TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Selver Dikkol Akçay
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) learns the theoretical and methodological approaches about new media studes. 2) will be able to make theoratical debates about new media cultures. 3) gains a critical point of view about the topic.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	Questions are developed exploring concepts and issues such as; the features of new media, the differentiating points from traditional media, its effects on the society, culture and individuals. Selected examples are discussed and analyzed.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is ne media? What is the difference between traditional media? 2nd Week What is virtual culture? 3rd Week New media and political communication 4th Week New media and democracy 5th Week New media and gender 6th Week New media and representation of the self 7th Week New media, youth and consumer culture 8th Week Mid term 9th Week New media and Daily life 10th Week New media and free time 11th Week New media and visual culture 12th Week New media and health 13th Week New media and methodology 14th Week Blogs, digital games, New media and hate speech New media and research methods
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Atabek, Ü. (2001). "İnternet ve Sosyal Bilimlerde Metodoloji". Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Cilt:34, Sayı:1, 51-57. Bayraktutan, G. Binark, M. Çomu, T. vd. (2012). "Sosyal Medyada 2011 Genel Seçimleri: Nicel -Nitel Arayüzey İncelemesi", Selçuk İletişim Dergisi, 7(3) 5-29. Bayraktutan, G. vd. (2014). "Siyasal İletişim Sürecinde Sosyal Medya ve Türkiye'de 2011 Genel Seçimlerinde Twitter Kullanımı", Bilig, Sayı No:68, 59-96. Bayraktutan, G. Binark, M. Çomu, T. vd. (2013). "Web 1.0'dan Web 2.0"a Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi: 2011 Genel Seçimlerinde Facebook Kullanımından bir Kesit", İletişim Diplomasi, 1(1) 31-56. Binark, Mutlu. (der.) (2007) Yeni Medya Çalışmaları. Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları. De MUL, Jos. (2008) Siberuzayda Macera Dolu Bir Yolculuk. (Çev. Ali Özdamar) İstanbul: Kitap Yayınevi. Fuchs, C. (20 Fuchs, C. (2014). Social Media. A Critical Introduction.London: Sage.(E)14). Social Media. A Critical Introduction.London: Sage. Goffman, E. (2009) Günlük Yaşamda Benliğin Sunumu. (Çev. Barış Cezar) İstanbul: Metis. Manovich, L. (2011). "Medya Nasıl Yeni Oldu" İletişim Tarihi, (Der.)David Crowley ve Paul Heyer. (Çev.) Berkay Ersöz, Ankara: Siyasal Kitabevi. 467-471. Veblen, T. (2015) Aylak Sınıfın Teorisi; Kurumların İktisadi İncelemesi, (Çev. Eren Kırmızıaltın, Hüsnü Bilir) Ankara: Heretik.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Derste düz anlatım ve konu bağlamında tartışma yöntemleri kullanılacaktır.
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No