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POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
STV468 POPULAR CULTURE AND MEDIA 5 3 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading and Research Course introduction Lecture and Discussion
2 Reading and Research The concept of culture – The bond of people, society and culture Lecture and Discussion
3 Reading and Research Types of culture – Concepts of folk culture, elite culture, popular culture and mass culture Lecture and Discussion
4 Reading and Research The birth of popular culture - The relationship between popular culture and modernization - The birth of popular culture in Turkey Lecture and Discussion
5 Reading and Research The role of the media in the formation of popular culture – Main characteristics of media-mediated popular culture Lecture and Discussion
6 Reading and Research Theoretical approaches to popular culture Lecture and Discussion
7 Reading and Research Television and social media in terms of their contribution to the formation of popular culture Lecture and Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading and Research The role of opinion leaders in the adoption of popular culture Lecture and Discussion
10 Reading and Research Introduction to critical theory and the culture industry Lecture and Discussion
11 Reading and Research The culture industry and the Frankfurt school Lecture and Discussion
12 Reading and Research Analyzing the basic ideology of the culture industry through the media Lecture and Discussion
13 Reading and Research Media performances in Turkey in the context of culture industry and popular culture Lecture and Discussion
14 Reading and Research Relationship between popular culture and politics Lecture and Discussion
15 Reading and Research General evaluation Lecture and Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -