| English Language and Literature (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | NMC004 | ||||
| Course Name: | Gender and Media | ||||
| Semester: |
Fall 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: | 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. |
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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) Uses academic English language skills effectively. | ||||||||||||||||
| 2) Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3) Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4) Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5) Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words | ||||||||||||||||
| 6) Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | ||||||||||||||||
| 7) Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | ||||||||||||||||
| 8) Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | ||||||||||||||||
| 9) To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | ||||||||||||||||
| 10) Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | ||||||||||||||||
| 11) Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12) Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13) Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages | ||||||||||||||||
| 14) Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15) Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16) Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself. | ||||||||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Uses academic English language skills effectively. | |
| 2) | Knows the historical and cultural foundations of English Language and its developmental periods in detail. | |
| 3) | Knows the periods of English Literature in detail with its cultural and historical features. | |
| 4) | Evaluates the basic literary genres such as fiction (novel, story), theater and poetry according to their characteristics. | |
| 5) | Learns about the correct pronunciation of English words | |
| 6) | Can apply various analytical concepts and tools in literary theory to literary examples. | |
| 7) | Comprehends the modern language and linguistic theories in a comprehensive way. | |
| 8) | Evaluates the history of world civilization from the cultural and historical perspective. | |
| 9) | To be able to translate English to Turkish and Turkish to English in different text types. | |
| 10) | Apply contemporary teaching methods and techniques related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 11) | Develops course materials related to teaching English as a foreign language. | |
| 12) | Can evaluate the important literary figures and works in American and world literature together with their cultural and historical features. | |
| 13) | Have sufficient knowledge of a second foreign language from other European languages | |
| 14) | Applies basic research methods and theories of social sciences. | |
| 15) | Takes responsibilities by adopting fundamental universal values and developing a prudent, respectful, open to communication and learning attitude towards different language, race, gender, religion and social class groups. | |
| 16) | Acquires awareness of lifelong learning, the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and constantly renew oneself. |
| 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 | ||||||