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POLITICS AND MEDIA COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL334 POLITICS AND MEDIA 6 3 3 8

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction: Types of media & How can we study on politics and media? Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 (Heywood, 2002, Politics, Chapter "Political Culture" to be read) Media’s Impact on Politics Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 (Denis Mcquail, "The Influence and Effects of Mass Media", From Mass Communication and Society, 1979, s. 70-93.) Evaluation of Mass Media Processes Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 David Buckhingham, The Making of citizens, 2000: 35-59. Creating citizens: between ‘information’ and ‘entertainment’ Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion of
5 David Buckhingham, The Making of citizens, 2000: 59-101. Talking News, Talking Politics Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion •
6 Einsteinstein "Strike" Godard "Her şey Yolunda (Tout va bien)" Costa Gavras "Z", and discussion about them Political Cinema and its relationship with society Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7 Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to death, 2005, Chapter 6. The Age of Show Business: TV and its effects Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Crossing Boundaries: New Media and Networked Journalism Charlie Beckett & Robin Mansell, Communication, Culture & Critique, 2008.Corinne Barnes (2012) Citizen Journalism vs. Traditional Journalism: A Case for Collaboration, Caribbean Quarterly, 58:2-3, 16-27 New Media, Social Media and its Effects on Politics Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 Theodor Tudoroiu (2014) Social Media and Revolutionary Waves: The Case of the Arab Spring, New Political Science, 36:3, 346-365; Tafakori, S orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-7193 (2021) Digital Feminism beyond Nativism and Empire: Affective Territories of Recognition and Competing Claims to Suffering in Iranian Women’s Campaigns. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 47 (1). pp. 47-80. Arab Spring and Social Media Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 Sarah Jaffe (2019). The Labor Movement Comes to Virtual Reality, New Labor Forum , Spring 2019, Vol. 28, No. 2, Millennial Consciousness? pp. 36-43 Labour Movements and Social Media Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 Susana Salgado (2018) "Online media impact on politics. Views on posttruth politics and postpostmodernism", International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics 14(3). Post-truth and disinformation Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion • Thirteen Days (2000). Discussion of the movie – must
13 - Student Presentations: Media Analysis Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion •
14 - Student Presentations: Media Analysis Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion •
15 - Student Presentations: Media Analysis Review Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -