COURSE UNIT TITLE

: POPULAR CULTURE AND EVERYDAY LIFE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

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 the reproduction of popular culture and daily life in understanding today's social world.

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 mass 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 a Field of Research
2 Popular Culture and Everyday Life
3 Elements of Popular Culture and Social structure, family, education, economy etc.
4 Reproduction of Everydayness and Popular Culture
5 Popular Culture and Consumption I
6 Popular Culture and digitalization
7 Popular culture and globalization
8 Midterm
9 Mass Society, Mass Communication and Popular Culture
10 Popular Culture and Fashion
11 Popular Culture and Media I
12 Mass Media and Popular Culture I TRADITIONAL
13 Mass Media and Popular Culture II NEW MEDIA
14 Popular Culture and Elite Culture: Opposition or Interaction
15 Popular culture studies
16 Final exam

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 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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)

nebiye.konukkandemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Project Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1
LO.24334
LO.34434
LO.4443
LO.544
LO.635