COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SOS 3047 DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Sociology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEBIYE KONUK KANDEMIR

Offered to

Sociology
Sociology (Evening)

Course Objective

To understand current social and technological change, we need explanations that help shape our future. Within the framework of the lecture series, perspectives on the digital society of our time will be examined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn what is the meaning of power and how is it distributed.
2   And what role do digital technologies play in this.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Power and counter-power
2 Democracy and public sphere
3 Future and uncertainty
4 Digital Singularisation
5 Colonised by data: the hollowing out of digital society
6 The price of connection
7 What is surveillance capitalism
8 Midterm
9 Social order in the digital society
10 Revisiting Castells Network Society
11 Presentations and Review
12 Presentations and Review
13 Presentations and Review
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Castells, M., Enformasyon Çağı Birinci Cilt.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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


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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 5 5
Final 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15555
LO.25555