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| Code | RTST713 |
| Name | Television Studies |
| Term | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Semester | . Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
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Course Goal / Objective
Evaluating opinions and criticisms about television
Course Content
The place and issues of television in society from past to present
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Williams, R (2003). Televizyon, Teknoloji ve Kültürel Biçim. Ankara: Dost.
Notes
Postman, N. (1994). Televizyon öldüren eğlence. İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Explain the historical development of television. |
| LO02 | Examines television in its social context. |
| LO03 | Comprehends television critically. |
| LO04 | Conducts holistic television research at a historical-social-critical level. |
| LO05 | Explains the current position of television in society. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates have the knowledge of thinking in different fields of social sciences and adapting them into their own specialized applications and research. | 2 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates use research methods and techniques applied in the field of radio, television and cinema, has theoretical and practical knowledge. | 3 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates have knowledge of art, aesthetics, law and general culture related to the field. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates can comprehend the connections of radio, television and cinema with society and culture. | 2 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Graduates are able to question the relationality between radio, television and cinema, technology and society and to comprehend the changing scientific dynamics of the field. | 2 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates are able to develop connections between art, aesthetics, law and general culture knowledge related to the field. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Graduates acquire critical thinking and interpretation skills in the field of radio, television and cinema. | 2 |
| PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Graduates are able to lead in environments that require solving problems related to the field; organizes personal, institutional and team work. | 5 |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Graduates are able to convey current developments and projects carried out in the field with appropriate communication tools. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates can establish the relationship between artistic, social, economic and political developments and the field of radio, television and cinema. | 3 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Graduates use the specialized knowledge and problem solving skills acquired in the field in interdisciplinary studies. | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introducation course | Postman, N. (1994). Televizyon öldüren eğlence. İstanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 2 | History of the technology | S. Mahoney, "The History of Computing in the History of Technology," in Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 113-125, April-June 1988, | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 3 | Institutions of technology | Des Freedman (2002) A 'Technological Idiot'? Raymond Williams and Communications Technology, Information, Communication & Society, 5:3, 425-442, | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 4 | Television formats | Moran, A. (2003). Television formats in the world/the world of television formats. In Television Across Asia (pp. 13-20). Routledge. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 5 | The effects and uses of technology | Williams, R. (2003). The technology and the society. Television: Critical concepts and cultural studies, 2, 42-57. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 6 | alternative technology and its use | Fuchs, C. (2017). Raymond Williams’ communicative materialism. European journal of cultural studies, 20(6), 744-762. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 7 | Television Theory | Bignell, J. (2000). Beckett in television studies. Journal of Beckett Studies, 10(1-2), 105-118. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-term Exam | reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
| 9 | Show age | Postman, N. (1980). TV News as Metaphor. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 321-328. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 10 | Examining television broadcasting from a social perspective | Williams, R (2003). Televizyon, Teknoloji ve Kültürel Biçim. Ankara: Dost. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 11 | Media ecology according to Postman | Postman, N. (1974). Media ecology: Communication as context. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 12 | TV effects studies | McLuhan, M. (1977). Laws of the Media. ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 173-179. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 13 | McLuhan Media Theory | Bobbitt, D. (2012). Scale in the Media Theory of Marshall McLuhan. Media Fields Journal, 4, 1-14. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 14 | Analyzing television research critically | McLuhan, M., Gordon, W. T., Lamberti, E., & Scheffel-Dunand, D. (2011). The Gutenberg galaxy: The making of typographic man. University of Toronto Press. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 15 | Analyzing television research critically 2 | Gamaleri, G. (2019). Media ecology, Neil Postman’s legacy: Mapping media ecology. Introduction to the field, by Dennis G. Cali. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 16 | Presentation | reading. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 17 | Final Exam | reading | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||