Media and Communication Theories
evitrinel@gsu.edu.tr
bkaragsu@gmail.com
Content
Objective
This course will cover the theoretical debates on media and communication processes. Within this course, it is aimed to explore the problematisations of communicative praxis in a frame of socio-cultural context.
Course Content
1st Week: Modern Society and mass communication
2nd Week: Sybernetics
3rd Week: Functionalism
4th Week: Text
5th Week: Innis and McLuhan
6th Week: Text
7th Week: Exam
8th Week: Frankfurt School
9Th Week: Frankfurt School
10h Week: Text
11th Week: Althusser and Gramsci
12th Week: Semiology- R. Barthes
13th Week: Cultural Studies
14th Week: Evaluation
Course Learning Outcomes
After the end of this course, the student will:
• Be able to define anthropology of communication and its methodology
• Be able to observe cultural dimensions of communication in everyday life spaces.
• Understand the temporal/spatial dimensions of cultural communication
• Learn the communication of time between cultures
• Define the role of body language in the context of cultural dimensions
• Be able to discuss relations between culture and language
• Be able to define the communicational dimensions of visual arts
References
1. ATTALAH, Paul. Théories de la Communication- Histoire, Contexte, Pouvoir, Québec: Eds. Télé-Université, 1989
2. ATTALAH, Paul. Théories de la Communication_Sens, Sujets, Québec:Eds. Télé- Université, 1989
3. MATTELARD, Armand. Histoire des Théories de la Communication, Paris: Eds. La Découverte, 1995
4. BRETON, Philippe et PROULX Serge. L’Explosion de la Communication, Paris: Eds. La Decouverte,1989
5. ALEMDAR, Korkmaz ve ERDOĞAN, İrfan. Öteki Kuram, Erk Yayınları, 2005
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | The students understand and correlate the events both at the national and international levels. | X | ||||
| 2 | The students follow innovations and developments in the media and communication Technologies. | X | ||||
| 3 | The students know theoretical background, methods and applications required to realize researches and studies in the fields of media and communication. | X | ||||
| 4 | Students acquire the analytical and synthesis skills. | X | ||||
| 5 | Students have a critical point of view in evaluating events and phenomena. | X | ||||
| 6 | Students acqueirent ethical values in the field of media and communication and defend the public interest, respect for human and individual rights. | X | ||||
| 7 | Students acquirent the sensitivity to understand the diversity of cultures and societies. | X | ||||