Information Package / Course Catalogue
Information Society
Course Code: YBS473
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purposes of this course are informing fundemental dynamics of information society and discussing theoreticians' ideas in the light of modern life dynamics .

Course Content

Information sociecty, theoretic approches, the dynamics of information society, risky situations, basic life strategies on information society, cultural studies, presentation and culture, gobalization and information society, new media, folk and virtual culture, mass society, ideology, language, audience and current problems about post-modernity

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Has an ability to discuss information society’s problems and its' dynamics.
2.Explains the process of transformation into information society.
3.Understands the changes and the reflection of the changes by the tranformation to information society.
4.Discusses information society transaction effects and technological effects on business life management.
5.Have the ability of questioning and explaining the problems experienced in the context of information society relations and the causes of these problems.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Lecturer Notes
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The definition and importance of information society
Week 2 - Theoretical
The different sides of information society from other social tranformation processes.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The features of information society
Week 4 - Theoretical
The relationship between information technology and information society
Week 5 - Theoretical
The definition and importance of information economy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Information society and technological transformation and its' effects on economy
Week 7 - Theoretical
The features of information economy
Week 8 - Theoretical
Turkeys' transition process to information society
Week 9 - Theoretical
The place of e-government in information society
Week 10 - Theoretical
Turkeys' information society strategies and action plans
Week 11 - Theoretical
The discussion on the future of information society
Week 12 - Theoretical
Organizations and their information society services
Week 13 - Theoretical
A general evaluation on the information society
Week 14 - Theoretical
Course Assessment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work142256
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026