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Master's of Public Relations and Publicity without Thesis

PRP537

DIGITAL ACTIVISM

Course Code
PRP537
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. Learn about new communication tools, uses of these tools and areas of their influence.
  2. Analyze the impact power of new communication tools on social issues.
  3. Analyze the new social movements and their role in social issues.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe aim of this course is to discuss the meaning, importance, scope and effects of digital activism as a new social movement within the scope of new media studies.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Mainstream and New (Alternative) Media
2nd Week Social Movements
3rd Week New Social Movements-Square Movements
4th Week Digital Activism in New Social Movements
5th Week Types of Digital Activism
6th Week Tools of Digital Activism
7th Week The Relationship between Digital Activism, Democracy and Freedom of Expression
8th Week Midterm Exam
9th Week Body Politics-'MeToo' Movement
10th Week Wikileaks and Anonymous as Hacktivism, and Trolling in the period of post-truth
11th Week The Effect of Digital Activism on/for the street actions: Indignodos (The Furious), PEGIDA and the Arab Spring
12th Week The Effect of Digital Activism on/for the street actions: Wallstreet Occupy, Black Lives Matter
13th Week Signature Campaigns as Digital Activism: Change.org and Moveon.org
14th Week Digital Activism: A Bahktinian Carnivalesque Catharsis or an Organized Struggle?
Recommended or Required Readingİnceoğlu Y. ve Çoban S. (der.) (). İnternet ve Sokak, Ayrıntı: İstanbul.
Shantz, J. (2019). 'Online Activism', in Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics, edt. Kinna, R. and Gordon, U., New York: Routledge.
Lievrouw, L. A. (2016). Alternatif ve Aktivist Yeni Medya, Çev. İlkay Sevgi Temizalp, İstanbul: Kafka.
Joshua, A. D.,(2016). Alternatif Medya ve Direniş Siyaseti - Bir İletişim Perspektifi, Çev. Aslınur Akdeniz ve Gamze Önem, İstanbul: Kafka.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Attendance 1 15
Presentation of Article 1 15
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 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 1 80 80
Preparation for Final exam 1 65 65
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework
Presentation (including preperation) 1 50 50
Article Presentation
Total Work Load303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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