TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Beste Nigar Erdem
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Explain the actors (capital, labor) and factors (legal, economic and political arrangements, union rights etc.) of the media indusrty which takes place in value creation process. 2) Evaluate the media as part of the economic, political, social and cultural field. 3) Analyze the production, distribution, consumption and labor processes in the media sector.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	In this course the actors that have a role creating value chain (i.e. capital, labor force, licencing, marketing etc.) and factors (legal, economical and political regulations and union rights) of media industry will be discussed from the perspective of political economy.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Labor in history 2nd Week Basic discussions on labor: The labor theory of value 3rd Week Basic discussions on labor: The utility concept in value theory 4th Week Structure of media industry 5th Week Media industry and new communication technologies: Production, 6th Week consumption and distribution 7th Week Media industry and labor: Legal, economical and political regulations 8th Week Media industry and labor: Union rights 9th Week Midterm 10th Week Different industrial environment: News 11th Week Different industrial environment: Photograph. 12th Week Different industrial environment: TV series and movies. 13th Week Different industrial environment: Advertisement. 14th Week Different industrial environment: New media 15th Week Different industrial environment: Digital game.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Adaklı, G. (2006). Türkiye?de Medya Endüstri: Neoliberalizm Çağında Mülkiyet ve Kontrol İlişkileri. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi. Adaklı, Gülseren (2010). "Neoliberalizm ve Medya: Dünyada ve Türkiye'de Medya Endüstrisinin Dönüşümü." Mülkiye 34(269): 67-83. Bagdikian, B. (2016). Yeni Medya Tekeli, İstanbul: Akılçelen. Bulut, S. (Der) (2009). Sermayenin Medyası Medyanın Sermayesi: Ekonomi Politik Yaklaşımlar. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi. Dağtaş, E. (Ed). (2013). Medya Ekonomisi ve İşletmeciliği. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi Yayınları. Ekinci, M. (2020). Dijital Emek ve Yabancılaşma. İstanbul: Urzeni Yayınevi. Huws, U. 2018). Küresel Dijital Ekonomide Emek, Çev. Cemre Şenesen, İstanbul: Yordam Kitap. Kıyan, Z. (2015). "Dijital Kapitalizm"in İletişim Alanındaki İzleri: Üretim, Dolaşım, Emek ve Tüketim Süreçleri. Toplum ve Bilim Dergisi, 135. Özkan, Evrim Töre (2010) İstanbul Film Endüstrisi. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. Özsever, A. (2004). Tekelci Medyada Örgütsüz Gazeteci: Türkiye?de Basın Çalışanlarının Sorunları ve Bir Model Önerisi. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. Talu, U. (2012) Bedelli Gazetecilik. İstanbul: Everest Yayınları. Golding, P. ve Graham M. (2002) "Kültür, İletişim ve Ekonomi", Medya, Kültür ve Siyaset. Der. Süleyman İrvan Ankara: Alp. 59-97. Kaya, R. (2009) İktidar Yumağı. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. Sönmez, M. (2010) Medya, Kültür, Para ve İstanbul İktidarı. İstanbul: Yordam Kitap.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Report Preparation,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Assignment 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 35 35 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 5 5 25 Weekly Articles and Resource Research 7 3 21 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No