COURSE INFORMATION PACKAGE · COM 742

Consumption Society and Mass Communication

Elective · Turkish
ECTS
8
Local Credit
3
Theory + Practice + Lab
3 + 0 + 0
Course Level
Doctoral Degree
Prerequisites
-
Semester
2
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Content Assessment System
Course Instructor(s)
Nilgün TUTAL
ntutal@gsu.edu.tr

Content

Objective

In the context of this course, the sociological and theoretical knowledge of the consumer society and of the information society will be discussed. Evolution of the cultural products in consumption and communication societies will be examined, as well as recent intellectual contributions about how the media makes possible the consumption of culture and the consumption of all kind of commodities, will be discussed.

References

Teorstein Veblen. Aylak Sınıfın Teorisi. Babil yayınları.
Mary Douglas, Tüketimin Antropolojisi. Dost Yayınları
Robert Bocock, Tüketim. Dost yayınları
Werner Sombart. Burjuva. Doğu Batı yayınları.
Georg Simmel. Bireysellik ve Kültür. Metis yayınları.
Johan Huizinga. Homo Ludens. Ayrıntı yayınları.
Douglas Kellner. Postmodern Teori. Ayrıntı yayınları
Mike Featherstone. Postmodernizm ve Tüketim Kültürü. Ayrıntı yayınları.
Jean Baudrillard. Tüketim Toplumu. Ayrıntı yayınları.
John Urry. Mekanları Tüketmek. Ayrıntı yayınları
John Urry. Turist Bakışı. Bilgesu yayıncılık.
Georg Simmel. Şehir ve Cemiyet. İz yayıncılık.
Dean MacCannell (1976). The Tourist: A new theory of the leissure class.
Universty of California Press.
Gareth Shaw and Alan M. Williams (2004). Tourism and Tourism space. Sage Publications.

Assessment System

Contribution to Overall Grade
Activities Number Contribution
Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade 5 50
Contribution of final exam to overall grade 5 50
Total 10 100
In-Term Studies
Activities Number Contribution
Assignments 5 30
Presentation 1 30
Midterm Examinations (including preparation) 1 50
Project 0 0
Laboratory 0 0
Other Applications 0 0
Quiz 0 0
Term Paper/ Project 0 0
Portfolio Study 0 0
Reports 0 0
Learning Diary 0 0
Thesis/ Project 0 0
Seminar 0 0
Other 0 0
Total 7 110