MEDICINE
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
POL4442	Cinema and Politics	Spring	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Prof. Dr. EBRU ŞULE CANAN SOKULLU
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ARDA CAN KUMBARACIBAŞI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course analyzes the main tenets of crucial political events throughout the 20th and the 21st centuries and their representation in cinema. By looking into the connections between major political ideologies and milestone movies in cinema history, the course aims to provide students a better understanding of the events that transpired in recent history and their impacts within a critical framework. The course also makes use of theoretical works by known scholars in the field to deliver an in depth examination of a wide range of notions such as propaganda, war, activism, ethics, rights, role of media, social psychology, authority, ethnic conflict, terrorism, self-determination, mass surveillance, immigration and other international dynamics.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Examine the basic approaches to Film and Politics.
2. Grasp the key debates, concepts, approaches, theories and case studies that critique and explain the complex relationship between politics and cinema.
3. Compare films from around the world while looking into historical and contemporary cinema.
4. Analyze interactions between societies, governments and international actors.
5. Recognize the role of different social and political actors (e.g. states, civil society actors, international organizations, supranational structures) in local, national and global contexts.
6. Discuss processes of state development, democratization, inequality, mobilization and global networks.
7. Explore the wider relationship between politics and entertainment, examines cinema’s response to political and social transformations and questions the extent to which filmmaking, itself, is a political act.
8. Develop critical thinking skills.

Course Content

Impact of Film; Propaganda; War and Cinema (Second World War, the Cold War, Vietnam War); Conflict; Fascism; Holocaust; Totalitarianism; Authoritarianism; Political Activism; Socialism; Communism; Neo-Marxism; Cuban Revolution; Nationalism and Self-Determination; Ethics; Rights; Citizenship; Minorities; Ethnicity; Immigration; Feminism and Gender Politics; Role of Media; Terrorism; Globalism.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction	Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy - The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics. Andrew Heywood - Political Ideologies.
2)	Film and Propaganda	Richard Schickel - Charlie Chaplin: A Life in Film. Alexander J. DeGrand - Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. J. S. McClelland - A History of Western Political Thought Neil Pagesm Mary Rhiel, Ingeborg Majer-O'Sickey - Riefenstahl Screened. Jonathan Auerbach, Russ Castronovo - The Oxford Handbook of Propaganda Studies.
3)	Totalitarianism and the Second World War	Hannah Arendt - Banality of Evil. Primo Levi - The Gray Zone.
4)	The Cold War Era	Bernard Schaefer - The Lives of Others: East Germany Revisited. John O Koehler - Stasi.
5)	Political Activism I (Socialism)	G. S. Prentzas - The Cuban Revolution Jon Lee Anderson - Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life Peter McLaren - Che Guevara Paulo Drinot - Che's Travels
6)	Political Activism II (Anarchism)	Robert Sklar - The Baader Meinhof Complex Julian Preece - Baader-Meinhof and the Novel Steve Giles, Maike Oergel - Counter-Cultures in Germany and Central Europe Christina Gerhardt - The Baader Meinhof Complex Chang Hyun Cho - Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
7)	Midterm Exam
8)	Political Activism III (Nationalism)	Henry Veltmeyer - Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle A.P. Thornton - Imperialism in the Twentieth Century John Galtung - A Structural Theory of Imperialism
9)	War and Cinema I	Bonnie L. Green, et. al. - Trauma Interventions in War and Peace Kenneth Payne - The Psychology of Modern Conflict Martin J. Medhurst - Cold War Rhetoric, strategy, metaphor, and ideology
10)	War and Cinema II	Michael Taillard, Holly Giscoppa - Psychology and Modern Warfare: Idea Management in Conflict and Competition Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner - American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam Politics, Ideology, and Class Ronnie D. Lipschutz - After Authority: War, Peace, and Global Politics in the 21st Century
11)	Citizenship and Rights	Sarah Gamble - The Routledge Companion to Feminism and PostFeminism Estelle B. Freedman - Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics Margaret Walters - Feminism. A Very Short Introduction
12)	Politics and the Media	Michael Griffin - Media Images of War Cees J. Hamelink - Media between Warmongers and Peacemakers Rune Ottosen - Enemy Images and the Journalistic Process
13)	Terrorism	Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills - Dehumanizing the Enemy in post 9/11 Media Representations John Lewis Gaddis - A Grand Strategy of Transformation Johan Galtung - Cultural Violence
14)	Developing Nations and Problems of Democracy	Adam Jones - Genocide and Mass Killing Scott Straus - Wars Do End: Changing Patterns of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Yannis Tzioumakis, Claire Molloy - The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Politics.
Andrew Heywood - Political Ideologies.
Richard Schickel - Charlie Chaplin: A Life in Film.
Alexander J. DeGrand - Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
J. S. McClelland - A History of Western Political Thought
Neil Pagesm Mary Rhiel, Ingeborg Majer-O'Sickey - Riefenstahl Screened.
Jonathan Auerbach, Russ Castronovo - The Oxford Handbook of Propaganda Studies.
Hannah Arendt - Banality of Evil.
Primo Levi - The Gray Zone.
Bernard Schaefer - The Lives of Others: East Germany Revisited.
John O Koehler - Stasi.
Robert Sklar - The Baader Meinhof Complex
Julian Preece - Baader-Meinhof and the Novel
Steve Giles, Maike Oergel - Counter-Cultures in Germany and Central Europe
Christina Gerhardt - The Baader Meinhof Complex
Chang Hyun Cho - Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
G. S. Prentzas - The Cuban Revolution
Jon Lee Anderson - Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
Peter McLaren - Che Guevara
Paulo Drinot - Che's Travels
Henry Veltmeyer - Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle
A.P. Thornton - Imperialism in the Twentieth Century
John Galtung - A Structural Theory of Imperialism
Bonnie L. Green, et. al. - Trauma Interventions in War and Peace
Kenneth Payne - The Psychology of Modern Conflict
Martin J. Medhurst - Cold War Rhetoric, strategy, metaphor, and ideology
Michael Taillard, Holly Giscoppa - Psychology and Modern Warfare: Idea Management in Conflict and Competition
Patricia Keeton, Peter Scheckner - American War Cinema and Media since Vietnam Politics, Ideology, and Class
Ronnie D. Lipschutz - After Authority: War, Peace, and Global Politics in the 21st Century
Sarah Gamble - The Routledge Companion to Feminism and PostFeminism
Estelle B. Freedman - Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics
Margaret Walters - Feminism. A Very Short Introduction
Michael Griffin - Media Images of War
Cees J. Hamelink - Media between Warmongers and Peacemakers
Rune Ottosen - Enemy Images and the Journalistic Process
Stuart J. Kaufman - Ethnic Conflict
Adam Jones - Genocide and Mass Killing
Scott Straus - Wars Do End: Changing Patterns of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills - Dehumanizing the Enemy in post 9/11 Media Representations
John Lewis Gaddis - A Grand Strategy of Transformation
Johan Galtung - Cultural Violence

References:

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Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	13	39
Study Hours Out of Class	13	107
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		150

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)	Integrates the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired from basic and clinical medical sciences, behavioral sciences and social sciences, and uses them in health service delivery.
2)	In patient management, shows a biopsychosocial approach that takes into account the socio-demographic and sociocultural background of the individual, regardless of language, religion, race and gender.
3)	In the provision of health services, prioritizes the protection and development of the health of individuals and society.
4)	Taking into account the individual, societal, social and environmental factors affecting health; does the necessary work to maintain and improve the state of health.
5)	By recognizing the characteristics, needs and expectations of the target audience, provides health education to healthy/sick individuals and their relatives and other healthcare professionals.
6)	Shows a safe, rational and effective approach in health service delivery, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes.
7)	Performs invasive and/or non-invasive procedures in diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes in a safe and effective way for the patient.
8)	Provides health services by considering patient and employee health and safety.
9)	In the provision of health services, takes into account the changes in the physical and socioeconomic environment on a regional and global scale, as well as the changes in the individual characteristics and behaviors of the people who apply to it.
10)	Takes good medical practice into account while carrying out his/her profession.
11)	Fulfills its duties and obligations within the framework of ethical principles, rights and legal responsibilities required by its profession.
12)	Demonstrates decisive behavior in providing high-quality health care, taking into account the integrity of the patient.
13)	Evaluates his/her performance in his/her professional practice by considering his/her emotions and cognitive characteristics.
14)	Advocates improving the provision of health services by considering the concepts of social reliability and social responsibility for the protection and development of public health.
15)	Can plan and carry out service delivery, training and consultancy processes related to individual and community health in cooperation with all components for the protection and development of health.
16)	Evaluates the impact of health policies and practices on individual and community health indicators and advocates increasing the quality of health services.
17)	The physician attaches importance to the protection of his/her own physical, mental and social health, and does what is necessary for this
18)	Shows exemplary behavior and leads the healthcare team during service delivery.
19)	Uses resources cost-effectively, for the benefit of society and in accordance with the legislation, in the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of health services in the health institution he/she is the manager of.
20)	Establishes positive communication within the health team it serves and assumes different team roles when necessary.
21)	Is aware of the duties and responsibilities of the health workers in the health team and acts accordingly.
22)	In the professional practices, works in harmony and effectively with the colleagues and other professional groups.
23)	Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives, healthcare professionals, other professional groups, institutions and organizations.
24)	Communicates effectively with individuals and groups that require a special approach and have different socio-cultural characteristics.
25)	In the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation processes, shows a patient-centered approach that associates the patient with the decision-making mechanisms.
26)	Plans and implements scientific research, when necessary, for the population it serves, and uses the results and/or the results of other research for the benefit of the society.
27)	Reaches and critically evaluates current literature knowledge about his/her profession.
28)	Applies the principles of evidence-based medicine in clinical decision making.
29)	Uses information technologies to increase the effectiveness of its work on health care, research and education.
30)	Effectively manages individual work processes and career development.
31)	Demonstrates skills in acquiring and evaluating new knowledge, integrating it with existing knowledge, applying it to professional situations and adapting to changing conditions throughout professional life.
32)	Selects the right learning resources to improve the quality of the health service it offers, organizes its own learning process