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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PhD) (INTERDISCIPLINARY) | |
| Code | ILEM812 |
| Name | Identity and Representation Policies in Digital Culture |
| Term | 2026-2027 Academic Year |
| Term | Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. NÜKET ELPEZE ERGEÇ |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
The aim is to enable students to critically examine the processes of identity construction on digital platforms, data-driven forms of representation, and the new hierarchies created by these processes. The course aims to reinterpret classical theories of representation within the context of digitalisation (artificial intelligence, algorithms, social media).
Course Content
This course examines how the concept of identity becomes fluid in digital media, how it is algorithmically constructed, and how it is linked to power relations (gender, class, ethnicity).
Course Precondition
no prerequisites
Resources
Turkle, S. (1995). Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. Simon & Schuster. Haraway, D. (1991). Simians, cyborgs, and women: The reinvention of nature. Routledge.
Notes
Zuboff, S. (2019). The age of surveillance capitalism: The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power. PublicAffairs.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develops critical thinking skills. | |
| PLO02 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | She/he has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.(dişil) | |
| PLO04 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. | 4 |
| PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | 5 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | 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. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | 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 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | 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 | course introduction | no | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Introduction to Digitalization: Network Society and Identity Theories. | Van Dijk, J. (2016). Ağ toplumu. Epsilon Yayincilik Ltd. Sti. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 3 | Cyborg Identities and Post-Humanism (Donna Haraway and beyond). | Hawley, S. Gender and identity in the postmodern, posthuman, and postdigital era. In Gender and Digital Media (pp. 41-59). Routledge. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 4 | The Transformation of the "Subject" in the Digital Environment: Profiling and Monitoring. | Ezer, E., & Kılıçaslan, E. (2026). YAPAY ZEKÂ ÇAĞINDA PANOPTİSİZİM: GÖRSEL İLETİŞİM ARAÇLARININ DİJİTAL İKTİDARI VE PSİKOLOJİK YANSIMALARI. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi, 14(1), 250-274. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 5 | The Transformation of the "Subject" in the Digital Environment: Profiling and Monitoring. | Brivot, M., & Gendron, Y. (2011). Beyond panopticism: On the ramifications of surveillance in a contemporary professional setting. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 36(3), 135-155. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 6 | From Cyberfeminism to Technopolitics: Gendered Codes in Technology. | Shaw, R. (2003). 'Our Bodies, Ourselves', Technology, and Questions of Ethics: Cyberfeminism and the Lived Body. Australian Feminist Studies, 18(40), 45-55. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 7 | From Cyberfeminism to Technopolitics: Gendered Codes in Technology. | Daniels, J. (2013). Rethinking cyberfeminism (s): Race, gender, and embodiment. In Women, Science, and Technology (pp. 353-369). Routledge. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
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| 9 | Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination: Race, Gender, and Coded Inequality. | Dederichs, B., & Lee, M. (2025). Algorithms and gender in digital media. In Handbook on Gender and Digital Media (pp. 297-310). Edward Elgar Publishing. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 10 | Echo Chambers and Polarized Identities: Digital Tribalism. | Barberá, P. (2020). Social media, echo chambers, and political polarization. Social media and democracy: The state of the field, prospects for reform, 34, 34-55. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 11 | Echo Chambers and Polarized Identities: Digital Tribalism. | Okkay, İ. (2023). İletişim Kuramları Bağlamında Metaverse. TRT Akademi, 8(17), 8-37. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 12 | Avatar Culture and the Metaverse | Deligöz, E. (2024). Self-presentation in metaverse environments from a psychological perspective. International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research, 10(3), 129-141. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 13 | Digital Activism and Collective Identities (Hashtag Activism) | Dinçer, P. (2023). Digital feminist activism in Turkey: Has long-awaited fourth wave feminism arrived?. Akdeniz Kadın Çalışmaları ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Dergisi, 6(1), 282-303. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 14 | Identity Under Surveillance: From Panopticon to Digital Panopticon | Ozdemir, S. (2020). Post-Panoptikon Çağı: Gözetimin Dijitalleşmesi ve Çevrimiçi Kimliğin Gizliliği Post-Panopticon Age: An Analysis on the Digitalization of Surveillance, and the Privacy of Online Identity. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 15 | Algorithmic Resistance and Counter-Identity Construction. | Fotopoulou, A. (2017). Space, Locality and Connectivity: The End of Identity Politics as We Know It?. In Feminist Activism and Digital Networks: Between Empowerment and Vulnerability (pp. 123-154). London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 16 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
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| 17 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: 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 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 142 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 5,68 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||