| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Doctorate Of Science |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 15 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Assistant Professor Deniz Tansel İlic
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) relate social actor to mass media.
2) think mass media and interpersonal communication together in concept of self.
3) apprehend authentic personality and autheritarian personality.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The aim of this course is to discuss what kind of a determination mass media has in the social subjects? attempt to answer the question of who they are. While the construction of the self is progressed in the intrapersonal level in the first level, the representations of self in media within the context of fame impact this smaller scale construction process. In this context, it will be discussed whether the construction of an authentic self is possible and this ideal has a further reflection of the neoliberal politics? aim to create an illusion. It will be discussed whether the body representations of the power elites cause the individuals to find who they are or to deviate from their ways. This discussion will include readings from Western and Eastern philosophy and also classroom assessments |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Introduction of the course | | 2nd Week | The relationship between body and self: Consumption and status objects | | 3rd Week | Intention of distinction in concept of body and self | | 4th Week | Cool self represantitions in media | | 5th Week | Autheritarian personality vs authentic personality | | 6th Week | Self, media and fame | | 7th Week | Presentations | | 8th Week | Midterms | | 9th Week | Everyday life and presentation of self | | 10th Week | Media and stigmatized self | | 11th Week | Media, beauty and glamour | | 12th Week | Media and narsisistic personality | | 13th Week | Presentations | | 14th Week | Evaluation |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Assignment | 1 | 60 | | Presentation of Article | 1 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 80 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 80 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 20 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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