CINEMA AND MEDIA RESEARCH (ENGLISH, PHD) | |||||
PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
CMR6104 | Historical and Social Research II | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. OSMAN KAYA ÖZKARACALAR |
Course Objectives: | As intellectuals, scholars, students, lecturers, and professors, we continually engage with the production of knowledge. Within this endless process of “making,” the question of “how do we do what we do?” is a methodological question which is often feared, ignored or forgotten in the analysis of media and culture. This course is designed to find answers to the question of “how do we produce knowledge?” In this course we study issues and practices of qualitative methods in social and cultural studies at both theoretical and empirical levels. The aim of this course is to help students to develop an understanding of a variety of research methods used in media and cultural studies. Students will be guided by the readings and seminar discussions to choose, articulate and apply methodologies for their research projects. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; After completing this course, students should be able to: - Understand the methodological formulations of various media and cultural studies articles. - Understand that methodologies that we apply depending on the type of knowledge we want to reach, are directly related to the theory - Understand the reasons behind the choice of particular methodologies, but not the others. - Understand the weaknesses and strengths of each methodology used in media and cultural studies. - Select, articulate and apply methodologies to their own researches. - Develop ethical concerns and sensitivities when doing research. |
This course will be conducted as a seminar. Throughout the semester, we will cover a broad range of methodological approaches and each week we will discuss a methodology together with its theoretical basis and practical outcomes. The methodologies that we will cover include discourse and content analysis, autobiographical methods, spatial analysis, ethnography, historiography, oral history and archival studies, participant observation, and audience studies. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course: Discussing the course objectives and requirement. Having a sense of each student’s interests and their research topics. | |
2) | What is methodology and method? How do we know what we know? | |
3) | The Case of Content Analysis | |
4) | Autobiographical Studies | |
5) | Locating place, body and activity: Studies on Space | |
6) | Studying Audience: Reception and more | |
7) | Ethnography, Participant Observation, and In-depth Interviews | |
8) | History and Historiography: Archives and Oral History | |
9) | Everyday Lives and Artifacts | |
10) | Media Texts: Articulation and Representation | |
11) | From Semiotics to Visual Studies | |
12) | Power and Knowledge: Discourse | |
13) | The Politics of Cultural Research: Ethical Issues and Debates. | |
14) | Overall discussion of the topics and choosing, articulating, applying multiple methodologies. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Course package: Readings from a variety of sources. |
References: | - White, Mimi and Schwoch, James (2006) Question of Method in Cultural Studies. Malden, MA: Blackwell. - Pickering, Michael (2008) Research Methods for Cultural Studies. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. - Seale, Clive (2012) Researching Society and Culture (3rd Edition). Thousand Oaks: Sage. - Denzin, Norman K. and Lincoln, Yvonna S. (2005) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Third Edition). Thousand Oaks: Sage. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 10 | % 10 |
Field Work | 1 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 3 | % 30 |
Project | 1 | % 50 |
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 |
Field Work | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Project | 1 | 65 | 65 |
Homework Assignments | 3 | 5 | 15 |
Total Workload | 200 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have the qualified skills and abilities in production and analysis of academic knowledge and texts (including the conference papers, articles, essays, research projects etc) that would contribute to the national and international academic literature. | 5 |
2) | Gain the knowledge and comprehension of the literature on specific research area defined within the fields of cinema, media and cultural studies. | 5 |
3) | Have the knowledge about fundamental concepts and main school of thoughts within the fields of cinema, media and cultural stıdies. | 4 |
4) | Gain required academic skills for the production of research projects and publications both in Turkish and in English. | 3 |
5) | Gain the skills required for grounded analysis, description and interpretation of a subject within the cinema, media and cultural studies fields in conformance with the ethical values and rules. | 5 |
6) | Have the academic consciousness and responsibility about the necessity of production of research with potentials of wide influence on literature and society, and with an original academic value. | 2 |
7) | Have the analytical skills required for the contextualized interpretation of a phenomenon that is related to cinema, media, and culture along with its relation to the historical, social, political, economic and cultural components. | |
8) | Gain the knowledge and the research skills about qualitative and quantitative research. | 2 |