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Program Type: 
Thesis
Course Code: 
RTC 502
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
6
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 

This course will focus on the pre-modern-post-modern forms and transformation of the phenomenon, with the definition of the concept of culture. The concept of culture will be schematized in the light of anthropological, linguistic, communicative, mediating explanations and approaches; however, the focal point of the course will be the transformation of the phenomenon in the post-capitalist era. As a superstructure institution, the function that culture inherits as one of the tissues of the modern society will be examined from a critical perspective in terms of the communication sciences from the early modern period to the present time. The student who completes the course will be able to examine and discuss cultural phenomena and problems in a multi-layered, critical perspective.

Course Content: 

Students will revise the concepts and theories in cultural studies in order to raise new contextual approaches to the issues of cultur. Considering the dynamic nature of culture, regarding to the national and global dimensions of it, they will focus on such aspects as technology, new forms of identity and spatial organizations.  Foundational scholarly works will be scrutinized and applied to the cultural products of mass media.

Teaching Methods: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Case Study
Assessment Methods: 
A: Testing, B: Homework, C: Presentation

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Program Learning outcomes Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1) Recognize the multidisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, discover the founding texts and historical backgrounds of the studies, differentiate it from the traditional disciplines

 

1, 2, 5, 6, 14, 1,2,3,4 A,B,C
2) Be aware and conceive the way how space is contructed, and historical changes in the arrangement of living space and economic, technological and political influences behind it. 

 

1,4,5,6, 11 1,2,3,4 A,B,C
3) Analyse and compare the differences and similarities between the cities of the world, evaluate the impact of globalisation, and its cultural consequences in organization of the space and their representation in mass media.

 

1,2,3, 6, 7 1,2,3,4 A,B,C
4) Relate the recent theoretical frameworks such as post kolonyalism, post structuralism, multiculturalism and  postmodernism to the context of urban studies in the light of social and historical perspective,. 

 

1,2, 3,11,14 1,2,3,4 A,B,C
5) Apply the theoretical framework of space, city and culture to the products of mass media and and cinema. Inspect the emerging changes in present culture, contextualize and present it.

 

4, 6, 11, 14,15 1,2,3,4 A,B,C

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Is Time and Space inseperable? How do they coexist and where? Not-a one way Street (Benjamin and Hansen)
2 From ancient to present looking to the space Proxemics, Emboidied Spaces
3 How space is space gendered? Gendered Spaces
4 Segregation, gentrification and circulation of capital thorugh bodies The edge and the centre: Gated Communities and the discourse of Urban Fear
5 Capital accumulation, circulation and movements in space. Power relations and for space, in space The geopolitics of Capitalism
6 Transnational Cities, over the nation-state... Spatiality and time.  Sovereignity without territoriality
7 To cope with space and time: Cultural tools to make sense of reality The language of Sites in Politics of Space
8 Home, culture and contruction of everyday life as space, living it in time The Berber House, Places and Spaces of global: An expanded Analytic Terrain
9 Transending the traditional social sciences in the light of time and space, industrulisation and space Social Relations, Space and Time, New Direction in Space
10 Organization of Hollywood as space and its reflections in film as a product...Los Angeles ve Hollwood The Greater Phiadelphia Film Office,
11 How can a city be regenerated through cinema and films Global Cities and the International Film Festival Economy
12 Recurring themes of cities and spaces in visual media... Mediatic squares, streets, cafes, centres... Outskirts of urban spaces Play Time, Alice in The Wonderlands, Paris Texas
13 Migrants and public Space Urban Autonomus Zones in French Banleue Films
.14 Reality and respresentation of Istanbul... Mass media, Films and culture Discussion on the subject with the works of the course
15 Final Paper  

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook  
Additional Resources Ball, Tim, Urban Geographhy, Routledge,

Chomski, Noam, Dil ve Zihin, Bilfesu Yayınları, 2011

Gregory, Dand John Urry, Special Relations adn Special Structures, St. Martin Press, 1085

L.m. Setha and L:Z Denis, the anthropology of space and place, Blackwell, 2003

Lefebvre, Henri, Gündelik Hayatın Eleştirisi, Sel Yayınları, 2010

Lefebvre, Henri, Kentsel Devrim, Sel yayınılık, 2011

Lefebvre, Henri, Production of Space,

Lash, Scott and Urry, John, Economies of Signs and Space

Shiel, Mark and Fitzmaurice, Tony, Cinema and the City, Blackwell, 2001,

During the term, a long list of related essays  will be handed out and students will responsible for them in adition to every week’s reading material.

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents For the needs of the course students must follow mass media and make and observation in the city.  Additional homework would be furthered depending on their participance and the level of knowledge.
Assignments Presentations and discussions of material in everyweek, and a submission of paper for the mid-term.
Exams Final paper

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms 1 30
Assignments and presentations 6 30
Final paper 1 60
Total   100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE   40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE   60
Total   100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No Program Learning Outcomes Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 To develop the scientific cognition, comprehensive knowledge of critical theories, concepts and scientific data collection methods and to be competent in discussion skills in the field of media and communication.         X
2 To be able to define and analyze the historical development of mass communication in relation with its social and cultural results.     X    
3 To be able to relate the contemporary concepts like post-modernism, globalization, post-colonialism, post-structuralism to  the tradition of critical thought which is constructed on mass media.         X
4 To be able to analyze and discuss the economical, political and cultural facts and developments which are mediated by the forms of mass media, and their impacts on social life.         X
5 To be able to define the interdisciplinary structure of cultural studies and to be able to interpret the mutual effects between the traditional scientific disciplines and communication studies.         X
6 To be competent in the classical and modern aesthetic theories established in audio, visual and written history of art, and to be able to analyze and discuss the narrative types and styles under the light of these theories.          
7 To be able to critically evaluate how political actions and actors in social life use mass media and the way that they take place in them, in connection with their sociopolitical results.     X    
8 To be able to comprehend the national and international relationship of broadcasting policies and to be able to evaluate the social and cultural causes and effects accordingly.          
9 To be able to recognize the economical and cultural operations at the national and international levels, through the relations of media ownership, their channels and the media products, and to be able to connect and combine with the marketing techniques and items.          
10 To be able to connect the marketing techniques, devises and styles with media theories, and to be able to examine the practice methods.          
11 To be able to name the theoretical studies on national and international film history and culture, and to be able to recognize the major examples and to correlate them with theories. X        
12 To be competent in the distinct writing formats of narrative styles of film and television, and to be able to apply them.          
13 To be able to recognize the technical structures and potentials of the mass media, and to be able to follow the technological developments and to apply them.          
14 To be able to scrutinize advanced aesthetic approaches and the visual effects with the national and international examples and to be able to apply them skillfully.         X
15 To be able to combine the narrative genres, the aesthetic approaches, technical knowledge and the theoretical knowledge in media and communication with a creative design, and to become skillful at embodying it with a project. X        

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 and presentations 6 4 24
Final paper 1 20 20
Total Work Load     150
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     6
ECTS Credit of the Course     6