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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI276 | ||||
| Course Name: | Gender and Media | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Dr. Öğr. Üy. SADİ KERİM DÜNDAR | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Ceren Saran Doğan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course aims to question the role of the media in constructing representations of gender, race, class, ethnicity and sexuality, etc. This course examines these industries’ function in producing and reproducing gender roles by the medium. |
| Course Content: | This course focuses on the basic concepts and approaches to gender and the relationship between gender and media. This course draws attention to the importance of the media industry in the production of ideology and meaning and examines the role of the media industry in the production and reproduction of gender roles. The basic theoretical approaches to gender are discussed in their historical context. In this course, gender representations in cultural products produced by the media and culture industries are analyzed. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) • Distinguish between the concepts of sex and gender. 2) • Comprehends the media industry’s role in the production and reproduction of ideology and gender. 3) • Be informed about the basic approaches to the media industry, ideology production, audience and reception studies in the field of media and communication studies 4) • Analyze gender discrimination in content produced in different media mediums. 5) • Determine gender, race, class and sexual identity stereotypes in cultural products produced by the media industry. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction: Basic Concepts Why should we discuss gender and media relations? | |
| 1) | Introduction: Basic Concepts Why should we discuss gender and media relations? | |
| 2) | Media Industries and Ideology: Mainstream Studies, Political Economy, Cultural Studies | |
| 3) | Sex and Gender: Social and Cultural Construction | |
| 4) | Women’s Movement, Body and Power | |
| 5) | Feminism, Patriarchy and Capitalism | |
| 6) | Masculinity Studies | |
| 7) | Queer Theory | |
| 8) | Representation, Reception, and Stereotypes | |
| 9) | Gender Representation on Television | |
| 10) | Gender Representation in Advertising | |
| 11) | Gender Representation in Cinema | |
| 12) | Gender Representation in News Media and Online Journalism | |
| 13) | Digital Platforms, Algorithms, Bias and Discrimination | |
| 14) | Social Media: Presentation of digital-self in everyday life |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | ● Dines, G., Humez, J.M. (2015) Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader (4th ed.). SAGE. ● Critical Media Project (CMP), https://criticalmediaproject.org/ ● Feminist Principles of the Internet (2016). https://feministinternet.org/en |
| References: | ● Dines, G., Humez, J.M. (2015) Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader (4th ed.). SAGE. ● Critical Media Project (CMP), https://criticalmediaproject.org/ ● Feminist Principles of the Internet (2016). https://feministinternet.org/en |
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| 1) They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |||||||||||||
| 2) They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |||||||||||||
| 3) They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |||||||||||||
| 4) They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |||||||||||||
| 5) They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 6) They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
| 8) They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
| 9) They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |||||||||||||
| 10) They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |||||||||||||
| 11) Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |||||||||||||
| 12) They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
| 13) They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . | |||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | They have a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on economics using other social sciences and mathematics. | |
| 2) | They have knowledge and skill about different functions and interactions of economy. | |
| 3) | They use different theoretical approaches to comprehend and solve various economic problems. | |
| 4) | They are aware of the needs of society and use their knowledge of economics to meet these needs. | |
| 5) | They have in-depth knowledge on the current issues of the Turkish economy and the global economy. | |
| 6) | They have in-depth knowledge on the history of the Turkish economy and basic level knowledge on the history of the global economy. | |
| 7) | Using various statistical techniques and numerical methods, they establish correct economic models and make analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |
| 8) | They use a foreign language at least at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |
| 9) | They improve their skills of teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship. | |
| 10) | They have universal ethical values, social responsibility awareness and adequate knowledge of business law. | |
| 11) | Being able to develop positive attitudes with regards to lifelong learning, they identify their individual learning needs and carry out studies to fulfil them. | |
| 12) | They express their ideas and solution proposals concerning their field both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |
| 13) | They use information and communication technologies together with a computer software required by the field at least at advanced level of European Computer Driving License . |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
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| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 0 | |
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| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | ||||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 3 | 6 | 18 | ||||
| Project | 3 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||||
| Final | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Total Workload | 114 | ||||||