COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOSCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology (Evening)
Sociology

Course Objective

To understand the role mass communication in the emergence of modern societies and to understand the importance of mass communication in analysis of modern societies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand field and methods of the sociology of mass communication
2   to understand different mass communication theories and theoretical approches by making comparisons
3   to gain a critical perspective to analyze contemporary media industry
4   to understand the forms of production and distribution of media industry and its relationships to economic and political power
5   to understand the impacts of technologic developments of the mass communication devices to social experience of everyday social life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 definition and area of the sociology of mass communication (1)
2 Basic concepts of the mass communication I(1)
3 Basic concepts of the mass communication II (1)
4 Semiology: Saussure (1)
5 The basic method of mass communication: Content Analysis (2)
6 Mass communication and Ideology: Althusser ve Gramsci (1)
7 Ideological Analysis of Mass Communication Messages (1)
8 The most widespread Mass Communication Device: Television (3, 4)
9 Mid-Term
10 The rise of Mass Communication and Mass Society: Frankfurt School (5)
11 Mass Communication and Culture Industry (5)
12 Mass Communication Studies in Turkey (6, 7)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Yüksel, Erkan. Iletişim Kuramlarına Giriş. Iletişim Kuramları, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskişehir, 2013
2. John Fiske, 1990, Iletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat
3. John Storey, Popüler Kültür Çalışmaları, babil Yayınları, 2005
4. Neil Postman, 1994, Televizyon: Öldüren Eğlence, Iistanbul: Ayrıntı
5. Baudrillard, Tam Ekran, yapı Kredi yayınları, Istanbul, 2001
6. Tania Modleski (Ed.), Eğlence Incelemeleri: Kitle Kültürüne Eleştirel Yaklaşımlar, Metis Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998.
6. Gülseren Adaklı, 2006,Türkiye de Medya Endüstrisi, Ankara: ütopya
7. Maigret, Eric. Medya ve Iletişim Sosyolojisi. Istanbul, Iletişim Yayınları, 2011

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 16 3 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 16 3 48
Midterm 1 6 6
Final 1 12 12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.144
LO.2445
LO.34344
LO.43433
LO.554

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