Ä°LT710 - MEDIA and IDEOLOGY

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
MEDIA and IDEOLOGY Ä°LT710 1st Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Prof. Dr. H. Simten CoÅŸar 
Course objectiveThe aim of this course is to offer the analytical tools for a critical analysis of different representations of established ideological constructions in the social communication processes. In so doing, the main focus will be on the effects of dominant, alternative and counter-ideologies in social communication. The representations of alternative and/or counter-ideologies through social communication will also be considered within the scope of the course.  
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of this course, students will ;
  2. 1. acquire the theoretical and methodological means to observe the style through which dominant ideological discourses are conveyed to everyday life through media;
  3. 2. have the capacity to specify the overlapping and diverging styles among the representations and conveyance of dominant-alternative-counter ideological discourses
  4. 3. acquire knowledge on the construction of the media as an ideological conflict site with a view to the examples from different countries;
  5. 4. have the capacity to explicate the function of the media in the normalization of ideology via articulation into everyday discursice practices.
Course ContentThis course focuses on the constructive, reproductive and/or transformative function of communication in the connection between ideology and everyday life. The main problematique of the course revolves around the effect of the structure in the formation, break and transformation of the discoursive practices.  
ReferencesAdorno, Theodor. The Stars down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Culture, Stephen Crook (ed.) (Londra ve New York: Routledge, 1994), s. 34-127.
Çam, Şerife (2008). Medya Çalışmalarında İdeoloji. Ankara: De Ki.
Eagleton, T. (1991). Ideology, An Introduction. London: Verso.
Gurevitch, M., Bennett, T., Curran, J. and Woollacott, J.(ed.) (2005). Culture, Society and the Media.
Hall, Stuart, ?The Problem of Ideology-Marxism without Guarantees,? Journal of Communication Inquiry, 10 (June 1986), s.28-44.  

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction
Week 2What is Ideology - I
Week 3What is Ideology - II
Week 4Ideology and the media ? Theoretical perspectives ? I
Week 5Ideology and the media ? Theoretical perspectives ? II
Week 6Transmission of nationalism
Week 7Transmission of patriarchy - I
Week 8Transmission of patriarchy - II
Week 9Media in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism - I
Week 10Media in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism - II
Week 11Media and Resistance ? Alternative Media - I
Week 12Media and Resistance ? Alternative Media - II
Week 13Globalization, Media and Power: Dominant Ideology and ?TINA?? ? ?Social Media?
Week 14Overview
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1410
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments155
Presentation335
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam00
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes055
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes045
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)16348
Presentation / Seminar Preparation340120
Project000
Homework assignment19090
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 000
Total Workload34136300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Commands knowledge about current and advanced approaches and concepts in communication sciences and has the ability to apply them in a research.    X
2. Understands the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities fields, follows and evaluates debates.    X
3. Contributes to scientific studies by carrying out original studies, programs or projects independently.   X 
4. Converts the new knowledge produced by conducting original studies or bringing new interpretations to existing studies into national and international publications.   X 
5. Develops new ideas, models and methods related to the field, supports the decision-making processes of people and organizations related to the studies on the solution of problems in the field.    X
6. Recognizes national and international knowledge sources in the field and explains them to the people under his/her responsibility through theoretical and applied studies.   X 
7. Uses computer software, information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level.  X  
8. Creates projects and takes part in national and international projects.  X  
9. Analyzes and evaluates new and complex ideas and discussions created by the interaction of the field with other disciplines.    X
10. Conducts leadership in environments that require solving original and interdisciplinary problems related to the field.   X 

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest