NMD4901 Media, Diversity and DiscriminationBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs FILM AND TELEVISIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
FILM AND TELEVISION
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code: NMD4901
Ders İsmi: Media, Diversity and Discrimination
Ders Yarıyılı: Spring
Fall
Ders Kredileri:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: English
Ders Koşulu:
Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?: No
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s):
Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives: Discrimination is one of the main and deepest problems of today’s media as it is also a main problem for all societies. On the other hand, diversity is one of the most popular concepts in media. Focusing on media’s role on creating and distributing stereotypes and cultural images, this course aims to inform students about major theories on media, diversity and discrimination issues, to develop a critical perspective on media coverage and to be an occasion for students to deeply discuss about current media content.
Course Content: This course will first provide students main theories about concepts of diversity, identity, differences and respect in a social manner. Students will be introduced about current global debates on the relationship between media and diversity and will be stimulated to put on their ideas in the class about same debates. Then the course will be directed towards the issue of discrimination. Students will be introduced the concept and will be motivated to discuss the concept through many examples from the media. In almost all weeks, a fiction or documentary film will be shown about that week’s subject for seeing the subject from different perspectives as well as for analyzing the film from a diversity and discrimination point of view. Students will also finish a semester project the medium of which will be chosen by themselves about diversity and/or discrimination in real life. This can be a TV, radio, internet or newspaper/magazine report.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course
2) Key concepts: stereotypes, discrimination, media pluralism and diversity
3) Cultural diversity and minority groups 1: race and ethnicity
4) Cultural diversity and minority groups 2: religion and ethnicity
5) Discussion: Fact-Checking 101
6) Peace studies: Structural and cultural violence
7) Gender studies part 1: image, role and social conditions of women Gender studies part 2: representation of LGBTQI+ and sexual orientation
8) People with disabilities and age discrimination Media representation of children and young people
9) Media pluralism and diversity
10) Media pluralism 2.0: Digital threats and democracy
11) Discussion: Can an algorithm be racist?
12) Presentations
13) Presentations
14) Review of the term

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Eugenia Siapera. Cultural Diversity and Global Media: The Mediation of Difference. Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

John Fiske & John Hartley. Reading Television. London: Routledge, 2004.

Laura Hurd Clarke. Facing Age: Women Growing Older in Anti-Aging Culture. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.
References: Eugenia Siapera. Cultural Diversity and Global Media: The Mediation of Difference. Sussex: Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

John Fiske & John Hartley. Reading Television. London: Routledge, 2004.

Laura Hurd Clarke. Facing Age: Women Growing Older in Anti-Aging Culture. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları
Program Outcomes
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society 4
2) Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art 3
3) Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area 1
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 1
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 2
6) Being able to write a script ready to be shot 2
7) Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10) Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11) Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white 3
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 5

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Presentation 1 % 15
Midterms 1 % 35
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Presentations / Seminar 1 6 6
Project 1 30 30
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 151