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Master's of Visual Communication Design without Thesis

GİT522

DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE

Course Code
GİT522
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gain knowledge about digital media and digital culture,
  2. Develop awareness of the impact of digital media on culture; will be able to analyze cultural transformation with its causes and consequences,
  3. Know the relationship between culture, truth and post-truth; can establish a discussion between concepts on the theoretical ground,
  4. Recognize and interpret Byung - Chul Han, one of the most important cultural critics of our time, and his thoughts.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionDigital transformation, which is also described as Industry 4.0, shows itself in every aspect of our lives today. This includes culture. Digital transformation takes place with the combination of many physical and digital technologies, and this has reshaped the daily life culture, including our habits and lifestyles, sociologically. Perhaps the most important issue in this formation is our relationship with reality. Because digital media and digital culture have turned this relationship upside down. In the post-truth era we live in, our perception of reality is shaped by screens and what is reflected from them. Reality is sacrificed to what is wanted to be real. The aim of the course is; after gaining an idea on the basic conceptual definitions and distinctions, it is to open the digital media and culture for discussion in the post-truth era with a critical view and thus to try to understand it.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Meeting and general information about course content/operation
2nd Week What is Digital Media? Basic Concepts and Distinctions
3rd Week What is Culture? Basic Concepts and Distinctions
4th Week How Digital Media Transforms Culture
5th Week The Post-Truth Age and Debates on Truth
6th Week Digital Media Culture and Disinformation Production in the Post-Truth Age
7th Week Criticisms of Digital Media Culture
8th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Capitalism and the Death Drive"
9th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "The Transparency Society"
10th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Topology of Violence"
11th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Psychopolitics"
12th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "The Scent of Time"
13th Week Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Saving Beauty"
14th Week Article Submissions
Recommended or Required ReadingTextbooks:

-Hakikat Sonrası Çağ, Ralph Keyes, Deli Dolu Yayıncılık.
-Dijital Kabilelerin İzinde, Kaan Varnalı, MediaCat Yayınları.
-Dijital Fark, Russel Neuman, The Kitap Yayınları.
-İletişim Çağında Kültür, James Lull, Hece Yayınları.
-Articles to be shared within the scope of the course

Mandatory Resources:

-Şeffaflık Toplumu, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık.
-Zamanın Kokusu-Bulunma Sanatı Üzerine Felsefi Bir Deneme, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık.
-Psikopolitika: Neoliberalizm ve Yeni İktidar Teknikleri, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık.
-Şiddetin Topolojisi, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık.
-Güzeli Kurtarmak, Byung - Chul Han, İnsan Yayınları.
-Kapitalizm ve Ölüm Dürtüsü, Byung - Chul Han, İnka Yayınları.

Recommended Resources:

-İdeoloji ve Ütopya, Karl Mannheim, Nika Yayınları.
-Kültür Sosyolojisi, Karl Mannheim, Pinhan Yayıncılık.
-Kültür, Terry Eagleton, Can Yayınları.
-İletişim Medya ve Kültür, Oğuzhan Taş, Ütopya Yayınları.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 6 45
Project 1 45
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 Load299
Total Work Load / 30 (h)9.96
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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