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)	Associate Professor Çiçek Coşkun
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn culture, media and communication processes and discusses the relationship between these concepts in a sociological context. 2) Learn and discuss the issues of culture, culture-society relation, communication, social meaning of communication, social effects, society-communication relation.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course, concepts such as culture, culture-society relationship, communication, social meaning of communication, effects on society, society-communication relationship, development of social communication in the historical process, media, basic concepts of media, media-society relationship, new media and communication technologies are discussed. The main aim of the course is to enable students to learn culture, media and communication processes and to learn and discuss the relations of these concepts with each other in a sociological context.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course, introduction to the course and basic concepts 2nd Week Relations between Sociology and Communication 3rd Week Basic structure of communication 4th Week Communication and culture relation 5th Week Media and sociology 6th Week Mass communication concept and sociology relation 7th Week Basic approaches in mass communication 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Theories of Communication 10th Week Local and International Communication 11th Week New technologies and changing communication structure 12th Week Communication and culture relation in Turkey 13th Week Communication and sociology relation in Turkey 14th Week Case studies
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Maigret, Eric. Medya ve İletişim Sosyolojisi. İstanbul: İletişim yayınları, 2016 Yaylagil, Levent. Kitle İletişim Kuramları. Egemen ve Eleştirel Yaklaşımlar.Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları, 2016 Oskay, Ünsal. Kitle İletişimin Kültürel İşlevleri, İstanbul: İnkılap Yayınları, 2014 Leydesdorff, Loet. A Sociological Theory of Communication.Universal Publishers,2003
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 17 238 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 3 3 Homework 0 0 0 Total Workload 307 Total Workload / 30 10,23 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No