ECONOMICS
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
NMD2908	Digital Culture and Media	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:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SİNAN AŞÇI
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None.
Course Objectives:	This course will explore sociological understandings of youth cultures, tracing the socio-historical factors which facilitated the development of the modern youth market and critically evaluating the ways in which sociology has theorized the relationship between young individuals, popular culture and “traditional” and “new” media.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- account for the social and historical factors that facilitated the development of the modern youth market,
- critically assess key theoretical accounts factors of the relationship between youth and popular culture in a local and global context,
- reflect on the notions of youth, gender and ethnicity as they are represented in, shaped by, and articulated through popular culture,
- critically evaluate the relationship between youth cultures and “traditional” and “new” media,
- examine the theoretical relevance of the terms “subcultural” and “post-subcultural” in an understanding of contemporary youth cultures,
- connect themes and issues covered in the course to wider sociological debates.

Course Content

Themes covered within the course include young individuals and mass media, TV and film, cultural representations of youth style and gender, subcultural groups and ethnic identities, youth cultures and music scenes, young individuals and new technologies, and global and local youth cultures.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	An overview of the course’s content, objectives, learning methods, and tips for academic reading
2)	Basic Concepts: Youth, Culture, Youth Media Studies
3)	Sociological Understanding of Youth Style, Subcultures and Youth
4)	Questioning Youth Culture - Generations & Transitions?
5)	Transnational Youth Cultures
6)	Mediatization of Culture
7)	Midterm
8)	Youth Culture and the Mass Media
9)	Subcultures in Detail: Gendered Subcultures, Criminalized Subcultures
11)	Subcultures in Detail: Virtual & Global Subcultures, Subculture as Performance & Style
12)	Youth and Violence
13)	Youth and Difference
14)	Youth and Media (in General)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

1) Williams, Patrick J. (2007) ‘Youth Subcultural Studies: Sociological Traditions and Core Concepts’, Sociology Compass, 1/2: 572-593.
2) Nazan Maksudyan. 2011. “Orphans, Cities, and the State: Vocational Orphanages (Islahhanes) and Reform in the Late Ottoman Urban Space.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 43: 493-511.
3) Christine Elizabeth Griffin. 2010. “The trouble with class: Researching youth, class and culture beyond the ‘Birmingham School’.” Journal of Youth Studies 14 (3): 245-259.
4) Erll, A. (2014). Generation in literary history: Three constellations of generationality, genealogy, and memory. New Literary History, 45(3), 385-409.
5) Siibak, A., Vittadini, N., & Nimrod, G. (2014). Generations as media audiences: An introduction. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 11(2), 100-107.

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	2	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	14	8	112
Quizzes	2	2	4
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			159

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)	As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends.
2)	He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning.
3)	Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events.
4)	Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders.
5)	Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions.
6)	Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures.
7)	Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions.
8)	Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods.
9)	In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective.
10)	Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines.
11)	Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team.