COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD3104 | Communication, New Media and Society | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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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 |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYBERK CAN ERTUNA |
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 means to challenge various ways of information disorder. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 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. |
Yeni medya teknolojileri haber ve eğlence tüketim alışkanlıklarını çok hızlı değiştirecek bir şekilde gelişmeye devam etmektedir. Medya üretim ve tüketim pratiklerinin birbirine yaklaşması pasif tüketicinin yerini hem üreten hem tüketen 'üretketici'ye bırakmasına sebep oldu. Dolayısıyla yaşadığımız bu çağda, doğruluk, mahremiyet, sorumluluk gibi temel ilkelere bağlı kalma sözü veren geleneksel medya kuruluşlarının bilgi paylaşımı pratikleri birçok üretketici tarafından sorgulanıyor. Ancak, bilgi kirliliği yalnızca bu ağ toplumunun yarattığı durum neticesinde ortaya çıkan bir sonuç olmaktan öte hükümetlerden muhalif hareketlere kadar birçok farklı muhatabının olduğu bir düzensizlik durumu. Bu derste öğrenciler, yeni medya alanındaki bütün bu meseleleri teorik tartışmalarla güçlendirerek analiz edip tartışacak. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction and Overview of the Course | |
2) | News, truth and post-truth | |
3) | Making news: Critical analysis | |
4) | TV Journalism and 24-hour news cycle (National and international scale) | |
5) | Critical analysis of social media | |
6) | Social media and the future of journalism | |
7) | Social media and politics | |
8) | Social media and politics | |
9) | Social media and politics | |
10) | Post-truth era | |
11) | Social media age | |
12) | Project paper presentations & discussion | |
13) | Project paper presentations & discussion | |
14) | Final review of the term |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | - The New Media Monopoly : Ben Bagdikian - Hakikat Sonrası Çağ : Ralph Keyes - Making News: Gaye Tuchman - Manufacturing Consent: Edward Herman / Noam Chomsky - On Television: Pierre Bourdieu - Media on the Move: Daya Kishan Thussu - Big Data (in Social Media): Christian Fuchs - The Power and Political Economy of Social Media (in Social Media) Christian Fuchs - Summarizing the Logic and Operations of Surveillance Capitalism: Shoshana Zuboff - New Media and Changing Perceptions of surveillance: A. Albrechtslund Politics 2.0: Social Media Campaigning: J. Baldwin – Philippi - Nationalism on the social media (C. Fuchs) Cambridge Analytica, IRS scandals - Social Media and New Protest Movements: T. Poell & J. v. Dijck - Challenges of filter bubbles and echochambers: C. Wardle, H. Derakhshan - Social Media Marketing: M. Serazio & B.E. Duffy - Self Representation in Social Media : J. W. Rettberg |
References: | - Wag the Dog – Barry Levinson - The loudest voice (ep. 1-2) - Film: The Great Hack |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Total Workload | 118 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |