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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD2008 | History of Media | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Must Course |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to provide a social evaluation of histories of media in order to establish a ground to discuss human agency in social, technological and cultural contexts. Throughout the course, accounts of history of and around media will be discussed in a fashion that does not follow a technologically deterministic view. It is expected from students to provide critical analysis to processes and moments in history, where media is available as a meta-narrative to discuss human progress and condition. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - understand historical conditions of contemporary media ecosystems, - contextualise past developments in the relationship between technology and society, - critically evaluate the political economy of media in historical contexts, - distinguish various in readings in media history in terms of assigned agencies. |
This course explores the emergence and development of different media from a historical perspective. Weekly topics are roughly chronological, and a variety of mechanisms for media change will be considered, including path-dependence, remediation, convergence, technological appropriation, and the social shaping or social construction of technology. In addition to “media causes,” readings will examine “media effects” on perception, culture, and communication. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Media, Technology and History | |
2) | Communication Channels Before the Printing Press | |
3) | Printing in Its Contexts I | |
4) | Printing in Its Contexts II | |
5) | Media and the Public Sphere | |
6) | Technologies and Revolutions | |
7) | New Processes and Patterns I | |
8) | Midterm Week | |
9) | New Processes and Patterns II | |
10) | Information, Education and Entertainment I | |
11) | Information, Education and Entertainment II | |
12) | Media Convergences I | |
13) | Media Convergences II | |
14) | The Return of the Social |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1) A social history of the media: From Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke. |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 13 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 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 | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 7 | 98 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 151 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication. | 3 |
2) | To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level. | 2 |
3) | To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them. | 2 |
4) | To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends. | 5 |
5) | To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner. | 2 |
6) | To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents. | 5 |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | 1 |
8) | To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit. | 2 |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | 2 |
10) | To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels. | 2 |