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| Code | AS348 |
| Name | Information Networks |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 6. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 2-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | E Elective |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Öğr. Gör.Dr. FIRAT BERKSUN |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
The purpose of the course is to review theories of information society and comprehend the historical development stages of information technologies.
Course Content
The concept of information, history of media and information technologies, fordism/post-fordism, discussions about modernity/post-modernity, network society are some of the subjects which will be covered throughout the course.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Williams, R. (2003). Televizyon: Teknoloji ve Kültürel Biçim. Türkbağ, A. U. (çev.), Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları. Sanayi Sonrası Toplumdan Post-modern Topluma: Çağdaş Dünyanın Yeni Kuramları (çev. Küçük, M.). Ankara: Dost Kitabevi.
Notes
Zeka, N. (1990) Postmodernizm: Jameson, Lyotard, Habermas, İstanbul: Kıyı Yayınları
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Recognizes theories of information society. |
| LO02 | Reviews the historical background of concepts such as information and network. |
| LO03 | Explains basic perspectives about the relation between technology and society. |
| LO04 | Analyzes the methods and problems which emerged in the fields like politics, law and art with the development of information technologies. |
| LO05 | Compares the methods in social sciences for research in digital cultures. |
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. | 3 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students will be able to associate basic knowledge about the instrumental (Radio, Television, Cinema, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Relations, Journalism, etc.) and objective (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.) fields of Social Communication. | 5 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains how communication works in all aspects of individual, group, mass, institution or different cultures. | 3 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Associates scientific knowledge and methods with technological innovations in the field. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | With an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of communication; Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, Anthropology, etc. synthesises information from fields such as Communication Sciences. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | 5 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of the ability to communicate effectively, as well as the ability to express oneself; empathizes with the ability to understand the people and the environments they are in. | |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Reports his/her observations in social, artistic and cultural events that he/she organises and actively participates in. | 3 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Interprets local, national and international events with a critical perspective. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | They take an active role in group work as well as individual work. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | As an individual with a developed sense of responsibility towards society, develops projects for the benefit of society. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | In addition to professional development, it continuously improves itself in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields in line with its interests and abilities. | 3 |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Rational thinking skills as well as methods and strategies to develop creative thinking, as well as written, verbal, visual, etc. express their thoughts through tools appropriate to the purpose. | 3 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues abroad with the knowledge of a foreign language at least at the general level of the European Language Portfolio (B). | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Acts in accordance with ethical principles in the process of accessing, using and transmitting all kinds of information and in all other thoughts and endeavors related to the profession. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Uses methods that can be disseminated to the society in general with basic application skills specific to the field 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) | 2 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Realizes future career planning in line with learning needs. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It directs all its work within the framework of the legal legislation related to its field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | What is information society | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 3 | History of information technologies 1 | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 4 | History of information technologies 2 | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 5 | Fordism/Post-fordism | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 6 | Modernity/Post-Modernity 1 | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 7 | Modernity/Post-Modernity 2 | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Time, space and society | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 10 | Identity in the network society | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 11 | Global system - social movements | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 12 | Globalization and the state | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 13 | Free software/copyrights | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 14 | How to question technology | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 15 | Projections about the future, dysutopias | Reading / presentations | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Grup Çalışması |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 88 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 3,52 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||