ILEM819 New Media Studies

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

Information

Code ILEM819
Name New Media Studies
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Doktora Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal

The course aims to discuss the new media ecosystem in social, political, cultural, and economic contexts and to examine the new research methods and techniques used in scientific studies in the field of new media.

Course Content

Within the scope of the course, advancements in the Internet Technologies are examined through global reports. New business models and new media journalism are examined too. Transmedia storytelling is discussed through examples and practices. Concepts such as surveillance in new media milieus, participatory culture, big data, platform capitalism, digital labor, and political economy approaches to new media are discussed through the works of scholars/researchers working in the field of new media. New media research methods and techniques such as text-based analysis of web contents and netnography are examined through scientific articles and applied to an authentic research design.

Course Precondition

No pre-requisite.

Resources

Van Dijk, J. (2006). The Network Society. Second Edition, Sage P. The first chapter: Introduction (p. 1-10)

Notes

Manovich, L. (2001) The Language of New Media. MIT Press. http://dss-edit.com/plu/Manovich-Lev_The_Language_of_the_New_Media.pdf


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Have a command of current debates in the field of new media.
LO02 Discuss the concepts in the field of new media through current researches in the literature.
LO03 Examine and discuss the current researches and studies in the field of new media sociology.
LO04 Examine the political economy approaches to new media.
LO05 Examine the works of critical paradigm in the field of new media.
LO06 Apply new media research methods and techniques to their own original research.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Belirsiz Develops critical thinking skills. 4
PLO02 Belirsiz Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. 5
PLO03 Belirsiz She/he has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.(dişil) 3
PLO04 Belirsiz Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. 5
PLO05 Belirsiz Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. 3
PLO06 Belirsiz 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. 4
PLO07 Belirsiz He/she transfers his/her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way, both verbally and in writing. Gains the ability to give lectures, conferences and seminars.
PLO08 Belirsiz Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences.
PLO09 Belirsiz Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team.
PLO10 Belirsiz Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems,


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction to the course: Information about the purpoe and importance of the course, presentation of the syllabus, instructions of the assignment fort he course and assessment and evaluation. No need for preparation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 Characteristics of new media; history of the Internet and web Technologies; basic approaches to new media. Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
3 Global digital media reports Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
4 New media journalism Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
5 Transmedia storytelling and business models Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
6 Participatory culture, fan culture, celebrity studies in the era of new media Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
7 Algorithms, big data, children and the young in network society Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev
9 Digital game studies Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
10 Digital capitalism, platform capitalism, digital labor Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
11 Digital surveillance Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
12 New media research methods and techniques: Text-based analysis of web contents Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
13 New media research methods and techniques: Netnography Reading of the required texts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Tartışma
14 Presentation of the students’ own researches I Presentation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım
15 Presentation of the students’ own researches II Presentation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Proje / Tasarım
16 Term Exams Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Performans Değerlendirmesi
17 Term Exams Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Performans Değerlendirmesi


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