The aim of the course is to teach the birth, rise and important contributions to the field of cultural studies as an important approach in communication studies. The course will make use of films, commercials, television programs, and news programs in order to do text analysis.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s)
Assoc. Prof. Remziye Köse Özelçi
Course Assistant(s)
Res. Asst. Emre Fırat
Schedule
Thursday, 09.00-10.50
Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lectures and analysis of media texts
Principle Sources
John Storey. “What is Popular Culture.” Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. New York: Routledge Yayınları. 6. Edisyon. 2014 (Türkçe çeviri dersin hocası tarafından sağlanacaktır).
Theodor Adorno. Kültür Endüstrisi Kültür Yönetimi, Ankara: İletişim Yayınları.
Serpil Kırel, “Eğlence Çalışmanın Uzantısıdır! Sinema ve Kültür Endüstrisi İlişkisi.” Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları. 2018
Antonio Gramsci. “Popüler Kültür” Gramsci Kitabı - Seçme Yazılar 1916-1935. İstanbul: Dipnot Yayınları. 2012
Edward Said. “Şarkiyatçılığın Etkinlik alanları” Şarkiyatçılık. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. 2013.
Serpil Kırel, “Temsil ve Ötekinin Algılanması: Doğu, Batı ve Sinema.” Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Sinema. İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları. 2018
Other Sources
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction to the course
Oral presentation
2. Week
What is culture? Cultural Studies as a Discipline
Oral presentation
3. Week
Defining Culture: Adorno & Horkheimer
Oral presentation
4. Week
Culture and Ideology: Gramsci
Oral presentation
5. Week
Culture and Nation: Imagined Communities and National Culture (Benedict Anderson)
Oral presentation
6. Week
Representation and the Other: Stuart Hall
Oral presentation
7. Week
Film Screening
Oral presentation
8. Week
Midterm exam
9. Week
The relationship between culture and representation: Roland Barthes
Oral presentation
10. Week
Postcolonialism
Oral presentation
11. Week
Colony and Representation in Cinema
Oral presentation
12. Week
Edward Said and the Concept of 'Orientalism': orientalism in artworks and the creation of the Orient
Oral presentation
13. Week
The Other and Orientalism in Cinema
Oral presentation
14. Week
Film screening and Overview
Oral presentation
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Communication, art and culture related concepts to be priorities, all kinds of definitions can berelated to different areas.
PO-2
Interpret technological developments and related artistic and cultural perceptions
PO-3
Will be able to understand contemporary / contemporary cinema and television practices.
PO-4
Will be able to analyze the organic relationship between art, communication and society.
PO-5
Will be able to produce works that will learn the creative process and bring creativity to the foreground
PO-6
It will be able to work creatively, flexibly and independently in a disciplined and self-created line.
PO-7
Will be able to use the tools and equipment necessary for their profession in the right place and at the right time and will be able to implement their projects within the determined time.
PO-8
Will be able to express his / her creative ideas using visual messages.
PO-9
They will be able to give original products in different interdisciplinary fields like animation, photography, cinema.
PO-10
He will have experience in film management, screenplay, cinematography and editing.
PO-11
Will be able to prepare visual effects for cinema and television using computer based applications.
PO-12
He will have experience in acting, mimicry, dramatic improvisation.
PO-13
Be open to innovations in the field of mass communication and adapt to innovations in the field.
PO-14
It will be able to produce projects with experienced experts in national and international areas.
PO-15
Competitions, exhibitions, festivals, seminars etc. in national and international areas. will participate in the events.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
The knowledge of the theoretical connections between cultural structure and cinema
LO-2
The ability to analyze visual culture products from a socio-cultural and economic context
LO-3
The ability to draw connections between current cultural theories
LO-4
The ability to analyze films within the context of cultural studies theories
LO-5
The ability to question and discuss the presence of ideology in daily life practices
