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PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
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
ADV3638 Special Topics on Advertising Spring
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 : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HANDE BİLSEL
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi HANDE BİLSEL
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course will review the latest debates and hot issues as well as key issues and controversies that the advertising industry has started to solve and will get the students involved in real time case studies.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Define main topics, discourses, hot debates and controversies in the area
II. Recognize advertising, its supporters and its critiques
III. Recognize Consumer Culture and the Savvy Consumer
IV. Discuss Persuasive Content and Subliminal Messages
V. Delienate the relationship between advertising content/strategy and children
VI. Recognize types of controversial advertising
VII.Recognize forms of online advertising and social media
VIII. Analyze stereotypes in advertising
IX. Delienate political advertising and social responsibility issues
X. Recognize use of puffery in advertising

Course Content

The course includes the analysis of advertising with the main topics such as consumption culture, persuasion, product placement, child usage, social media.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Giriş: Ana konu başlıklarının, bağlamların ve tartışmaların genel hatlarıyla ele alınması
2) Reklamcılık, Destekçileri ve Eleştiriler Reading Chapter 1 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
3) Consumer Culture and the Savvy Consumer and Shopping Through Life Reading Chapter 2 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertisising
4) Persuasive Content and Subliminal Messages Reading Chapter 5 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
5) Advertising to Children Reading Chapter 10 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
6) Controversial Advertising Reading Chapter 11 from Kem Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
7) Advertising and Product Placement Reading Chapter 7 from Carol J. Pardun's book Advertising and Society
8) Alcohol and Tobacco Advertising Reading Chapter 12 from Kim Sheenan's book ontroversies in Contemporary Advertising
9) Political Advertising Reading Chapter 14 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
10) Online Advertising and Social Networks Reading Chapter 16 from Kim Sheenan's book Controversies in Contemporary Advertising
11) Advertising and Stereotypes Reading Chapter 9 from Carol J. Pardun's book Advertising and Society
12) Advertising and Puffery Reading Chapter 11 from Carol J. Pardun's book Advertising and Society
13) Advertising and Social Responsibility Reading Chapter 12 from Carol J. Pardun's Advertising and Society
14) Presentations The students will conduct research upon a topic which will be assigned to the student by the instructor and prepare a presentation on this topic.
15) Presentations The students will conduct research upon a topic which will be assigned to the student by the instructor and prepare a presentation on this topic.
16) Presentations The students will conduct research upon a topic which will be assigned to the student by the instructor and prepare a presentation on this topic.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Carol J. Pardun, Advertising and Society, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Kim Sheenan, Controversies in Contemprary Advertising, Sage, 2004.
References: Mara Einstein, Advertising: What everyone needs to know, Oxford, 2017

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 2 % 20
Midterms 1 % 20
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Homework Assignments 2 6 12
Midterms 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 130

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) Knowledge of photographic and video media and ability to use basic, intermediate and advanced techniques of these media.
2) Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate theories, concepts and uses of photography and video.
3) Ability to employ theoretical knowledge in the areas of the use of photography and video.
4) Familiarity with and ability to review the historical literature in theoretical and practical studies in photography and video.
5) Ability in problem solving in relation to projects in photography and video.
6) Ability to generate innovative responses to particular and novel requirements in photography and video.
7) Understanding and appreciation of the roles and potentials of the image across visual culture
8) Ability to communicate distinctively by means of photographic and video images.
9) Experience of image post-production processes and ability to develop creative outcomes through this knowledge.
10) Knowledge of and ability to participate in the processes of production, distribution and use of photography and video in the media.
11) Ability to understand, analyze and evaluate global, regional and local problematics in visual culture.
12) Knowledge of and ability to make a significant contribution to the goals of public communication.
13) Enhancing creativity via interdisciplinary methods to develop skills for realizing projects.
14) Gaining general knowledge about the points of intersection of communication, art and technology.