Television studies is a relatively recent field emerged as a result of studying culture, media and society. This course is designed to gain a critical view on the relationship between television and its audience that is both upon the individual and in the wider social context. With television in our homes and also externally, it is essential, in this visual age, to take a step further by looking at what television actually transmits. Our everyday cultural habitat, and how our thoughts form and are shaped by culture, and cultural products, are the crucial points in this course.
This course discusses; the relation of television and representation, how television creates stereotypes, the perception of “reality”, stress the present time and reproducing the ruling ideology under the perspective of the critical approaches to mass communication.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes |
Program Learning outcomes
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Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1-Explore “television” as a medium of mass culture with the founding theories and concepts which are drawn on cultural studies | 1,2,3,5 | 1,2,3, 4 | A, B, C |
| 2) Analysis the television itself as a text, ranges of program styles and tehir textual nature | 1,6,10 | 1,2,3, 4 | A, B, C |
| 3) Focus on the the role of television in mass media, culture and culture industry and the concepts of puclic/private sphere | 1,2,3,13 | 1,2,3, 4 | A, B, C |
| 4) Evaluate and analysie wieving habits, production of texts, economic structure of TV channels... | 5, 6, 13 | 1,2,3, 4 | A, B, C |
| 5- Apply the knowledge gained to the national and international relations, programs types, changing tendencies and products... | 1,2,3, 10,11,13 | 1,2,3, 4 | A, B, C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: Television and Cultural Studies | Charlotte Brunsdon, What is the television of television studies, in TCV, pp. 609-627 |
| 2 | What does the place of television as a technology in communication |
Raymond, Williams, “Technology and society”, in TTCF, pp. 9-31
Raymond, Williams, “Effects of the technology and its uses” in TTCF, pp.119 |
| 3 | TV in Theories of Culture and representation |
Hall, Stuart (ed), Ch.1, The Work of Representation, in CRSP, pp.13-75
Barker, Chris, Ch. 1 Disturbing Cultural Identities… In TGC, pp.8-32 Barthes, Roland, “Rhetoric of Image” in MQReader of MC, pp. 290-297 |
| 4 | TV in Theories of Culture and representation (cont) |
Hall, Stuart (ed), Ch.1, The Work of Representation, in CRSP, pp.13-75
Barker, Chris, Ch. 1 Disturbing Cultural Identities… In TGC, pp.8-32 Barthes, Roland, “Rhetoric of Image” in MQReader of MC, pp. 290-297 |
| 5 | Television as textual structure | Fiske, John, “Some television, some topics and some terminology”, in TC, pp. 1-20 |
| 6 | Televizyonun üretimi biçimi, metinselliğini ve politik ilişkilerini anlamak. Televizyon metni ne demektir, hangi araçlarla üretir. |
Fiske, John ch. 6, Activated texts, in TC, Ch. 6 pp.84-107,
Fiske, John ch. 7, Intertextuality: in TC, pp. 109-148 |
| 7 | Television as a narration |
John Ellis, Broadcast TV narration, in VF, pp.145-159
John Fiske, Narrative: Realism revisited. Stucturalist approaches to narrative. Mythic narrative. Narrative structures.... in TC, |
| 8 | Television, television news and its structure... Political discourses of news |
John Fiske, News readings, news reader: news narrative, news analysis, the forces of disruption, in TC
Raymond Williams, Programming, distribution and flow, in TTCF |
| 9 | Mid-term | |
| 10 | Mediations between audience and television texts... Viewer spectator or reader |
Fiske, John ch. 6, Activated texts, in TC, Ch. 6 pp.84-107,
Fiske, John ch. 7, Intertextuality: in TC, pp. 109-148 |
| 11 | Mode of television production, genres of television programmmes and flow and proffesionals |
John Ellis, Ch. 14 The organisation of broadcast TV production in VF, pp. 211-223
Chris Barker, Television and cultural politics in TGC Ch. 6, pp.158-167 |
| 12 | Television and its role in public and private sphere |
John Ellis, Ch. 7, Broadcast TV as cultural form in VF pp. 111-126
John Ellis, Ch.10-Broadcast TV viewer in VF, pp.160-171 |
| 13 | Television as a cultural form in public and private (cont) | Horace Newcomb, Paul M. Hirsch, “Television as cultural forum” in TCV, pp. 561-573 |
| 14 | Audience measurements and identities of audience | Ien Ang, Streamlining television audience, in MRMC, pp.335-341 |
| 15 | In between postmodernism and postmodernist debates on television, the connection of international cultural dominancy and economy of local channels |
Chris Barker, Global Television and Global culture, in TGC pp. 33-59
John Tomlinson, The Discourse of cultural imperialism, in MRMC pp.223-230
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Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | |
| Additional Resources |
* Barker, Chris, 1999, Television, Globalisation and Cultural Identities, Open University Press (TGC)
Barthes, Roland, 1977, Image, Music, Text, Fontana Press (IMT) Ellis, John, 1997 6th ed. , Visible Fictions, Routledge, London, (VF) Fiske, John, 1997, Television Culture, Routledge, London-New York (TC) Gigi Durham, Meenakshi & Kellner, Douglas, 2002, Media And Cultural Studies Keyworks, Blackwell Publisher(MCSK) Hall, Stuart (ed), 1997, Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, Open University Press.(CRSP) Kellner, Douglas,1998, Media Culture, Routledge, London, New York (MC) McQuail, Denis (ed), 2002, McQuail’s Reader in Mass Communication, Sage(MRMC) Newcomb, Horace, (ed) 2000, Television: The Critical View, Blackwell Publisher (TCV) Silverstone, Roger, 1999, Television and Everyday Life, Routledge, London-New , Routledge, London-New York (TEL) Stam, Robert- Miller, Toby (eds), 2000, Film and Theory, Blackwell publisher (FT) Williams, Raymond, 1977, Television: Technology and Cultural Form, Ederyn Williams (ed.), Routledge London (TTCF) |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Students are responsible for the course material, additional notes. And television programmes, journal and internet coverages, discussions, sources, views, news about the programmes during the term. |
| Assignments |
* In order to broaden the knowledge of concepts and subject of the course short assignments
* Reading the course materials before the class and active participation during the lectures * Flow assignment: Ethic, aesthetic, textual and discursive analysis of 10 min. TV news in the context of current politic, economic relations. |
| Exams | Mid-term and final will be in the way of usual exam style |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Participation and short assignments | 3 | 30 |
| Weekly readings | 15 | 30 |
| Final | 40 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | 40 |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | 100 |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 |
To interpret the basic concepts, theories, approaches and field of study of communication science through analytical and critical perspective.
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| 2 | To interpret and have access to findings and theories and the impacts of social sciences with other disciplines in the communication field. | X | ||||
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To evaluate critically the relationship of media in a wide range from corporate structuring to media products within the context of other social structures and actors.
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X | ||||
| 4 | To relate the impacts of mass media in terms of political economy, socio-economic and social-psychological aspects within a historical process. | X | ||||
| 5 |
To develop responsible brodcasting insight through integrating national and international rules of law that media professionals need to observe with the principles of professional ethics.
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| 6 |
To develop unique approaches,able to make an independent research and defend an assumption in communication science specifically in radio,television and cinema department.
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| 7 |
To in a particular area through knowledge and skills that are acquired in practical and theoretical courses; to use in various narrative forms and adapt in the manner of giving independent product in radio, television and cinema department.
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| 8 |
To obtain the basic knowledge of creative approaches and technical infrastructure that are used in production process in terms of theoretical and practical manners.
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| 9 |
To develop a project in terms of design, preperation, shooting and post-production phases of knowledge and concepts in radio, television and cinema department in a practical manner.
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| 10 |
To consider the functioning of measuring and decision-making processes in radio,television and cinema department; to evaluate the historical and cultural development and socio-political effects of program formats and programs.
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| 11 |
To consider the essential format forms, to develop a project, to design a project in terms of linguistically and visually, to present, to write and to apply a project that is appropriate and effective to Turkish in creative ways which is essential for radio,television and cinema.
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| 12 |
At a certain level to be able to performance English in order to pursue developments and ideas in international arena in the field of communication.
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| 13 |
To monitor and analyze national and global events and facts through associating with media.
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ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Assignments | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Final examination | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Work Load | 125 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||