Information Package / Course Catalogue
Digitalization and Social Change
Course Code: SOSY569
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

The main purpose of this course will be to examine the social changes caused by digitalization. It is necessary to examine the effects of digital technologies in the context of analyzing today's social conditions. Starting from this point, our course aims to focus on the effects of digitalization within the framework of social changes.

Course Content

Issues such as digital society, social effects of digitalization, digital technology and social change, digitalization and surveillance, digitalization and privacy, digitalization and consumption, digitalization and political participation will be discussed.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Ali Erdem AKGÜL
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehension of concepts such as digital society, social effects of digitalization, digital technology and social change and current academic debates.
2.To be able to evaluate the debates on the effects of digital technologies in the social context.
3.Acquiring the ability to conduct sociological research on digital society, the social effects of digitalization, digital technology and social change debates.
4.To be able to understand the dynamics of change of digital technologies on the social structure.
5.A critical evaluation of the debates within the framework of digital society, the social effects of digitalization, digital technology and social change.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ASLAN, Pınar; 2020, Dijitalleşme ve İletişim, Eğitim Kitabevi.
2.AYHAN, Bünyamin; 2017, Digitalization and Society, Peter Lang Yayıncılık.
3.BAL, Hüseyin; 2004, İletişim Sosyolojisi, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Yayınları, Isparta.
4.BAUMAN, Zygmunt; 2017, Akışkan Modernite. İstanbul: Can Sanat Yayınları.
5.BECK, Ulrich; 2014, Risk toplumu: Yeni Bir Moderniteye Doğru, İstanbul: İthaki Yayınevi
6.CASTELLS, Manuel; 2005, Toplumunun Yükselişi (Enformasyon Çağı: Ekonomi, Toplum ve Kültür-Cilt 1), (Çev. E. Kılıç), İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1. Baskı, İstanbul.
7.CASTELLS, Manuel; 2006, Kimliğin Gücü (Enformasyon Çağı: Ekonomi, Toplum ve Kültür-Cilt 2), (Çev. E. Kılıç), İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1. Baskı, İstanbul.
8.DEMİR, Müge; 2013, Yeni Medya Üzerine (Yeni İletişim Teknolojileri), Literatürk Akademi Yayınları, 1. Baskı.
9.DUFF, Alistair S.; 2013, Information Society Studies, Routledge Press.
10.EARL, Jennifer and Katrina Kimport; 2020, Current Research on Information Technologies and Society: Papers from the 2013 Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Routledge Press.
11.EKİCİ, Süleyman; 2021, Dijital Çağda Dönüşen Birey, Toplum ve Siyaset, Gazi Kitabevi.
12.FEENBERG, Andrew vd.; 2010, Teknoloji ve Toplum (Yıkıcı Bir Direniş ve Yeniden Yapılanma), Kalkedon Yayınları, 1. Baskı
13.FISKE, John; 2003; İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş, Çev. S. İrvan, Bilim Ve Sanat Yayınları, Ankara.
14.GÖNENÇ, Özgür; 2004, Medya Dünyası, İstanbul Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Yayınları, 1. Baskı, Istanbul.
15.GUILE, Bruce R.; 1985, Information Technologies and Social Transformation (Series on Technology and Social Priorities), National Academies Press.
16.GÜLCÜ, Yunus; 2022, Dijitalleşme ve Tüketim, Dora Yayınları.
17.KARAKULAKOĞLU, Selva Ersöz; 2020, Dijital Toplum: Kavram, Kuram ve Yöntem, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
18.KILIÇBAY, Barış; 2005, Bir Teknoloji Söyleminden Parçalar: Enformasyon ve İletişim Teknolojileri Kuramlarına Tarihsel Bakış, Epos Yayınları, Ankara.
19.LYON, David; 2006, Gözetlenen Toplum Günlük Hayatı Kontrol Etmek, (Çev. G. Soykan), Kalkedon Yayınları.
20.LYON, David; 1997, Elektronik Göz, (Çev. D. Hattatoğlu), Sarmal Yayınları.
21.ÖZKAN, Ruşen; 2002, Teknolojinin Evrimi, Pınar Yayınları.
22.TARCAN, Ahmet; 2005, İnternet ve Toplum, Anı Yayınları, Ankara.
23.TİMİSİ, Nilüfer; 2003, Yeni İletişim Teknolojileri ve Demokrasi, Dost Kitabevi.
24.TOPRAK, Ali vd.; 2009, Toplumsal Paylaşım Ağı Facebook: "görülüyorum öyleyse varım!", Kalkedon Yayınları, İstanbul.
25.TÖRENLİ, Nurcan; 2004, Enformasyon Toplumu ve Küreselleşme Sürecinde Türkiye, Bilim ve Sanat Yayınları, 1. Baskı, Ankara.
26.YAŞAR, İbrahim Halil; 2021, Dijitalleşme Ekseninde İletişim, Kültür ve Medya, Litaretürk Academia Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction
Week 2 - Theoretical
Digital Technology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Digital Transformation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Digital Society
Week 5 - Theoretical
Digital Socialization
Week 6 - Theoretical
Digital Culture
Week 7 - Theoretical
Digital Addiction
Week 8 - Theoretical
Social Effects of Digitalization
Week 9 - Theoretical
Digitalization and Cybercrime
Week 10 - Theoretical
Digitalization and Economy
Week 11 - Theoretical
Digital Surveillance
Week 12 - Theoretical
Digitalization and Privacy
Week 13 - Theoretical
Digitalization and Political Participation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Digital Technology and Social Change
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment3039
Reading1527
Midterm Examination130232
Final Examination135237
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)127
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
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PÇ-12
OÇ-1
5
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
5
4
3
OÇ-2
4
4
5
4
5
5
5
4
3
5
4
3
OÇ-3
4
5
4
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
3
4
4
4
3
OÇ-5
5
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
5
4
4
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026