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Course unit title Level of course unit Course unit code Type of course unit Semester of course unit Local credit ECTS credit Syllabus
SOCIAL THEORY AND MEDIA STUDIES Third cycle RTS 933 1 7.00 7.00 Print
   
Description of course unit
Prerequisites and course requisities None
Language of instruction Turkish
Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya ÖZTEKİN
Lecturer(s) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hülya ÖZTEKİN
Teaching assitant(s) -
Mode of delivery Conference, Discussion
Course objective The aim of the course is to enable students to understand and analyze important approaches and theories in social sciences in depth; to ensure that the leading figures of social sciences in general and communication science in particular understand the approaches and discussions in this field.
Course description Social Theory and Media Studies is a course in which the main thought traditions, theories and approaches of leading figures in social sciences in the field of social sciences, including communication science as an interdisciplinary discipline, are examined.

Course contents
1 Thinking on the Nature of Social Sciences and Two Cultures
2 Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment Thought, Industrial Society and Modernity
3 Basic Scientific Approaches: Positivism, Realism, Conventionalism
4 Positivism and Media Studies I
5 Positivism and Media Studies II
6 Functionalism and Media Studies
7 Marxism and Media Studies
8 Symbolic Interactionism and Media Studies
9 Phenomenology and Media Studies
10 Ethnomethodology and Media Studies
11 Structuralism and Media Studies
12 Post-Structuralism and Media Studies
13 Feminism and Media Studies
14 Postmodernism and Media Studies
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
1 Learns approaches and theories in social sciences and communication sciences.
2 Analyze the methodological and theoretical discussions in the field of social sciences and communication science.
3 Generates critical thinking on the current situation and problems of social sciences and communication science.
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load
  Quantity Time (hour) Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching) 14 3 42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class) 14 3 42
Homework 0 0 0
Presentation / seminar 14 3 42
Quiz 0 0 0
Preparation for midterm exams 1 10 10
Midterm exams 1 1 1
Project (term paper) 0 0 0
Laboratuar 0 0 0
Field study 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final exam 1 2 2
Research 0 0 0
Total work load     154
ECTS     6.00

Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation during semester Quantity Percentage
Midterm exam 1 40
Quiz 0 0
Homework 1 20
Semester total   60
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success   60
Contribution ratio of final exam to success   40
General total   100

Recommended and required reading
Textbook Russel Keat, John Urry, Bilim Olarak Sosyal Teori, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. Brian Fay, Çağdaş Sosyal Bilimler Felsefesi, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. Gulbenkian Komisyonu, Sosyal Bilimleri Açın, İstanbul: Metis Yayınları. Alan Swingewood, Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Kısa Tarihi, Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları. Raymond Aron, Sosyolojik Düşüncenin Evreleri, İstanbul: Kırmızı Yayınları. Tom Bottomore ve Robert Nisbet, Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi I-II, Ankara: Ayraç Yayınları. Nick Stevenson, Medya Kültürleri: Sosyal Teori ve Kitle İletişimi, Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi C. Wright Mills, Toplumbilimsel Düşün, İstanbul: Der Yayınları. Zygmunt Bauman, Sosyolojik Düşünmek, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. Ian Craib-Ted Benton, Sosyal Bilim Felsefesi, Çev., B. Binay-Ü. Tatlıcan, İstanbul: Sentez Yayınları. Ümit Tatlıcan, Sosyoloji ve Sosyal Teori Yazıları, Bursa: Sentez Yayınları Charles H. Powers ve Diğerleri, Sosyolojik Teorinin Oluşumu, İstanbul: Sentez Yayınları. Berch Berberoğlu, Klasik ve çağdaş Sosyal Teoriye Giriş, Çev., Can Cemgil, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Anthony Giddens, Sosyal Teorinin Temel Problemleri, Çev., Ümit Tatlıcan, İstanbul: Paradigma Yayınları. Anthony Giddens, Kapitalizm ve Sosyal Teori, Çev., Ümit Tatlıcan, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Derek Layder, Sosyal Teoriye Giriş, Çev., Ümit Tatlıcan, İstanbul: Küre Yayınları. Stephen Turner, Sosyal Teori ve Sosyoloji, Çev., Ümit Tatlıcan, İstanbul: Küre Yayınları. Alain Touraine. Bugünün Dünyasını Anlamak İçin Yeni Bir Paradigma, Çev., Olcay Kunal, İstanbul: YKY. Jürgen Habermas, Kamusallığın Yapısal Dönüşümü, Çev: Tanıl Bora ve Mithat Sancar, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Pierre Bourdıeu, Televizyon Üzerine, Çev:Turhan Ilgaz, İstanbul: YKY Yayınları. Paul Feyerabend, Akla Veda, Çev: Ertuğrul Başer, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. Paul Feyerabend, Yönteme Karşı, Çev: Ertuğrul Başer, İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
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