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 Ahmet Şükrü Künüçen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) know the meaning of aesthetics. 2) recognize television's aesthetic necessities and potential. 3) learn aesthetic elements' functions and their usage in effective communication.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None.
COURSE DEFINITION	Transformation of the information by the means of television, aesthetic necessity in television, alternative approaches for using the aesthetic elements of television effectively, "light, space, time, motion and sound" are examined in the context of media aesthetics.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Brief information on the course and introduction 2nd Week Concepts of art, artist, artwork and beauty 3rd Week Concept of aesthetics and its association with visual arts 4th Week Aesthetics: Life and Media 5th Week New ways of expressing electronic image 6th Week In Platon's Cave, "The Image World" 7th Week Image-reality relationship in visual arts 8th Week Mid-term Exam 9th Week Visual and audio dimensions of television aesthetics 10th Week Key elements of visual aesthetics: Light, space, color, time, motion, sound 11th Week Light as an aesthetic element. Lightning's effect on image dimension and aesthetic lightning. 12th Week Color: Its physical and subjective reception. Communicative functions of the color in image. 13th Week Space (Limitation of the surface) and image size 14th Week Time and motion,sound as an aesthetic energy on television.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Edmonds, Robert. The Sights and Sounds of Cinema and Television: How the Aesthetic Experience Influence Our Feelings. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982. Kradağ, Çerkes. Görme Kültürü: Görüntüler Evreni. Doruk Yayımcılık, Ankara, 2004. Kılıç, Levend. Video Sanatı: Eleştirel Yaklaşım. Hil Yayınları, İstanbul, 1995. Kılıç, Levend. Görüntü Estetiği. İnkılap Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2000. Parsa, Seyide. Televizyon Estetiği. Ege Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın No: 6, Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir, 1994. Read, Herbert. Sanatın Anlamı. (Çev. Güner İnal ve Nuşin Asgari), ikinci baskı, İstanbul, 1974. Sontag, Susan. Fotoğraf Üzerine. (Çev. Reha Akçakaya,), Altıkırkbeş Yayınları, İstanbul, 1993. Zettl, Herbert. Sight Sound Motion: Applied Media Aesthetics. California: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1973. (Son basımı, üçüncü basım, 1998)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Presentation of Article 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No