COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBS 3005 TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR LEVENT ERGUN

Offered to

Graphic
Ceramics
Accessory Design
Cinema and Television
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Musicology
Sound Editing and Cinematography
Textile Design
Textile
Textile and Fashion Design Department
Film Design and Screenwriting
Fashion Clothing Design
Graphic Design
Music Technology

Course Objective

Describe the influences of technological changes and new media forms on popular culture.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the relationship between technological change and cultural change,
2   Evaluate the social functions of media,
3   Describe the relationship between social changes new media forms which forming by technology
4   Describe the basic approaches of Cultural Studies and Media Studies about relationship between technological change, popular culture and media,
5   Define the effects of technological changes on production of popular music.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: concepts of "media", "popular culture" and "technology".
2 Communication studies and media studies.
3 Printing.
4 Gramophone, sound record technologies and progressing of music industry. Radio, cinema, TV and change on press.
5 Case study: media and political criticism in 1950's America.
6 Impact of medias and technological devices on local and trans local connections.
7 Global connectivity in the context of media and technology.
8 Global flow of elements of Popular music in context of global cultural flow (-scapes).
9 Decentralize media, social media and virtual community.
10 Scene, decentralize media and new scene forms in the context of internet.
11 Mid-term exam.
12 Technological change and change of music industry.
13 Technological change and change on popular music sound.
14 General assessment.

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Briggs, Asa-Burke Peter. (2004). Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi, (çev: Ibrahim Şener), Istanbul, Iletişim Yayınları.
Additional Sources:
Lull, James. (2001). Medya, Iletişim, Kültür, (çev: Nazife Güngör), Ankara: Vadi Yayınları.
Karakoç, Enderhan. 2009. Medya ve Popüler Kültür, Konya,: Literatürk Yayınları.
Mutlu, Erol. 2005. Globalleşme, Popüler Kültür ve Medya, Ankara: Ütopya Yayınları.
Appadurai, Arjun. 2007. "Küresel Kültürel Ekonomideki Bölünme ve Farklılıklar", Küreselleşme Kültür ve Medeniyet, (Ed: Kudret Bülbül, Çev: Yavuz Çakır, Iklime Çakır), Ankara: Orient Yayınları.
Warschauer, Mark. 2003. Technology and Social Inclusion, U.S.A., MIT Press.
Jones, Steven. 2002. Virtual Culture, London: Sage Publishers.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor tells the subject and students pose questions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is compulsory.
2. Every kind of attend of copy to be punished.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 232 412 92 04
E-mail: levent.ergun@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 13.30-16.00
Wednesday: 13.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19
LO.15
LO.23
LO.3
LO.45
LO.5

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