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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| JOURNALISM PR. | |
| Code | GZS305 |
| Name | POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA |
| Term | 2019-2020 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
Gaining conscioness about the importance of culture, communication and popular culture, Acquiring awareness about popular cultural phenomenas by increasing theoretical knowledge.To enable students to discuss how to analyze the situation of popular culture and relationships with media with the political and social dimensions. and to acquire the knowledge in this regard and to gain skills to acquire communicative competence.
Course Content
The concepts of popular culture, mass culture and culture industry and the relation ship of this concepts with media.
Course Precondition
Resources
Notes
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explains the basic concepts of the field of popular culture and mass culture within the framework of cultural and communicative studies. |
| LO02 | Recognizes the basic concepts, theories and principles about popular culture and mass culture witin the context of its social and political dimensions. |
| LO03 | Updates his/her knowledge about popular culture and mass culture by following the studies on this field. |
| LO04 | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems within everyday life cultural and communicative problems. |
| LO05 | Develops a sense of social responsibility and also responsibility to the humanity, develops cultural projects for the benefit of the society and also humanity. |
| LO06 | Develops understanding of the links between social and economic problems with cultural problems. |
| LO07 | Approaches to the concept of communication with an cultural and over-cultural perspective. Can synthesize the knowledge from psychology, sociology, social psychology, and cultural anthropology with cultural studies. |
| LO08 | Organizes cultural activities or actively participate this kind of activities , and and also reports observations related these activities and sharing his/her observations with others |
| LO09 | Follows the local, national and international events and comments them with an over-cultural/universal perspective. |
| LO10 | Making researches and writing reports about the usage of popular cultural events by media. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promotion of course. | Presentation and distributing the notes with this course. . | |
| 2 | The concept of culture. | Reading and Discussion | |
| 3 | Cultural concepts or the conceptualizations related culture. | Reading and Discussion. | |
| 4 | The concepts of popular culture, mass culture and culture industry. | Reading and Discussion. | |
| 5 | The conceptualizations about popular culture and introduction to theoretical approaches related popular culture. | Reading and Discussion. | |
| 6 | Concervative approaches to popular culture. | Reading and Dicussion | |
| 7 | The approaches related mass and mass society. | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | owerall files | |
| 9 | Marxist approaches related popular culture 1-Classical marxist approaches | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 10 | Marxist approaches related popular culture 2-Critical theory | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 11 | Marxist approaches related popular culture 3-Cultural studies | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 12 | Liberal approaches related popular culture 1-Classical liberal approaches | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 13 | Liberal approaches related popular culture 2-Postmodern approaches | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 14 | Liberal approaches related popular culture 3-radikal democrats | Reading, research and discussion. | |
| 15 | Owerall evaluation related popular culture and media and communication. | Discussion | |
| 16 | Term Exams | owerall files | |
| 17 | Term Exams | owerall files |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |