Psychology (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 | ||||
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 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 |
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 |