COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION AND COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PDR 5191 TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION AND COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BAHAR METE OTLU

Offered to

Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Course Objective

Within the scope of this course, it is aimed that students learn behavioral addictions that arise due to unconscious and uncontrolled use of technology and the internet and comprehend appropriate intervention approaches in the psychological counselling process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns technology addiction
2   Understands the effects of addiction on the lives of individuals
3   Understands preventive mechanisms in technology addiction
4   Understands the protective factors in technology addiction
5   Understands the importance of digital privacy
6   Learns the intervention approaches used in technology addiction

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Technology and digitalisation
2 Development of the concept of social media
3 Relationship between virtual world and behavior
4 The effects of digitalisation on the individual
5 Social media and identity
6 Social media and body image
7 Fear of missing developments
8 Types of technology addiction
9 Social media addiction
10 Game addiction
11 Nomophobia
12 Protective factors and risk factors in technology addiction
13 Cyberbullying and cyber security
14 Prevention and intervention in technology addictions
15 Student presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Küçükvardar, M. (2020). Teknoloji Bağımlılığı ve Dijital Istila. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Krijnen, T., Nixon, P. G., Ravenscroft, M. D., & Scarcelli, C. M. (2022). Identities and intimacies on social media: Transnational perspectives.
Livingstone, S. (2011). Media literacy: Ambitions, policies and measures. LSE London.

Baruah, T.D. (2012). Effectiveness of social media as a tool of communication and its potential for technology enabled connections: a micro-level study. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2(5), 1 10.

Vandebosch, H., & Green, L. (2019). Cyberbullying prevention, detection and Intervention. Narratives in research and interventions on cyberbullying among young people (pp. 29-44). Springer International Publishing AG.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, preparing seminars, making presentations, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


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)

bahar.mete@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 33 33
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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