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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| COMMUNICATION STUDIES (MASTER) (WITH THESIS) (INTERDISCIPLINARY) | |
| Code | ILEM713 |
| Name | Gender and Communication |
| Term | 2018-2019 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. FİLİZ YILDIZ |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
The attendant students are aimed to be aware of some concepts and approaches about social gender , problems and results of patriarchal cultural structure in social life, and to gain ability to propose resolutions about the subject. Furthermore, within the main goals of the course, do the participants critically evaluate the social gendered representations within the various media contexts such as news, advertisements, Tv programmes, social media texts and photos.
Course Content
General context of the course includes sex and gender concepts, social division of labor and social gender roles, stereotypes on social gender, theories of social gender and feminist theories. In addition to this, during the course, representation of the feminity and masculinity within the various media outputs (news texts, advertisements, photographs, video, TV serials, TV programmes and internet texts ) are scrutinised while the course requires to analyse gender issue in the context of media.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | To get awareness about sex and gender concepts. |
| LO02 | To learn social gender theories and feminist theories. |
| LO03 | To be informed about women's movement in Turkey and in the world. |
| LO04 | .By learning creation of social gender identitiy, social division of labor, social gender roles and social gender stereotypes; to gain being able to discuss this concepts with cultural, social psychological, economic and politics contexts. |
| LO05 | To critically evaluate varios contexts on the media. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | He/she has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies. | |
| PLO04 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. | |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems, | 3 |
| PLO06 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | She /he reports a social research she designed in the field of communication studies and turns it into original works in accordance with academic rules. | |
| PLO07 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | 5 |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team by taking responsibility. . | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | She/he carryes her/his education to the next level of education. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | He/she transfers his/her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way, both verbally and in writing. | |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Recognizes and applies social, scientific and professional ethical values. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Develops critical thinking skills. | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation and Introduction | Reading | |
| 2 | Sex and Gender Concepts | Reading | |
| 3 | The main approaches about gender | Reading | |
| 4 | Social division of labor, social gender roles, gender stereotypes in patriarchal culture. | Reading | |
| 5 | Feminist Theories | Reading | |
| 6 | Women's Movement in Turkey and in the world. | Reading | |
| 7 | Queer Theory | Reading | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading | |
| 9 | Ideology and discourse in the media | Reading | |
| 10 | Ideological construction stratejies producing social gender inequaltity in the news texts. | Reading | |
| 11 | Representation of hegemonic masculinity on the media | Reading | |
| 12 | Representation of feminity and masculinity in advertisements | Reading | |
| 13 | Representation of feminity and masculinity on TV serials | Reading | |
| 14 | Social gender inequality on the new media | Reading | |
| 15 | Social gender inequality on the new media | Reading | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading |
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 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||