AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD3103 | Issues in New Media Practices | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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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 |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is designed to introduce the students both the classical and contemporary arguments about construction of reality in traditional and new media and equip them with theoretical and practical means to challenge various ways of information disorder. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - Will have an understanding about the critical perspectives on construction of reality in traditional media. - Will learn about opportunities and limits of social media tools. - Will learn about the recent discussions about concepts such as “information disorder” and “fake news”. - Will be able to critically analyse (new) media content. |
New media technologies are developing at a very high speed changing the news and entertainment consumption habits of people constantly. As media production and consumption converge in a new form of practice, a new actor, someone not only consuming the media products as a passive audience but also an active participant in the production process; “prosumer” has emerged. In this era, the conventional media companies promising to stick to basics of information sharing such as accuracy, privacy, accountability are now challenged by vast number of prosumers. However, “information disorder” is not only an end result of this vast network society and prosumers, but also it is facilitated by various interest groups ranging from governments to opposition movements. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Overview of the course | |
2) | News, truth and post-truth | |
3) | Making news: Critical analysis | |
4) | Making news: Critical analysis | |
5) | Critical analysis of “the news” | |
6) | Critical analysis of social media | |
7) | Social media and politics | |
8) | Social media and politics | |
9) | Social media and politics | |
10) | Post-truth era | |
11) | Social media age | |
12) | Network society, prosumer and new media | |
13) | Project presentations | |
14) | Project presentations and review of the course |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky, 2002. Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media, New York : Pantheon Books Keyes, R., 2019. Hakikat sonrası çağ : günümüz dünyasında yalancılık ve aldatma, İzmir: Delidolu |
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Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
Project | 2 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Quizzes | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Midterms | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Total Workload | 160 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |