COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF MEDIA

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSR 6053 HISTORY OF MEDIA COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

PAINTING- CRAFTS TEACHER EDUCATION

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BAHAR SOĞUKKUYU POYRAZ

Offered to

PAINTING- CRAFTS TEACHER EDUCATION

Course Objective

Determining media history in related social, cultural, technologic, politic developments. Researching and discussing mass media effect on formation of perception. Discussing printed and digital media tools affecting modernism and postmodernism communication.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing printed and digital media.
2   Discussing the connections of mass media and media concept.
3   Determining the necessity and importance of communication for human.
4   Describing the media concept.
5   Discussing the contributions of French Revolution and freedom of the press to communication.
6   Discussing the influence of mass media to Cold War (1950s).
7   Discussing the technological developments and mass media.
8   Discussing the power of media.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The necessity and importance of communication for human as a social being.
2 The beginning of communication, the first communication tools, the invention of printing press and its cultural effects
3 The mass media and media concept
4 The invention of the moving letter system, the increase and cheapening of the paper production and its contribution to communication
5 The impact of French Revolution and the adoption of the press law
6 Print media, newspapers and photograph
7 Censorship and freedom of the press
8 midterm
9 First World War, propaganda, creating perception and radio-
10 The transceiver, telegraph and telephone- Cold War era and mass media devices
11 The emergence of television and its rapid development in the second half of 20th century
12 The digital age; Internet, interactive everyday life with smart phones and TV channels
13 New Media and culture of global communication
14 The power of media and ideology
15 final

Recomended or Required Reading

Medya Tarihi (Jean Noel Jeanneney, 1998), Medyanın Gerçeği (Noam Chomsky, 1993), Medyanın Toplumsal Tarihi (Asa Briggs, Peter Burke, 2004).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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

To be announced.

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 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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