Mathematics (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | NMC004 | ||||
Course Name: | Gender and Media | ||||
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Spring Fall |
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Course Credits: |
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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: | Doç. Dr. HASAN GÜRKAN | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Gürkan | ||||
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Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to examine the role of media in constructing gender and its intersections with race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. This course recognizes the importance of diversity in media industries and addresses the role of new media technologies in challenging and/or reaffirming traditional constructions of gender |
Course Content: | This course examines representations of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in the media. In the course, the students will be considering issues of authorship, spectatorship, audience and the ways in which various media content (film, television, print journalism, advertising) enables, facilitates, and challenges these social constructions in society. Moreover, the students will examine how gender and race affects the production of media and discuss the impact of new media and digital media and how it has transformed access and participation, moving contemporary media users from a traditional position of readers to writers and/or commentators. Students will analyze gendered language and embodiment as it is produced online in blogs and vlogs, avatars, and in the construction of cyberidentities. The course provides an introduction to feminist approaches to media studies by drawing from work in feminist film theory, journalism, cultural studies, gender and politics, and cyberfeminism. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recognize diversity across audiences, content and producers of media 2) Identify stereotypes of gender, race, class, and sexual identity in media portrayals 3) Locate examples of framing, intersectionality, and symbolic annihilation in media 4) Analyze texts in context of cultural and social identities, considering how reality is socially and discursively constructed by media 5) Discuss media literacy in contemporary terms, in light of 21st century developments in online cultural production and new media 6) Understand key theories and methods of studying media, power, and social identities |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course and discussion on ‘Why Study Gender and Media?’ | |
2) | Sex/Gender and the Media: From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond” | |
3) | Feminist Perspectives on the Media | |
4) | Feminist Perspectives on the Media / Assignment 1: Performing Gender | |
5) | Gender in Media Industries (Media Organizations, Film Industry, Public Relations and Advertisement) | |
6) | Gender in Media Industries (Media Organizations, Film Industry, Public Relations and Advertisement) | |
7) | Men, Women, and Queer Individuals and Visibility in the Media | |
8) | Men, Women, and Queer Individuals and Visibility in the Media / Assignment 2: Visibility | |
9) | Gender and Representation | |
10) | Gender and Representation | |
11) | Bodies, Celebrity and Self-Branding | |
12) | Discussions | |
12) | Discussions | |
12) | Discussions | |
13) | Digital Culture: Gender and Online Self-Presentation | |
14) | Gender and Online Activism |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | - David Gauntlett (2008), Media, Gender and Identitiy: An Introduction, Routledge. - Cynthia Carter and Linda Steiner (2004), Critical Readings: Media and Gender. Open University Press. |
References: | Books, Articles, Films, TV series, and new media contents |
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Program Outcomes | |||||||||||
1) Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline. | |||||||||||
2) Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems. | |||||||||||
3) Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques. | |||||||||||
4) Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction. | |||||||||||
5) Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles. | |||||||||||
6) Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License. | |||||||||||
7) Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams. | |||||||||||
8) Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations. | |||||||||||
9) Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards. | |||||||||||
10) Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria. | |||||||||||
11) Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Have the knowledge of the scope, history, applications, problems, methods of mathematics and knowledge that will be beneficial to humanity as both scientific and intellectual discipline. | |
2) | Have the ability to establish a relationship between mathematics and other disciplines and develop mathematical models for interdisciplinary problems. | |
3) | Have the ability to define, formulate and analyze real life problems with statistical and mathematical techniques. | |
4) | Have the ability to think analytically and use the time effectively in the process of deduction. | |
5) | Have the ability to search the literature, understand and interpret scientific articles. | |
6) | Have the knowledge of basic software to be able to work in the related fields of computer science and have the ability to use information technologies at an advanced level of the European Computer Driving License. | |
7) | Have the ability to work efficiently in interdisciplinary teams. | |
8) | Have the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form, write effective reports and comprehend the written reports, make effective presentations. | |
9) | Have the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility and acting ethically; have the knowledge about academic standards. | |
10) | Have the ability to use a foreign language at least at B1 level in terms of European Language Portfolio criteria. | |
11) | Are aware of the necessity of lifelong learning; have the ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology and to constantly renew themselves. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | % 55 |
Final | 1 | % 35 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 65 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 35 | |
total | % 100 |
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 |