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| Unit | INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| COMMUNICATION STUDIES (PhD) (INTERDISCIPLINARY) | |
| Code | ILEM808 |
| Name | Human Machine Communication |
| Term | 2025-2026 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 | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. SEVDA ÜNAL |
| Course Instructor |
The current term course schedule has not been prepared yet.
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Course Goal / Objective
The aim of this course is to prepare students for advanced research on the social effects and psychological implications of human-machine communication, focusing on how relationships between humans and machine partners unfold through social processes, perceptual dynamics and interaction.
Course Content
This course covers advanced research on the social and psychological effects of human-machine communication. The course examines how relationships between humans and their machine partners are shaped through social processes, perceptual dynamics and interaction. The theoretical foundations of human-machine communication, perception and social attribution processes, modes of interaction, psychological effects at the individual and societal levels, social consequences of technological communication, and ethical debates on human-machine relations will be discussed.
Course Precondition
There is no prerequisite for the course.
Resources
Piercy & Gist-Mackey, 2021 - Automation anxieties: Perceptions about technological automation and the future of pharmacy work
Notes
Guzman, 2018 – What is HMC anyway? Fortunati & A. Edwards, 2020 - Opening space for theoretical, methodological, and empirical issues in human-machine communication Fox & Gambino, 2021 - Relationship development with humanoid social robots: Applying interpersonal theories to human–robot interaction Guzman & Lewis, 2019 - Artificial intelligence and communication: A human–machine communication research agenda A. Edwards, 2018 – Animals, humans, and machines: Interactive implications of ontological classification Banks, 2020 – Theory of mind in social robots: Replication of five established human tests Gibbs et al., 2020 - Negotiating agency and control: Theorizing human-machine communication from a structurational perspective Contractor et al., 2011 – Multidimensional networks and the dynamics of sociomateriality: Bringing technology inside the network Dehnert, 2021 - Communication geographies of human-machine understanding: Entangled agencies, synthetic aesthetics, and machine matterings Fisher et al., 2015 – Searching for explanations: How the internet inflates estimates of internal knowledge Ringel & Ribak, 2020 - ‘Place a book and walk away’: Archival digitization as a socio-technical practice Choi et al., 2020 - Situated automation algorithmic creatures in participatory design
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Defines human-machine communication. |
| LO02 | Defines human-computer communication. |
| LO03 | Conducts research in the field of human-machine communication. |
| LO04 | Analyzes issues related to human-machine interaction. |
| LO05 | Explains human-machine communication processes. |
| LO06 | Apply theories related to human-machine communication processes. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develops critical thinking skills. | |
| PLO02 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. | 3 |
| PLO03 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | She/he has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.(dişil) | 4 |
| PLO04 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. | |
| PLO05 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | 5 |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | 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. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | 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 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | |
| PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems, |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course Information | Reading the course syllabus | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Anlatım |
| 2 | What is Human-Machine Communication? | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Anlatım |
| 3 | Conceptualization of human machine communication | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
| 4 | Computers becoming a social actor | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 5 | User experience and technological possibilities | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 6 | Conceptualizing machine agency and AI-mediated communication | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap |
| 7 | The role of computers as social actors | Reading course resources | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Soru-Cevap |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Literature review | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev, Performans Değerlendirmesi |
| 9 | Science and Technology Studies (STS) | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Artifacts | Reading course resources and discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Anlatım |
| 11 | Politics | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 12 | Actor-Network | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Anlatım |
| 13 | Human-computer interaction | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Soru-Cevap |
| 14 | Everywhere and Emotional Computing | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Soru-Cevap |
| 15 | Computerized computing | Reading course resource | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Tartışma, Anlatım |
| 16 | Term Exams | Research-application | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
| 17 | Term Exams | Research-application | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Proje / Tasarım |
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 | ||