INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
SOC4092 | Issues in the information society | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYŞEGÜL AKDEMİR Assoc. Prof. ULAŞ SUNATA ÖZDEMİR |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | "." |
Course Objectives: | The course has two major objectives: to describe the social, political, and cultural dimensions of information technology and what has come to be known as the “information society” and to investigate how the information penetration changes our life, how the society reacts, what are the technical, moral, ethical, and legal challenges we are facing right now. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students that succeed in this course will be able to: 1)Demonstrate the knowledge of the history of information and historical events that have shaped the development of mobile telecommunications. 2)Evaluate the social, political, and cultural dimensions of information technology. 3)Analyse and compare theories and issues surrounding the notion of the information society, from early formulations in the 1970s with the advent of computerization, to current debates and issues. 4)Describe and identify various ethical and public policy dimensions of the information society, including work and labour. 5)Describe and discuss issues surveillance and privacy, related to access and the digital divide, democratic uses, and gender issues. 6)Demonstrate critical thinking on the social, cultural and economic dimensions of information technology. 7) Assess technology in relationship to a variety of social issues such as the changing nature of: work, individual identity formation, social roles, democracy, privacy, and community. 8) Write a research proposal and design research related to information society. |
It has three major sections. First it covers important historical events that have shaped the development of mobile telecommunications. Secondly, it introduces theories and issues surrounding the notion of the information society, from early formulations in the 1970s with the advent of computerization, to current debates and issues about the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Thirdly, it focuses on various ethical and public policy dimensions of the information society, including work and labour, surveillance and privacy, access and the digital divide, democratic uses, and gender issues. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Definitions: The New Technologies, Information Society, Globalisation | Lecture Notes and Allison Cavanagh. (2007). Sociology in the Age of the Internet. Open University Press. ISBN: 9780335217250. Section 1 |
2) | History and Structure of Information | Text book: Webster, Chapters 1-3 |
3) | From Post-Industrial Society to Network Society The Rise of Network Society | Allison Cavanagh. (2007). Sociology in the Age of the Internet. Open University Press. ISBN: 9780335217250. Section 1. |
4) | Post-Industrial Society Homework submission I | Webster, Chapter 7-9 |
5) | The Network Society | Webster, Chapters 10-12 |
6) | The internet as a media | Allison Cavanagh. (2007). Sociology in the Age of the Internet. Open University Press. ISBN: 9780335217250. Section 2. |
7) | Democracy and good governance in information society | CALDOW, Janet, “Governance in the Information Age”, a White Paper from the Institute for Electronic Government’s 2nd Annual Leadership Electronic Workshop, The Institute for Electronic Government: http://204.146.146.253 |
8) | Transformations: social classes, means of production, creative class Midterm | Webster, Chapters 13-16 |
9) | The internet as a social space | Allison Cavanagh. (2007). Sociology in the Age of the Internet. Open University Press. ISBN: 9780335217250. Section 3 |
10) | Surveillance and Privacy Homework submission II | Lecture Notes and David Lyon. (2001). Surveillance Society. Open University Press, ISBN: 9780335205462 |
11) | Politics and Society in Information Age | David S. Alberts and Daniel S. Papp. (1997). The Information Age: An Anthology on Its Impact and Consequences CCRP P Publication Series. Available at http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Anthology_I.pdf; World |
12) | Developing Project on Internet and Society in Turkey Project Proposal: 500-word proposal for major project is due in this week | Bring project proposal and oral presentataion (10 min.) |
13) | Social Media and political communication | Text book: Webster |
14) | Sources of Conflict and conflict resolution in information society | Bert-Jaap Koops: Books. (1998). The Crypto Controversy:A Key Conflict in the Information Society (Law and Electronic Commerce) (9789041111432): |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Frank Webster, editor. (2004). The Information Society Reader. (London, NY: Routledge). Available at the Loyola Bookstore David Lyon. (2001). Surveillance Society. Open University Press, ISBN: 9780335205462. |
References: | David S. Alberts and Daniel S. Papp. (1997). The Information Age: An Anthology on Its Impact and Consequences CCRP Publication Series. Available at http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Anthology_I.pdf Various readings will be provided Diğer okumalar hoca tarafından verilecektir |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Total Workload | 134 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture, | |
2) | Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions, | |
3) | Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts, | |
4) | Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires, | |
5) | Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately, | |
6) | Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture, | |
7) | Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature, | |
8) | Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art, | |
9) | Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture, |