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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THEORIES OF COMMUNICATION II İLT310 6. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
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Goals This course discusses theories developed in communication field within the scope of social theory and links media criticism with social criticism. Couse aims students to understand mass communication by evaluating different approaches like Frankfurt School, Critical Economy-Politics, Cultural Studies and Postmodernism.
Course Content Explanation and discussion of communication theories
Learning Outcomes 1) Define criticism and what it is for.
2) Separate historical and spiritual roots of social criticism.
3) Evaluate media criticism in the scope of social crticism.
4) Compare critical thought with traditional criticism.
5) Explain the difference between traditional criticism and critical thought
6) Explain the methodological difference between traditional criticism and critical thought
7) Explain historical and spiritual roots of critical theory.
8) Evaluate conceptual relations and splits between thinkers such as Hegel, Marks, Gramsci and Althusser.
9) Evaulate Frankfurt School’s society and media criticism.
10) Interpret new orientations in critical communication theory begining with1960s.
11) Differentaite political, social, economic and cultural dynamics behind new criticism.
12) Determine which suggestions of Marxism leads new criticism.
13) Explain the basic problem of cultural studies and compare it with classical Marxist media criticism.
14) Differantiate thematical interests of cultural studies and link it with new social movements.
15) Evaulate research examples in cultural studies field.
16) Realize media criticism by using a specific approach and method.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Frankfurt School I (Theodor W. Adorno ve Max Horkheimer) Lecture; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Frankfurt School II (Herbert Marcuse ve Walter Benjamin) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Frankfurt School III (Leo Lowenthal ve Jürgen Habermas) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Political economy Approach I (British: Peter Golding, Graham Murdock, Nicholas Garnham) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Midterm Exams Problem Solving

Problem Based Learning 		Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
7. Week Political economy Approach II (North America: Robert McChesney, Vincent Mosco, Dan Schiller) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Cultural Studies I (Stuart Hall, encoding-decoding) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Cultural Studies II (David Morley) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Cultural Studies III ( Discussion of Economy-Politic Approach and cultural studies, Lawrence Grossberg) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Feminist media studies (Liesbet van Zoonen) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week New media and approaches indicate relationship between postmodernism and media -I (Jean Baudrillard) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week New media and approaches indicate relationship between postmodernism and media -II (Paul Virilio ve Manuel Castells) Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week General Evaluation Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Project Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Adorno, Theodor W. (2005). “Kültür Endüstrisini Yeniden Düşünmek.” Kitle İletişim Kuramları içinde. Der. ve Çev. Erol Mutlu. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi. sf. 240-249.
Garnham, Nicholas (2008). “Bir Kültürel Materyalizm Teorisine Doğru.” İletişim Çalışmalarında Kırılmalar ve Uzlaşmalar. Der. Sevilay Çelenk. Ankara: De Ki Yayınları. sf. 67-83.
Golding, Peter ve Graham Murdock (2002). “Kültür, İletişim ve Ekonomi Politik.” Medya Kültür Siyaset içinde. Der. Süleyman İrvan. Çev. Dilek Beybin Kejanlıoğlu. Genişletilmiş ikinci baskı. Ankara: Alp Yayınevi. sf. 59-97.
Habermas, Jurgen (2004). “Kamusal Alan.” Kamusal Alan içinde. Der. Meral Özbek. İstanbul: Hil Yayın. sf. 95-102.
Hall, Stuart (2008). “Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Teorik Mirası.” İletişim Çalışmalarında Kırılmalar ve Uzlaşmalar. Der. Sevilay Çelenk. Ankara: De Ki Yayınları. sf. 85-114.
Hardt, Hanno (1999). “ ‘Eleştirel’in Geri Dönüşü ve Radikal Muhalefetin Meydan Okuyuşu: Eleştirel Teori, Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Amerikan Kitle İletişimi Araştırması.” Medya İktidar İdeoloji içinde. Der. Mehmet Küçük. 2. basım. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları.
Kejanlıoğlu, Beybin D. (2005). Frankfurt Okulu’nun Eleştirel Bir Uğrağı: İletişim ve Medya. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları. sf. 173-207.
McChesney, Robert W. (2003). “Küresel İletişimin Politik Ekonomisi.” Kapitalizm ve Enformasyon Çağı: Küresel İletişim Devriminin Politik Ekonomisi. Der. Robert W. McChesney vd. Çev. Nil Senem Çınga vd. Ankara: Epos Yayınları. sf. 7-38.
Mosco, Vincent (2006). “Bilgi Endüstrilerinde Emeğin Yöndeşmesi.” İletişim: Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi sayı 23: 63-80.
Stevenson, Nick (2008). Medya Kültürleri: Sosyal Teori ve Kitle İletişimi. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi. sf. 85-128.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 3
Homework 1 5
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 15
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 25
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