COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW MEDIA AND CYBER CULTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTA 5105 NEW MEDIA AND CYBER CULTURE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Film Design

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURTAZA TALHA ALTINKAYA

Offered to

Film Design

Course Objective

In this course, the concept of cyber culture will be discussed in the context of new media concept and new social movements arising from new media.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Discussing new media concept
2   Discussion of Cyber Culture Concept
3   Understanding the connection between concepts such as new media, information society, new society
4   Understanding of cyber culture and network cultures
5   Understading New Media relation with "New World Order"

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Meeting and Course Plan
2 What is the new media
3 What is the new media
4 What is cyber culture
5 Social Networks and Blogs (Reddit, 4chan, Expressumber etc.)
6 Cyberpunk
7 Discussion About Project and Presentation
8 New media, Decentralization and Cyber Culture
9 Case Study
10 Film Review
11 Presentation
12 Presentation
13 Presentation
14 Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

- Andreas Hepp Medyatikleşen Kültürler, Dipnot Yayınları.
- Anthony Giddens Sosyoloji, Say Yayınları.
- Armand ve Michelle Mattelart Iletişim Kuramları Tarihi, Iletişim Yayınları
- Asa Briggs, Peter Burke Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi, Kırmızı Yayınları.
- Baudrillard, Noam Chomsky, Neil Postman, Slavoj Zizek Kadife Karanlık-21.Yüzyıl Iletişim Çağını Aydınlatan Kuramcılar, Su Yayınları.
- Benedict Anderson Hayali Cemaatler, Metis Yayıncılık
- Bilge Narin Gazetecilik 2.0: Internet Gazeteciliğinde Hipermetinsellik, Gece Kitaplığı.
- Dan Laughley - Medya Çalışmaları: Teori ve Yaklaşımlar, Kalkedon, 2010.
- Gözde Dedeoğlu - Teknoloji, Iletişim, Yeni Medya ve Etik, Sentez Yayınları., 2016.
- Pierre Levy Cyberculture, University of Minnesota Press, 2001.
- Fred Turner From Counterculture to cyberculture, University of Chicago Press, 2006
- Timothy Leary Chaos and Cyber Culture, Ronin Publishing; 20th Anniversary edition, 2014

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 SEM SEMINAR
4 PAR PARTICIPATION
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.30 + PRJ * 0.30 + SEM * 0.30 + PAR * 0.10


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

None

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor M. Talha ALTINKAYA
talhaaltinkaya@gmail.com

Office Hours

After the class.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 3 6 18
Preparing presentations 3 6 18
Project Final Presentation 1 3 3
Final Assignment 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 143

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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