Discourse and Representation in Communication and Media III: City-migration-sustainability-crisis
13^th Week	(New) communication technologies and sociology
14^th Week	General Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

ALTHUSSER, Louis,2015. İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları (çev.Alp Tümertekin), İstanbul: Ithaki.
BOURSE,Michel& Halime YÜCEL.İletişim Bilimlerinin Serüveni. İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
BRIGGS,A.&P.BURKE.2011. Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi (Çev.Ümit Hüsrev Yolsal&Erkan Uzun) İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları)
BURKE, Peter. 2006. Kültür Tarihi (Çev. Mete Tunçay). İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
CASTELLS, Manuel.2017. Enformasyon Çağı Ekonomi, Toplum ve Kultur 1.Cilt: Ağ Toplumunun Yukselişi.İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
ELLIOTT, Anthony. 2017. Çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş.(Çev.Ed. İbrahim YILDIZ&Aylin Görgün BARAN) Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları
FISKE, John. 2014. İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş. (Çev. Süleyman İrvan) Ankara: Pharmakon Yayınevi.
HARVEY,David. 1997. Postmodernliğin Durumı (Çev. Sungur Savran). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
INNIS,Harold A.2006 İmparatorluk ve İletişim Araçları (Çev. Nurcan Törenli).Ankara:Ütopya
İRVAN, Süleyman (Ed.).1997. Medya Kültür,Siyaset. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
KÜÇÜK, Mehmet. (ed.) 1999. Medya İktidar, İdeoloji. Ankara:Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
LEFEBVRE, Henri,1998. Modern Dünyada Gündelik Hayat (çev. Işın Gürbüz). İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
MUTLU, Erol. 2005. Kitle İletişim Kuramları. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
SARUP, Madan. Postyapısalcılık ve Postmodernizm.(Çev. Baki Güçlü).Ankara:Ark Yayınları.
Van DIJK, Jan. 2016. Ağ Toplumu (Çev. Özlem Sakin) İstanbul. Kafka Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	2	50
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
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	45	45
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	20	40
Project
Total Work Load			151
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5.03
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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