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| Code | ILEM819 |
| Name | New Media Studies |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Fall |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Doktora Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. Zeynep ÖZARSLAN
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
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Course Goal / Objective
This course aims to discuss the new media ecosystem within social, political, cultural, and economic contexts and to examine the new research methods and techniques preferred in scientific studies in the field of new media through conducting authentic new media research.
Course Content
Developments in internet technologies are examined through global reports. New business models in the new media industry, transmedia storytelling, and digital game studies are discussed through examples. Concepts such as algorithmic surveillance, participatory culture, big data, platform capitalism, and digital labor, as well as political economy approaches to new media, are analyzed through the works of theorists in the field of new media and relevant films and TV series. Text-based analysis of web content and research methods such as netnography are examined through scientific studies and applied through the development of research designs. The course also critically discusses artificial intelligence tools and applications, as well as AI ethics.
Course Precondition
No pre-requisite.
Resources
Van Dijk, J. (2006). The Network Society. Second Edition, Sage P. The first chapter: Introduction (p. 1-10)
Notes
Manovich, L. (2001) The Language of New Media. MIT Press. http://dss-edit.com/plu/Manovich-Lev_The_Language_of_the_New_Media.pdf
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Discusses the new media ecosystem in social, political, cultural, and economic contexts. |
| LO02 | Applies new research methods and techniques in the field of new media |
| LO03 | Critically examines developments in internet technologies through global reports |
| LO04 | Analyzes new business models in the new media industry through examples |
| LO05 | Examines algorithmic surveillance in new media environments |
| LO06 | Discusses new political economy approaches in the field of new media |
| LO07 | Conducts text-based analysis of web content |
| LO08 | Examines new media research methods and techniques such as netnography through scientific studies |
| LO09 | Designs authentic research in the field of new media |
| LO10 | Critically discusses artificial intelligence tools and applications. |
| LO11 | Critically discusses AI ethics. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Belirsiz | Develops critical thinking skills. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Belirsiz | Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Belirsiz | She/he has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.(dişil) | 3 |
| PLO04 | Belirsiz | Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Belirsiz | Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | 3 |
| PLO06 | Belirsiz | She/He reports a social research she designed in the field of communication studies and turns it into original works in accordance with academic rules. | 4 |
| PLO07 | Belirsiz | He/she transfers his/her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way, both verbally and in writing. Gains the ability to give lectures, conferences and seminars. | |
| PLO08 | Belirsiz | Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Belirsiz | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | |
| PLO10 | Belirsiz | Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems, | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to the course: Information about the purpoe and importance of the course, presentation of the syllabus, instructions of the assignment fort he course and assessment and evaluation. | No need for preparation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Characteristics of new media; history of the Internet and web Technologies; basic approaches to new media. | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 3 | Global digital media reports | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 4 | New media journalism | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 5 | Transmedia storytelling and business models | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 6 | Participatory culture, fan culture, celebrity studies in the era of new media | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 7 | Algorithms, big data, children and the young in network society | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
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| 9 | Digital game studies | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 10 | Digital capitalism, platform capitalism, digital labor | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 11 | Digital surveillance | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 12 | New media research methods and techniques: Text-based analysis of web contents | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 13 | New media research methods and techniques: Netnography | Reading of the required texts | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma |
| 14 | Artificial Intelligence tools and applications and ethics of Artificial Intelligence | Reading of the required texts | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
| 15 | Presentation of the students’ own researches | Presentation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
| 16 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Performans Değerlendirmesi |
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| 17 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Performans Değerlendirmesi |
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 | ||