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TV CRITICISM AND ANALYSIS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
THY217 TV CRITICISM AND ANALYSIS 3 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading Introduction to the goal and content of the course. Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Reading What is criticism? Nature of criticism Transformation of critical thinking practice Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Reading Usage of mass media as advertisement and propaganda tools in the first half of the 20th century. Frankfurt School critical thinking Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Preparing Homework Diffusion of TV in the second half of the 20th century around the world. Mass society theories and using them in media surveys Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Group Work
5 Reading Television and representation Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Preparing Homework Television and narration structure Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Group Work
7 Preparing Homework Television types. Features of TV as an industry. Commoditized TV programs Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Group Work
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading General Revision Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 Reading A psychoanalytic approach to TV programs. Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 Reading A feminist criticism to TV programs. Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 Reading Idealized lives in advertisements and serials, creating TV characters, Fame and Star System Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Group Work
13 Preparing Homework Reality Myth in TV Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Research & Group Work
14 Preparing Homework Cultural relations in TV, TV criticism and its relations with media literacy Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion & Research & Group Work
15 Reading General Revision Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -