GZT305 Gender and Media

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

Information

Unit FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
JOURNALISM PR.
Code GZT305
Name Gender and Media
Term 2020-2021 Academic Year
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
Label C Compulsory
Mode of study Uzaktan Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. FİLİZ YILDIZ
Course Instructor Doç. Dr. FİLİZ YILDIZ (Güz) (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


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


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Orientation and Introduction Reading
2 Sex and Gender Concepts Reading
3 he 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 strategies producing social gender inequality 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


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


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

Update Time: 10.05.2025 11:01