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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
NMD3106 Cyberculture and Social Networks 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: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SİNAN AŞÇI
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi SİNAN AŞÇI
Recommended Optional Program Components: None.
Course Objectives: Aim of the course to help students develop advanced philosophical, historical and anthropological viewpoints on the issues of cyberculture and social networks and acquire the analytical skills necessary for putting this knowledge into practice.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- will be develop a historical understanding of the notion of cyberculture, from which historical moment it has first been developed to later adventures of the term,
- will be able to trace the notion of cyberculture in the contemporary world, through the different meanings and connotations it posesses today,
- will develop advanced knowedge about the avant-garde and niche practices which can be brough together under the umbrella cyberculture as a term,
- will be able to gather the skills required for a deep understanding of the importance in life of an ordinary person of the communication and interaction modalities which can be associated with cyberculture and of the significance social networks play within this framework.

Course Content

The main elements of the content of this course are composed of original texts that contribute to the generation of the term, studies with philosophical and anthropological approaches to the issue and texts and applications that deal with the place of cyberculture in the contemporary world.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Culture vs. Digital Culture & Cyberculture
2) History of the Internet
3) Digital Technology and Society
4) Digital Media in Everyday Life
5) Self and Identity Online
6) Subjectivity and Self-constitution
7) Digital and Daily Practices of Self-representation
8) Midterm
9) Online Communities
10) Digital Divide and Social Divisions
11) Mobile - Network Culture
12) Networked Media, Information and Democratic Discussion
13) Algorithms
14) Discussion of the overall topics

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: 1) Manovich, Lev (2009). “The Practice of Everyday (Media) Life: From Mass Consumption to Mass Cultural Production?” Critical Inquiry, Vol. 35, pp. 319-331.
2) Sauter, Theresa. “'What's on your mind?' Writing on Facebook as a tool for self-formation.” New Media & Society 16 (2014): 823-839.
3) Fred Turner, “Burning Man at Google: A Cultural Infrastructure for New Media Production,” New Media & Society, April 2009.
4) Wilson, S. M., & Peterson, L. C. (2002). The Anthropology of Online Communities. Annual Review of Anthropology, 31(1), 449–467.
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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 6 84
Quizzes 2 2 4
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 131

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) To correctly identify the problems and to be able to ask the correct questions
2) To have the ability for problem solving and to utilize analytical approach in dealing with the problems
3) To be able to identify business processes and use them to increase the productivity in logistics system.
4) To be fully prepared for a graduate study 2
5) Awareness of the new advancements in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and to be able to use them in logistics management effectively. internet and the electronic world
6) To understand the components of logistics as well as the importance of the coordination among these components.
7) To know the necessary ingredients for improving the productivity in business life
8) To think innovatively and creatively in complex situations 4
9) To act and think both regionally and internationally
10) To understand the demands and particular questions of globalization
11) Aware of the two way interaction between globalization and logistics; as well as to use this interaction for increasing the productivity.
12) To be able to use at least one foreign language both for communication and academic purposes 2
13) To acquire leadership qualities but also to know how to be a team member
14) To understand the importance of business ethics and to apply business ethics as a principal guide in both business and academic environment