Information Package

Master's of Visual Communication Design without Thesis

GİT538

MUSIC AND MEDIA

Course Code
GİT538
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. Comprehend the theory and practices of music and media studies that require technical and expertise,
  2. Understand the basic production logic of this cycle, which turns into "cinema, advertisement, image, content production, consumption and reproduction" in the media-music interaction that emerged in the post-capitalist-post-modern and post-industrial era.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components-
Course DescriptionThe media shapes the production, distribution and consumption of music. In mass production and aestheticization, the relationship between music and media is examined. The analysis of music and media studies is made specifically from production, reception, reproduction and consumption processes. Media and music interaction is handled in a psychological, sociological, communicative and aesthetic dimension. Applications made in the field of current media and music are discussed. Developing technology, theory and applications, the internet and the developments in communication tools are also examined. Analysis of music and media is explored from various perspectives, including artistic, industrial, and cultural dimensions.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Music, introduction and basic concepts
2nd Week Musical production and historical development
3rd Week Harmony, rhythm, melody, polyphony
4th Week Musical forms and soundtrack. The development of cinema - sound-effects and music synthesis
5th Week Co-production technocracy of Music and Media devices
6th Week Advertising and music: The psycho-physical background of the articulation of musical aestheticization to the image.
7th Week The relationship between cinema, psychology, emotion and music
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Periodic reviews
10th Week Periodic reviews, Soundtrack production and analysis
11th Week Advertising and music analysis
12th Week Political economy of music and media
13th Week History and development of music and media interaction in Turkey
14th Week General evaluation
Recommended or Required ReadingAdorno, The Culture Industry, (ed.J.M.Bernstein) Routladge, London 1991.
C.L.Strauss, Yapısal Antropoloji (çev.Adnan Kahiloğlu) İmge, 2012.
Frances, R. (1988) The perception of music. London: Lawrance Erlbaum Associates.
Godwin, J. (1990). The harmony of the spheres. Wermont: Inner Tradition International Ltd.
Iverson J.R., Aniruddh, D. P., Kengo O. (2004) Perception of non-linguistic rhytmic stimuli by American and Japanese listeners. Proceedings of the Intermetional Congres of Acustics, Kyoto.
Merlin, D. (1991). Origins of the modern mind. Cambridge: Harward University Press.
Özgür, C. (2016). Şan Eğitiminde Rezonatör Bölge Kullanımı. (Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul.
Patel, A. (2006). Musical rhythm, linguistic, rhythm and human evolution. Music Perception, 24, 99-104.
Popova, M. How to Sing: A 1902 Illustrated Guide from The Great German Opera Singer Lilli Hehmann.
S.Freud, Totem ve Tabu (Çev.Kamuran Şipal) Say yay. 2011, İstanbul.
Davıs F., Moda Kültür ve Kimlik, (Çev. Özden Arıkan) Yapı Kredi Yay. 1997, İstanbul.
Haug W.F. Meta Estetiğinin Kritiği, (Çev. Metin Toprak) Felsefe Logos, 2008, İstanbul.
Zeren, A. (1995). Müzik fiziği. İstanbul: Pan Yayıncılık.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Presentation
  • Project
  • Practice
  • Other
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for Quiz 1 17 17
Individual or group work 3 17 51
Preparation for Final exam 4 10 40
Course hours 3 10 30
Preparation for Midterm exam 3 10 30
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 14 14
Homework 2 22 44
Presentation (including preperation) 2 10 20
Book Presentation 2 10 20
Article Presentation 2 10 20
Total Work Load300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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