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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS SOS 4032 POPULAR CULTURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YILDIZ AKPOLAT

Offered to

Sociology Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

To understand the importance of popular culture and reproduction of everyday life in making sense of comtemporary social life experience

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to understand method and concepts of popular culture studies 2   to understand the centrality of popular culture in the reproduction of everyday life 3   to understand if popular culture emerges as against elite culture or interacts with it 4   to understand the relationship between media and popular culture 5   to understand the relationship between popular culture and estetization of everyday life 6   to understand popular culture is not free from power relations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Popular culture as an area study (1, 4) 2 Popular culture and Everydaylife (1, 2, 4) 3 Popular culture and Elite culture: Opposition or Interaction (2) 4 Reproduction of Everydayliife and Popular culture (1) 5 Popular culture and consumption I (2) 6 Popular culture and consumption II (2) 7 Popular culture and Fashion (4) 8 Mass Communication and Popular Culture I (4) 9 Mid-Term 10 Mass communication and Popular Culture II (4) 11 Mass Society, Mass Communication and Popular Culture (3) 12 Popular Culture and Art I (2)

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Henri Lefebvre, 1998, Modern Dünyada Gündelik Hayat, Istanbul: Metis 2. David Chaney, 1996, Yaşam Tarzları, Ankara: Dost Yayınevi 3.Nurdan Gürbilek, 2003, Vitrinde Yaşamak, Iistanbul: Metis 4. Stanley, Popüler Kültür Çalışmalarına Giriş

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

face to face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) 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

None

Assessment Criteria

exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 98

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 LO.2 4 3 3 LO.3 4 4 3 4 LO.4 4 4 3 4 LO.5 4 4 LO.6 3 5