At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain knowledge about digital media and digital culture, 2) Develop awareness of the impact of digital media on culture; will be able to analyze cultural transformation with its causes and consequences, 3) Know the relationship between culture, truth and post-truth; can establish a discussion between concepts on the theoretical ground, 4) Recognize and interpret Byung - Chul Han, one of the most important cultural critics of our time, and his thoughts.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
-
COURSE DEFINITION
Digital transformation, which is also described as Industry 4.0, shows itself in every aspect of our lives today. This includes culture. Digital transformation takes place with the combination of many physical and digital technologies, and this has reshaped the daily life culture, including our habits and lifestyles, sociologically. Perhaps the most important issue in this formation is our relationship with reality. Because digital media and digital culture have turned this relationship upside down. In the post-truth era we live in, our perception of reality is shaped by screens and what is reflected from them. Reality is sacrificed to what is wanted to be real.
The aim of the course is; after gaining an idea on the basic conceptual definitions and distinctions, it is to open the digital media and culture for discussion in the post-truth era with a critical view and thus to try to understand it.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Meeting and general information about course content/operation
2nd Week
What is Digital Media? Basic Concepts and Distinctions
3rd Week
What is Culture? Basic Concepts and Distinctions
4th Week
How Digital Media Transforms Culture
5th Week
The Post-Truth Age and Debates on Truth
6th Week
Digital Media Culture and Disinformation Production in the Post-Truth Age
7th Week
Criticisms of Digital Media Culture
8th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Capitalism and the Death Drive"
9th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "The Transparency Society"
10th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Topology of Violence"
11th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Psychopolitics"
12th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "The Scent of Time"
13th Week
Classroom discussion in the context of the book "Saving Beauty"
14th Week
Article Submissions
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Textbooks:
-Hakikat Sonrası Çağ, Ralph Keyes, Deli Dolu Yayıncılık. -Dijital Kabilelerin İzinde, Kaan Varnalı, MediaCat Yayınları. -Dijital Fark, Russel Neuman, The Kitap Yayınları. -İletişim Çağında Kültür, James Lull, Hece Yayınları. -Articles to be shared within the scope of the course
Mandatory Resources:
-Şeffaflık Toplumu, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık. -Zamanın Kokusu-Bulunma Sanatı Üzerine Felsefi Bir Deneme, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık. -Psikopolitika: Neoliberalizm ve Yeni İktidar Teknikleri, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık. -Şiddetin Topolojisi, Byung - Chul Han, Metis Yayıncılık. -Güzeli Kurtarmak, Byung - Chul Han, İnsan Yayınları. -Kapitalizm ve Ölüm Dürtüsü, Byung - Chul Han, İnka Yayınları.
Recommended Resources:
-İdeoloji ve Ütopya, Karl Mannheim, Nika Yayınları. -Kültür Sosyolojisi, Karl Mannheim, Pinhan Yayıncılık. -Kültür, Terry Eagleton, Can Yayınları. -İletişim Medya ve Kültür, Oğuzhan Taş, Ütopya Yayınları.
