NEW MEDIA PRACTICES

GİT514

Course Code: GİT514
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;

Have theoretical knowledge about new media,
Know the main debates and criticisms of new media,
Know the features that distinguish new media and new media environments from traditional media and their effects in socio-cultural and economic fields,
Acquire new media literacy.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Today, new media and new media environments have become an integral part of daily life. It has almost completely taken the throne of traditional media and traditional media texts, especially for Generations Z and Alpha. The new generations prefer the new media environments, which they feel they can control in every aspect and which they can enter with their interaction possibilities, over the traditional media environments where they remain only in the position of spectators. Therefore, this new trend regarding new media has brought various effects and results on societies, cultures and individuals. Within the scope of the course, first of all, new media and new media environments will be defined, and their differences from traditional media will be discussed. In particular, phenomena such as user, user-derived content creation, participatory culture and producer-consumer phenomenon, collective intelligence, new media ecosystem in the cultural context, digital inequality and differences between generations will be discussed conceptually and theoretically.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Meeting and general information about the course content/operation
2^nd Week	What is New Media? The Difference Between Traditional Media and New Media. Advantages and Disadvantages.
3^rd Week	Overview of New Media Theory, Environment and Practices
4^th Week	New Media, Digital Culture and Network Society Debates
5^th Week	New Media and Everyday Life: Changing Habits, Problems, Conveniences
6^th Week	Some New Concepts and Discussions on New Media: Virtual Identity, New Culture of Socialization, Virtual Communities, Self Presentation, Surveillance, Networked Public and Networked Individual/Self, Virtual Body, Avatar
7^th Week	The phenomenon of privacy and privacy in digital culture
8^th Week	Digital Natives and Digital Inequalities
9^th Week	New Media and Old Generation: Elderly and Elder Representation in the New Media
10^th Week	Presence in New Media: Data, Big Data and Algorithms
11^th Week	New Media and Ethics
12^th Week	The Concept of Transmedia and Transmedia Culture: Convergence Culture and Participatory Culture
13^th Week	Transmedia Storytelling
14^th Week	General Evaluation and Discussion

Recommended or Required Reading

Textbooks:

-Ağ Toplumu, Jan Van Dijk, Kafka Kitap.
-Cesur Yeni Medya: Teknolojiler ve Hayran Kültürü, Henry Jenkins, İletişim Yayınları.

Recommended Resources:

-Dijital Çağda İletişim Kültür ve Medya 1 - Dijitalleşme ve İletişim, Mustafa Temel, Çizgi Kitabevi.
-Dijital Çağda İletişim Kültür ve Medya 2 - Yeni Medya - Medya Kültür ve Tüketim, Mustafa Temel, Çizgi Kitabevi.
-Ayın Karanlık Yüzü: Yeni Medya ve Etik, Kalkedon Yayınları.
-Yeni Medya Çalışmalarında Araştırma, Yöntem ve Teknikleri, Mutlu Binark, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
-Yeni Medya Ve? Deniz Yengin, Anahtar Kitap.
-Dijital Kültür ve Sosyal Medya Okumaları, Emrah Arğın, Hiperlink Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Project
Practice
Report Preparation
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	2	20
Project	1	70
Attendance	1	10
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	7	10	70
Presentation (including preperation)	1	25	25
Project	2	36	72
Book Presentation	1	20	20
Total Work Load			299
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.96
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1
K2	X
K3		X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8			X
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15				X