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Post-Industrial Transformation: Social and Cultural Analyse

Course Code	: SOSY524
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 3
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 3
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 5

Objectives of the Course

To examine post-industrial transformations, particularly in the context of globalization and neoliberalization, in class structure, consumption, cultural patterns and politics. To examine and to debate some new patterns.

Course Content

Transformations in the family structure within the framework of post-industrial society discussions (re-discussion of the concepts of love, affection and emotional attraction, the establishment of marriage, parenthood, divorce, non-marital cohabitation model, celibacy as a developing preference), Transformations in the leisure and entertainment culture, Transformation of urban space, changing lifestyles, transformation in consumption preferences and the effects of social media.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Özlem IRMAK BALKIZ

Learning Outcomes

1.	To be able to understand and analyse post-industrial society in the context of cultural and sociological structure
2.	To be able to analyse transformations appearing in class societies.
3.	To be able to develop critical assessment about new social movements and new class structures
4.	To be able to understand and develop critical assessment about consumption society
5.	To be able to understand cultural aspects of new capitalism
6.	To be able to understand changing politics

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Sennett, Richard (2012) Yeni Kapitalizmin Kültürü, Çev. Aylin Onacak, Ayrıntı Yay.
2.	Baudrillard, Jean (2010) Tüketim Toplumu, Ayrıntı Yay.
3.	Featherstone, Mike (1996) Postmodernizm ve Tüketim Kültürü, Ayrıntı Yay.
4.	Oktik, Nurgün ve Ünal-Reşitoğlu, Halime. (2018). Aileyi Anlamak: Disiplinler Arası Yaklaşım Nobel Kitapevi.
5.	Beck, Ulrich ve Beck-Gernsheim, Elisabeth. (2012) Aşkın Normal Kaosu, İmge Yayınları.
6.	Sennett, R.(1998) Karakter Aşınması, Çev. Barış Yıldırım, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul.
7.	Nüfusçu, Gözde Aytemur, Ayça Yılmaz. (2012). Evlilik Pratiklerinin Dönüşüm/Yeniden Üretim Sürecinde Evlendirme Programları. Galatasaray Üniversitesi, İletişim Dergisi, 16: 23-48.
8.	Kumar, K. (1999) Sanayi Sonrası Toplumdan Post-Modern Topluma Çağdaş Dünyanın Yeni Kuramları, Çev: Mehmet Küçük, Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
9.	Harvey, D.(1997) Postmodernliğin Durumu, Çev. Sungur Savran, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul.
10.	Standing, G. (2015) Prekarya & Yeni Tehlikeli Sınıf, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul.
11.	Dursun, C. (2019) ‘Ebeveynlerin Çocuklarını Sosyal Medyada Teşhiri: Çocuk Hakları Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme’, Çocuk ve Medeniyet, 2019/2.
12.	GENÇLİK VE DİJİTAL ÇAĞ, ED. Aylin GÖRGÜN BARAN Oya HAZER M. Serhat ÖZTÜRK, Hacettepe Üni. Gençlik Araştırmaları ve Uygulama Merkezi.
13.	Özarslan, Osman. Hovarda Alemi: Taşrada Eğlence ve Erkeklik (İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2016).
14.	Maira, Sunaina, “Henna and Hip Hop: The Politics of Cultural Production and The Work of Cultural Studies,” Journal of Asian American Studies 3 no.3 (2000): 329-369.
15.	Selda Tunç Subaşi “Kız-Kıza Eğlence”: Mezuniyet kınası, Homososyallik ve Gençlik Kültürü,” Fe Dergi 12, no. 1 (2020), 16-29. URL: http://cins.ankara.edu.tr/23_2.pdf
16.	Şen, B. (2011), KENTSEL MEKâNDA ÜÇLÜ İTTİFAK: SANAYİSİZLEŞME, SOYLULAŞTIRMA, YENi ORTA SINIF, İ.Ü. Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi No:44, ss.1-21.
17.	Bali, R. (2020) Tarz-ı Hayattan Lifestyle’a Yeni Seçkinler, Yeni Mekanlar, Yeni Yaşamlar, İletişim Yayınları.
18.	Saktanber, A (2003) Kültür Fragmanları: Türkiye’de Gündelik Hayat, Metis Yayınları.
19.	Akçaoğlu, A. (2018) Zarif ve Dinen Makbul, Muhafazakâr Üst-Orta Sınıf Habitusu, İletişim Yayınları.
20.	Altunay, A. (2015) ‘Bir Sosyalleşme Aracı Olarak Yeni Medya’, Selçuk İletişim, 2015, 9 (1): 410-428

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

The transformations in family structure

Week 2 - Theoretical

The Transformations of Love and Marrige Practises

Week 3 - Theoretical

Wedding Industry, New Marriage Models, Analiysis of Dating Shows On Tv and Distance Marriages

Week 4 - Theoretical

Changing Parenting, Parachute Parenting, Blogger Moms and new type of Fatherhood, family not based on biological ties

Week 5 - Theoretical

Is the family get loosing or transforming? Divorcing, Single Parent Families, Cohabitation outside Marriage, sama sex marriages

Week 6 - Theoretical

The Transformations of Entertainment Culture and Free Time Activities

Week 7 - Theoretical

Change in Music Preferences and Tastes

Week 8 - Theoretical

The Transformation of Entertainment Practises

Week 9 - Theoretical

The Transformation of Urban Space and Life Styles

Week 10 - Theoretical

Urban Segregation, Gentrification, Changing Housing Preferences, Gated Communities

Week 11 - Theoretical

Minimalism and Minimalist Life styles

Week 12 - Theoretical

Lifestyle marketing through advertising and promotions

Week 13 - Theoretical

The Ideology of consumption, The Consumption Society debates and Changing Consumption Preferences

Week 14 - Theoretical

The Impact of Social Media on Consumption Preferences, Instagram as a Commercial Area

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Final Examination	1	%60
Seminar	1	%20
Assignment	1	%20

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	15	2	3	75
Seminar	1	15	1	16
Term Project	1	15	0	15
Final Examination	1	15	2	17
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11
OÇ-1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
OÇ-4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
OÇ-6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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