BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| Course Code: | SOC4060 | ||||||||
| Ders İsmi: | New Communication Technology and Society | ||||||||
| Ders Yarıyılı: |
Spring Fall |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||||||
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| Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI | ||||||||
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Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği
| Course Objectives: | This course explores the past, present and future of communication technologies and their impact on the society and media. It covers analytical perspectives, concepts and theories to understand communication technologies historically and conceptually and to examine radical changes in organization of society, labor and politics, brought about by the recent development in communication technologies and diffusion of digital technologies. It provides various perspectives on the co-construction of society and communication technology, with a recognition that communication technology represents a complex set of practices, norms, and values that both reflect and shape our convictions about personhood, identity, time, class, gender, space, labor, and politics. It also covers the social dynamics and the use of communication technologies. |
| Course Content: | Week 1, September 18th: Introduction Meeting with the class, introduction of the course syllabus and course material. Week 2, September 25h: Early History of Communication Technologies Discuss about the earliest communication technology and invention of writing Printing, Sounds that Travel: Telegraphy and Telephone “The Optical Telegraph”, Daniel Headrick, “Time, Space and the Telegraph” by James W.Carey, in Communication in history: Technology, culture, society. Routledge. Crowley, D., & Heyer, P. (2015). Week 3, October 2th: Mass Communication Technologies and Social Construction of Technology Wireless Communication, Radio and Televison Robert S. Fortner and Darya Yanitskaya,, (2014) “Theoretical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Technology “ in the Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Technology, John Wiley&Sons Week 4, October 9th : Advent of Communication Technologies Digital Communication, Computer and Internet Documentary film : Lo and Behold : Reveries of the Connected World by Werner Herzog Week 5, October 16th: The Mobile Phone and… Smartphone, identity, democracy Sherry Turkle, “Always-On/Always-On-You: The Tethered Self” in Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies 2008 Week 6, October 23th: Political actions and Media Howard Rheingold, “Mobile Media and Political Collective Action” in Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies 2008 Netflix Follow this: Fake news episode Week 7, October 30th: Communication Technology, Innovation, Social Change and Future Ingeborg Astrid Kleppe and James Hosea, “Connecting local food to global consumers via the Internet” in Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society. Being Rural in a Digital Age. Marsaili Macleod, “Revitalising rural Europe’s indigenous languages” in Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society. Being Rural in a Digital Age. Week 8, November 6th: Midterm Exam Week 9: November 13nd: Theories of Communication Technologies: Network Society and Global Village Castells, M. (2007). Communication, power and counter-power in the network society. International journal of communication, 1(1), 29. Mcluhan, M.(1964) Understanding Media, the extensions of man, Newyork: McGraw-Hill Week 10, November 20th: Communication Technology and Digital Divide Submit research proposal Antonelli, C. (2003). The digital divide: understanding the economics of new information and communication technology in the global economy. Information Economics and Policy, 15(2), 173-199.. Viviana Rojas, Joseph Straubhaar, Debasmita Roychowdhury, and Ozlem Okur (2004)“Communities, Cultural Capital, and the Digital Divide” in Media Access. Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use Additional Readings: Linda A. Jackson Gretchen Barbatsis Frank A. Biocca Alexander von Eye Yong Zhao Hiram E. Fitzgerald ,(2004) “Home Internet Use in Low-Income Families: Is Access Enough to Eliminate the Digital Divide? In in Media Access. Social and Psychological Dimensions of New Technology Use Week 11, November 27th: Living a Virtual Life and Games- Kolo, C., & Baur, T. (2004). Living a virtual life: Social dynamics of online gaming. Game studies, 4(1), 1-31. Additional Reading: T.L. Taylor(2006) , Play between Worlds. Exploring Online Game Culture, the MIT Press Terms and Conditions May Apply- Netflix documentary Week 12, December 4th: Oral Presentation of Project Each student has 15 minutes to present research project Week 13 December 11th Oral Presentation of Project Continued Each student has 15 minutes to present research project Week 14, December 18th : Oral Presentation of Project Continued and Final Concluding Remarks |
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Ders Akış Planı
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Bu derste her hafta farklı makaleler okunacaktır. Makaleleri Fotokopi Merkezi'nden edinebilirsiniz. Lütfen okumaları dersten önce zamanında yapınız. / We will go through different articles throughout the course. I will leave the articles for each class one week before the class to Copy Center at school. Please read the articles before you come to class. |
| References: | Yok / None |
Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi
| Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları | |||||||||||
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| Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
| 1) Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |||||||||||
| 2) Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |||||||||||
| 3) Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |||||||||||
| 4) Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |||||||||||
| 5) Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |||||||||||
| 6) Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |||||||||||
| 7) Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |||||||||||
| 8) Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |||||||||||
| 9) Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |||||||||||
| 10) Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |||||||||||
| 11) Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |||||||||||
| 12) Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. | |||||||||||
Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. | |
| 2) | Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. | |
| 3) | Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. | |
| 4) | Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. | |
| 5) | Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. | |
| 6) | Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. | |
| 7) | Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. | |
| 8) | Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. | |
| 9) | Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. | |
| 10) | Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. | |
| 11) | Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. | |
| 12) | Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri
Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | % 5 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 15 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 35 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 65 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 35 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 28 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 3 | 9 |
| Project | 4 | 12 |
| Homework Assignments | 1 | 3 |
| Midterms | 1 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 100 | |