Ä°LT711 - CIVIL SOCIETY, HEGEMONY and MEDIA
Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
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CIVIL SOCIETY, HEGEMONY and MEDIA | Ä°LT711 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Prequisites | ||||||
Course language | Turkish | |||||
Course type | Elective | |||||
Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
Instructor (s) | Faculty Members | |||||
Course objective | The 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 |
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Course Content | This 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. | |||||
References | Dagron, 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
Weeks | Topics |
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Week 1 | Introduction |
Week 2 | What is civil society? Where is it situated in relation to the society and politics_ - Theoretical debates |
Week 3 | What is civil society? ? Historical evolution |
Week 4 | Civil Society and Institutional Power Mechanisms - I |
Week 5 | Civil Society and Institutional Power Mechanisms - II |
Week 6 | Civil Society and Political Action |
Week 7 | The Discursive Construction of Civil Society and Mass Media |
Week 8 | Civil Society as a Text: Mass Media |
Week 9 | The Transnational "Borders" of Civil Society and Media |
Week 10 | Civil Society between the "Old" and the"New" Media |
Week 11 | Media as a Civil Societal Sphere? |
Week 12 | Media as the Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Spheres |
Week 13 | Presentations |
Week 14 | Overview |
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 | 1 | 60 |
Presentation | 4 | 20 |
Project | 0 | 0 |
Seminar | 0 | 0 |
Midterms | 0 | 0 |
Final exam | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100 | |
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 40 |
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 60 |
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) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 4 | 35 | 140 |
Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Homework assignment | 1 | 70 | 70 |
Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Final Exam (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Workload | 35 | 111 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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