COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FILM, CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTB 1115 FILM, CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY I COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Film Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURTAZA TALHA ALTINKAYA

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Screenwriting
Animation Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Film Design and Screenwriting

Course Objective

Objective of this course, is providing students with comprehending functions of cinema and other mass media in a society in a certain historical process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the term student can understand and analyze role of mass media in the society, in which where s/he lives.
2   Student has an ability to know history of popular culture and can analyze popular culture and its products in the society, in which s/he lives.
3   Student can personally understand characteristics of popular films and of unpopular films, and can reflect this gained knowledge to his/her Works.
4   Student can discriminate between informing and leading characteristics of mass media.
5   Student can obtain considerable knowledge about connections between mass media and other institutions in society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Course Requirements
2 Introduction to the sources and its basic concepts
3 What are mass media
4 What are mass media
5 Social functions of communication
6 Social functions of mass media
7 Culture and Popular Culture
8 Popular Culture
9 Film Analysis on Popular Culture
10 Midterm exam
11 Relation between popular culture and mass media
12 Relation between popular culture and cinema
13 ideology
14 Relationship between Cinema and Ideology

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
Ünsal Oskay, 19. Yüzyıldan Günümüze Kitle Iletişim Araçlarının Kültürel Işlevleri, Ankara, A.Ü., S.B.F Yayınları, 1984.

Other Sources:
Korkmaz Alemdar, Irfan Erdoğan, Popüler Kültür ve Iletişim, Ankara, Ümit Yayınları, 1994.
Noam Chomsky, Medya Gerçeği, Istanbul, Tüm Zamanlar Yay., 1993.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Subjects are given in a weekly syllbus, which are determined by lecturer.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

It is expected that in the exams student answer the questions related to subjects are given during term by adding his/her comments.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation to the %80 of the courses is compulsory.
All the attempts of plagiarism results in disciplinary punishment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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