| International Trade and Business (English) | |||||
| 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) Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics, | |||||||||||||
| 2) Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade. | |||||||||||||
| 3) Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods. | |||||||||||||
| 4) Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems. | |||||||||||||
| 5) Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment. | |||||||||||||
| 6) Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs. | |||||||||||||
| 7) Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |||||||||||||
| 8) Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |||||||||||||
| 9) Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |||||||||||||
| 10) Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge. | |||||||||||||
| 11) Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | |||||||||||||
| 12) Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |||||||||||||
| 13) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field. | |||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Has a broad and interdisciplinary perspective on international business and trade by the use of social sciences and mathematics, | |
| 2) | Possess the knowledge and skills related to different functions and interactions of international business and trade. | |
| 3) | Possess the knowledge and skills to interpret the data, concepts and ideas in the field of international business and trade with scientific and technological methods. | |
| 4) | Use different theoretical approaches to understanding and solving various business and trade problems. | |
| 5) | Explains the competitiveness of the countries with the requirements of international competition and interprets the functioning of the actors and regulatory structures in the international environment. | |
| 6) | Understands the value of developing new trade projects and generating strategies within international market needs. | |
| 7) | Solves complex business and global trade problems by using various statistical techniques and numerical methods and makes analyzes by using statistical programs effectively. | |
| 8) | Uses a foreign language at the B1 General Level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria according to the level of education. | |
| 9) | Develops teamwork, negotiation, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. | |
| 10) | Possess the knowledge of universal ethical values, social responsibility and sufficient legal and regulatory knowledge. | |
| 11) | Develops positive attitudes related to lifelong learning and identifies individual learning needs and carries out studies to correct them. | |
| 12) | Students will be able to communicate their ideas and solutions both written and orally, and present and publish them on both national and international platforms. | |
| 13) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Using License required by the field. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
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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 | ||||||