Ä°LT711 - CIVIL SOCIETY, HEGEMONY and MEDIA

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)		 Application
(hours/week)		 Credit ECTS
CIVIL SOCIETY, HEGEMONY and MEDIA Ä°LT711 1st Semester 3 0 3 10
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Faculty Members 
Course objectiveThe aim of the course is to offer the grounds for a critical analysis of the practices of civil society, which have been gaining visibility in policy-making and implementation processes since the 1980s, and the connections between these practices and the media, as well of the representations of civil societal issues in the media, the effects of the media in civil society practices, on the basis of theoretical discussions, based on contemporary case studies. 
Learning outcomes
  1. At the end of this course, students will be able to;
  2. 1. acquire knowledge about civil society practices and the historical unfolding of the theories of civil society;
  3. 2. have the capacity to critically assess the existing civil society practices;
  4. 3. have the capacity to offer theoretical elaborations on the connection between civil society and media;
  5. 4. have the capacity to define the conveyance of dominant civil society discourse through media with a view to concrete examples;
  6. 5. acquired knowledge about the efforts to transform existing civil societal practices with a view to alternative media/counter-media examples
Course ContentThis course covers the place and function of the media in civil societal context. In this frame, the political and cultural dynamics of the connection between media and civil society are analyzed with a view to the implications of this connection for the civil society as a sphere of political action.  
ReferencesDagron, A. G. (2001). Making Waves, Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change. New York: Rockefeller Foundation.
Gramsci, A. (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
Hardt, M. and Negri, A. (2003). Implicating Empire, Globalization and Resistance in the 21st Century World Order. New York: Basic Books.
Harvey, D. The New Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Keane, J. (1998). Civil Society: Old Visions, New Images. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Negt, O. and Kluge, A. (1993). Public Sphere and Experience. P. Labanyi, J.O. Daniel, A. Oksiloff (trans.) (Mineeapolis, London: University of Minnesota Press).
Sontag, S. (2004). Regarding the Pain of Others. Picador.
Sullivan, S., Spicer, A., and Steffen, B. (2011). `Becoming Global (Un)Civil Society: Counter-Hegemonic Struggle and the Indymedia Network,? Globalizations, 8 (5), 703-717. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Introduction
Week 2What is civil society? Where is it situated in relation to the society and politics_ - Theoretical debates
Week 3What is civil society? ? Historical evolution
Week 4Civil Society and Institutional Power Mechanisms - I
Week 5Civil Society and Institutional Power Mechanisms - II
Week 6Civil Society and Political Action
Week 7The Discursive Construction of Civil Society and Mass Media
Week 8Civil Society as a Text: Mass Media
Week 9The Transnational "Borders" of Civil Society and Media
Week 10Civil Society between the "Old" and the"New" Media
Week 11Media as a Civil Societal Sphere?
Week 12Media as the Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Spheres
Week 13Presentations
Week 14Overview
Week 15Preparation for the Final Exam
Week 16Final Exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance1420
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments160
Presentation420
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms00
Final exam00
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes040
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes060
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 Preparation435140
Project000
Homework assignment17070
Midterms (Study duration)000
Final Exam (Study duration) 000
Total Workload35111300

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