| Psychology (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI143 | ||||
| Course Name: | Digital Communication and Culture | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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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: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. SADİ KERİM DÜNDAR | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Dr.Chein Yang Erdem | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course aims to: • Define and analyze digital culture through relevant theoretical perspectives in cultural studies; • Critically examine the relationship between new media technologies and culture practices; • Engage in scholarly debates on emergent cultural forms generated by digital and networked communication; • Examine our roles as consumers and producers of culture in a highly datafied, digitized, and networked society. |
| Course Content: | This course explores contemporary cultural phenomena that are shaped by digital communication technologies. Drawing on digital humanities, memory studies, audience studies, game studies, material culture, and posthuman studies, this course analyzes the formation of public memory, community, subculture, identity, subjectivity, and agency. Topics include digital archive, remix, selfies, influencers, memes, online trolling, hacker culture, and posthuman culture. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Define the characteristics of contemporary digital culture; 2) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Apply theoretical perspectives of cultural studies to analyze digital cultural phenomena. 3) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Demonstrate understanding of the role of digital media in shaping public memory, community, subculture, identity, subjectivity, and agency. 4) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Formulate their own critical thoughts on current issues of digital culture; 5) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: • Critically reflect on their everyday interaction with digital media and their role as media professionals. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Course introduction | lecture notes |
| 2) | What is digital culture | lecture notes |
| 3) | The internet, networked communication, and computerizing culture | lecture notes |
| 4) | Cultural data & cultural analytics | lecture notes |
| 5) | Digital archive | lecture notes |
| 6) | Remix | lecture notes |
| 7) | Selfie | lecture notes |
| 8) | Midterm | lecture notes |
| 9) | Gaming | lecture notes |
| 10) | Internet celebrity | lecture notes |
| 11) | Memes | lecture notes |
| 12) | Trolling | lecture notes |
| 13) | Hacker | lecture notes |
| 14) | Culture in a post-human and post-digital age | lecture notes |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Ders notları |
| References: | Lecture notes |
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| 1) Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 2) Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 3) Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | ||||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | ||||||||||||||
| 5) Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | ||||||||||||||
| 6) Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | ||||||||||||||
| 7) Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | ||||||||||||||
| 8) Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | ||||||||||||||
| 9) Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | ||||||||||||||
| 10) Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | ||||||||||||||
| 11) Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | ||||||||||||||
| 12) Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | ||||||||||||||
| 13) Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | ||||||||||||||
| 14) Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. | ||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have the theoretical knowledge related to major sub areas of psychology. | |
| 2) | Apply psychological concepts and theories in a variety of applied settings. | |
| 3) | Define and explain the cognitive, emotional and behavioral processes of human beings. | |
| 4) | Evaluate psychological evidence and assumptions in a scientific and critical way. | |
| 5) | Collect and analyze psychological research data and interpret and report the findings in accordance to scientific publication rules. | |
| 6) | Develop and utilize assessment and measurement tools for psychological phenomena. | |
| 7) | Have the skills and abilities to follow innovations and developments in psyhology and other related sciences. | |
| 8) | Have knowledge and skills to work effectively on individual or group basis. | |
| 9) | Have knowledge and skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner in national and international settings. | |
| 10) | Behave in accordance with professional code of conduct and ethics related to psychology. | |
| 11) | Behave in an unprejudiced and equal way towards various identity groups such as age, gender, language, race, religion and social class in scientific and professional acitivities. | |
| 12) | Have respect for universal values and human and animal rights. | |
| 13) | Use a foreign language at least B1 level of European Language Portfolio. | |
| 14) | Use computer softwares as well as information and communication technologies at least Basic level of European Computer Driving Licence. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | % 50 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
| Final | 1 | % 25 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 75 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 25 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 | ||||
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Project | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Homework Assignments | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||
| Total Workload | 134 | ||||||