FTV2945 Social and New Media PracticesBahçeşehir 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

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
FTV2945 Social and New Media Practices Fall 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Prof. Dr. NİLAY ULUSOY
Course Objectives: This course aims to push students to reflect on the new narrative practices that emerge with the proliferation of social and new media and encourages them to create content for these structures.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Have knowledge about contemporary narrative techniques in new media.
2) Analyze new media products and obtain new gains.
3) Gain the ability to research and interpret the visual language and visual language formations.
4) Learn about the stimulation of emotions with visual expression.

Course Content

This course aims to provide an understanding of the current cultural changes in media production and consumption.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction
2) Technology theories
3) New media and narrative techniques
4) New media production processes
5) Internet and Blogs
6) Computer games
7) Broadcast platforms
8) Midterm presentations
9) Current communication model
10) New media representations
11) Motifs in new media products
12) New media consumption habits
13) Anonymous bullying
14) Final presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: 1. Montfort, N., & Wardrip-Fruin, N. (Eds.). (2003). The new media reader. MIT press.
2. Snickars, P., & Vonderau, P. (2009). The youtube reader. Kungliga biblioteket.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Presentation 2 % 30
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 12 3 36
Presentations / Seminar 2 20 40
Midterms 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
Total Workload 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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 4
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
4) Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey 3
5) Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product 3
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 3
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations 2
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages 4
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 2
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 4
12) Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility 2