ILT304 Sociology of Communication

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

Information

Code ILT304
Name Sociology of Communication
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 6. 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 Doç. Dr. ÖZLEM AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM
Course Instructor
1 2
Doç. Dr. ÖZLEM AYDOĞMUŞ ÖRDEM (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

This course aims to examine the sociological effects of contemporary media practices. Analyzes the effects of Old and New Media channels on social change in today's globalized and connected world. It reveals the sociocultural and political effects of digitalization and especially social media tools on the lives of people living in different regions of the world. The ultimate aim of this course is to examine the effects of 21st century media practices on the construction of individual and social identity, on the meaning of social life and on cultural change.

Course Content

This course will examine the 21st century media practices in terms of social and cultural importance. It is a reading-weighted lesson and includes the understanding of the sociocultural importance of media tools and channels that students frequently use in the flow of everyday life in the light of the theoretical literature.

Course Precondition

The course has no prerequisites.

Resources

Eric, Maigret (2011). Medya ve İletişim Sosyolojisi. İletişim Yayıncılık. Serdar, Öztürk (2011). Türkiye’de İletişim Sosyolojisinin Kaynakları. Siyasal Kitabevi (zorunlu değil, ek kaynaktır).

Notes

Eric, Maigret (2011). Medya ve İletişim Sosyolojisi. İletişim Yayıncılık. Serdar, Öztürk (2011). Türkiye’de İletişim Sosyolojisinin Kaynakları. Siyasal Kitabevi (zorunlu değil, ek kaynaktır).


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Students can obtain knowledge about the development of communication sociology, its fields of study, importance and place in social sciences
LO02 Students will be able to evaluate communication styles, features and interaction diversity at different levels of social interaction
LO03 Students will be able to analyze the relationship between corporate culture, identity and communication
LO04 Students can gain awareness of the importance of mass communication in modern society
LO05 Students can be able to evaluate old and new media tools critically


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.
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.).
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.
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work.
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. 3
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications.
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.
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments.
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
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.
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. 2
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.
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,
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. 5
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Media, Communication and Social Change Meeting and Preparation for Basic Concepts Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 Old Media and New Media Interactions Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması, Beyin Fırtınası
3 Globalization and Identity Construction Identification of research questions related to the subject Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Implications on Individual Empowerment through Facebook, Twitter and Blog Reading and preparation for presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
5 Human Relations in the Age of Social Media Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 New Media Tools and Politics Reading Theorists Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 Smartphone Age and Cultural Effects Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Exam preparation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Cultural Digitalization Identification of research questions related to the subject Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması
10 Material Culture and Digital World Relations Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması
11 Interactive Media Production and Consumption Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Different Cultural Roles of Popular YouTube Videos Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Media, Viewers and Post modernity Internet-Based Fans of Popular Media Products Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 Internet-Based Fans of Popular Media Products Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 Brand Production and Management Reading Articles and Analysis Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması
16 Term Exams Exam preparation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
17 Term Exams Exam preparation Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev


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: 14.05.2024 02:02