Ä°LT651 - CRITICAL LITERACY and MEDIA ACTIVISM
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL LITERACY and MEDIA ACTIVISM | Ä°LT651 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Academic staff | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of the course is to question social media, media activism and media literacy by considering critical media literacy and visual literacy based on critical thinking and critical literacy. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | In this course, critical thinking and its relation to critical media literacy will be examined and apart from theoretical and methodological debates the students will be active participants of critical reading and content production practices. | |||||
| References | Binark, Mutlu& Gencel Bek, Mine (2007). Eleştirel Medya Okuryazarlığı. İstanbul: Kalkedon. Freire, Paulo (1987). Literacy: Reading the Word and the World. New York: Routledge. Gauntlett, David (2007). Creative Explorations: New Approaches to Identities and Audiences. London and New York: Routledge. Kellner, Douglas (2002) ?Critical Perspectives on Visual Imagery in Media and Cyberculture? http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/ed270/VISUALLITcritical.htm Kim, Gooyong (2007). ?Critical Media Literacy as The Potential of Democratic Media Activism?. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p112087/May 15 2009. Mirzoeff, Nicholas (2002). The Visual Culture Reader. New York: Routledge. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Critical thinking: literacy, critical literacy, critical media literacy |
| Week 3 | Critical reading: critical imagination, reading practices against discrimination. |
| Week 4 | Media activism: media monitoring projects, alternative media, |
| Week 5 | New social movements and media |
| Week 6 | Social media: Web 2.0 isolation, participation and creativity |
| Week 7 | New media new literacy: digital literacy, digital generations |
| Week 8 | Media education: Critical pedagogy, art and philosophy education |
| Week 9 | Media literacy education: Examples from Turkey and the world. Improving cirricula. |
| Week 10 | Methodological discussion: Critical textual analysis, discourse and ideology |
| Week 11 | Methodological discussion: Creative methodologies, activity based ethnography |
| Week 12 | Practices: Media monitoring |
| Week 13 | Practices: Cirricula for media literacy education |
| Week 14 | Presentations |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the Final Exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 20 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 2 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 20 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 56 | 56 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 82 | 180 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. The students successfully completing HU Communication Sciences Graduate Program will be competent in evaluating basic concepts and the conceptual interrelations as well as their reflections on theoretical and practical levels. | X | ||||
| 2. will have the knowledge of the basic methodological approaches, methods and research technics and their implementations. | X | ||||
| 3. is capable of designing a social research, implementing it, analyzing the findings, reporting them and putting all into an original piece of academic writing. | X | ||||
| 4. will be able to think, question, assess and evaluate in an interdisciplinary mode. | X | ||||
| 5. will follow the contemporary knowledge and approaches in the communication sciences area and evaluates these with a critical and inquisitive manner. | X | ||||
| 6. will be able to present his/her knowledge in the field orally and in written effectively and systematically. | X | ||||
| 7. is aware of the scientific and ethical principles and in every academic production acts in accordance with these principles. | X | ||||
| 8. will be able to get involved in team work for identifying and solving problems related to the area and shares knowledge. | X | ||||
| 9. will be able to use the knowledge and the skills related to the area, find solutions to the problems in communication and media, develop policy propositions and transform these into projects and action. | X | ||||
| 10. has strong social communication in business life. | X | ||||
| 11. will pursue a higher degree in his/her education. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest