AS349 Modernization and Popular Culture

4 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 5. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code AS349
Name Modernization and Popular Culture
Semester 5. Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 4 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR


Course Goal

Aim of this course is to realize how popular culture is mediated in our everyday lives within the differences that make up the cultural partnership and comprehensive content targeted.

Course Content

In this course, modernization theory and the basic features of the theory will be discussed. Transition from traditional society to the stages of this process, the transition to modern society, as well as criticism of the theory of modernization will be discussed. Popular culture in our daily lives will be analyzed within aspects of ideology and the consumer society.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Popüler Kültür ve Orhan Gencebay Arabeski, Meral Özbek, 2012/19. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Kitle İletişiminin Kültürel İşlevleri, Ünsal Oskay, Der yay., 1995/Globalleşme, Popüler Kültür ve Medya, Erol Mutlu, Ütopya yay, 2005/Frankfurt Okulu´nun Eleştirel bir Uğrağı, Beybin Kejanlıoğlu, Bilim ve Sanat, 2005

Notes

Modernite ve Bireysel Kimlik, Anthony Giddens, Say yay., 2010/Marshall Berman, Katı Olan Herşey Buharlaşıyor, İletişim yay, 2013/Türkiye´de Modernleşme ve Ulusal Kimlik, Reşat Kasaba, Sibel Bozdoğan, Tarih Vakfı, 2010


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Student learns the modernization theory with different approaches
LO02 Acknowledges the binary terms of traditional society and modern society.
LO03 Learns how to apply theory in everyday life.
LO04 Acknowledges the relation of popular culture and media.
LO05 Learns the process of social change and social transformations.
LO06 Knows how to interpret the social transformations analyses the media products with reference to theoretical work.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). 5
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 3
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. 5
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. 3
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. 3
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. 3
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. 5
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions.
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning 4
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. 1
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad.
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. 3
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, 4
PLO18 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media)
PLO19 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly.
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Modernization Theory Introduction to the course Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
2 From traditional society to modern society Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
3 Critics of Modernization Theory literature review Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
4 Culture and modernization Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
5 Culture in daily lives (homework1) Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
6 Ideology and popular culture Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
7 mass society-consuming society Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Preperation for the exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 fashion, media and adverts (homework2) literature review Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
10 Diffusion of innovations Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
11 critical theory (Frankfurt School) 1 Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
12 critical theory (Frankfurt School) 2 Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
13 modernism-postmodernism Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
14 Cultural Studies Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
15 overall evaluation (homework3) Reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
16 Term Exams Preperation for the exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Preperation for the exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 3 42
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 0 0 0
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 7 7
Final Exam 1 18 18
Total Workload (Hour) 109
Total Workload / 25 (h) 4,36
ECTS 4 ECTS