| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction and Overview of the Course |
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| 2) |
The political economy of media / Key concepts |
“For a political economy of mass communications”, Graham Murdock & Peter Golding |
| 3) |
The political economy of media / Key concepts |
“The study of the political economy of the media in the twenty-first century”, Janet Wasko |
| 4) |
Media, Power and Democracy |
Readings from Louis Althusser, Antonio Gramsci and Herbert Schiller |
| 5) |
Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media |
“Manufacturing consent: the political economy of the mass media”
Edward S. Herman/Noam Chomsky |
| 6) |
The political economy of the press and news value |
“The structure of foreign news: the presentation of the Congo, Cuba and Cyprus crises in four Norwegian newspapers”, Johan Galtung and Mari Ruge
“What Is News? Galtung and Ruge revisited”, Tony Harcup & Deirdre O'Neill |
| 7) |
Midterm |
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| 8) |
Introduction to political economy of new media |
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| 9) |
Alternative media |
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| 10) |
Alternative media and crowdfunding in the digital age |
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| 11) |
Net neutrality |
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| 12) |
The political economy of film industry
Discussion: The Post (movie) |
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| 13) |
A comparative analysis of media pluralism |
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| 14) |
Closing section: final review before final exam |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. |
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| 2) |
To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels |
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| 3) |
To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. |
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| 4) |
To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes |
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| 5) |
To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills |
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| 6) |
To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. |
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| 7) |
To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. |
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| 8) |
To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective |
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| 9) |
To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge |
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| 10) |
To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects |
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| 11) |
To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. |
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| 12) |
To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |
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BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
