At the end of this course, the students; 1) Familiarize with the basic concepts and theories within media psychology 2) Comprehend main concepts, theories and methods of media psychology
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No.
COURSE DEFINITION
At the end of this course, students comprehend psychology of media, basic dynamics of media and their sociological and personal influences.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Understanding media psychology
2nd Week
Theoretical issues in media pyschology
3rd Week
Research methods in media psychology
4th Week
Cognitive Processing of media
5th Week
Media, influence and persuasion
6th Week
Media and violence
7th Week
Media and Pornography
8th Week
---midterm---
9th Week
Prosocial media
10th Week
Media and advertising (the role of psychology in advertising)
11th Week
Media, child and adolescent
12th Week
Media and discrimination
13th Week
Media and gender roles
14th Week
The future of media psychology
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Anderson et al. (2012). Facebook psychology: Popular questions answered by research. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 1, 23-37. Bandura, A. (2001). Social cognitive theory of mass communication. Media psychology, 3(3), 265-299. Dill, K. E. (Ed.) (2013). Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. Giles, D. (2003). Media psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Giles, D. (2010). Psychology of the media. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Harris, R. J., & Sanborn, F. W. (2014). A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication. NY: Routledge. Larson, C. U. (1995). Persuasion: Reception and responsibility. Belmont: Wadsworth.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Practice,Problem Solving,Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Presentations 35%
Final paper 60%
Class participation 5%
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
