Information Package / Course Catalogue
Critical Analysis of Advertising
Course Code: HİRY510
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 aim of this course is to analyze advertising texts and visuals, which are one of the most important elements of visual culture, through historical context and to provide students with a critical visual literacy perspective.

Course Content

Within the scope of this course, the students will be able to analyze the product / service that the advertising communicates with, the target audience, various messages conveyed with visual and verbal elements according to theoretical advertising analysis techniques. Semiotic, psychoanalytic, ideological, sociological and feminist theories of analysis are introduced, and semiotic analysis is directly related to graphic design. The use of classic media such as television, newspapers, magazines, outdoor media, internet and creative media are introduced and the students are followed with new trends in the advertising sector.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Recognize the basic features of oral, written and visual culture.
2.Identifies the ad. Summarize the relationship between advertising, economy, politics and cultural levels.
3.Compares the characteristics of written and visual elements of advertising according to historical periods.
4.Gains critical visual literacy skills about advertising.
5.Analyze the elements of advertising with interdisciplinary field knowledge. Categorize elements in the ad. Establishes the causal link between the elements in the ads. Criticize advertising from the perspective of racist, sexist and discriminatory policies according to analysis methods. Make inferences about how to show social responsibility in advertising.
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Pells, Richard (2001), 20.Yüzyılda Küresel Kültür Miti ve Tehditi: Modernizmden Film Endüstrisine, Küreselleşme ve Modernleşme Sürecinde Kültürel Kimlik, Konrad Adenauer Vakfı Yayınları Wernick, Andrew (1996), Promosyon Kültürü Reklam, İdeoloji ve Sembolik Anlatım, 1.basım, Bilim ve Sanat yayınları, Ankara. * Williamson, Judith (1998), Kadın Bir Adadır: Dişilik ve Sömürgecilik,(der) Tania Modleski, Eğlence İncelemeleri, Metis yayınları:İstanbul. * Pells, Richard (2001), 20.Yüzyılda Küresel Kültür Miti ve Tehditi: Modernizmden Film Endüstrisine, Küreselleşme ve Modernleşme Sürecinde Kültürel Kimlik, Konrad Adenauer Vakfı Yayınları Tellan, Derya (2009). Reklamcılık: Bakmak ve Görmek, Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi Canbaz Yavuz, Şahinde. (2007). Reklamları İzlediniz. Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Identification of written, visual and audio ads and analysis of the elements of advertising
Week 2 - Theoretical
history of advertising in Turkey
Week 3 - Theoretical
Contribution of critical theory to advertising analysis
Week 4 - Theoretical
Audience and text understanding of the school of cultural studies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Discussion of the methods used in advertising analysis
Week 6 - Theoretical
Semiotic analysis
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
mid term exam
Week 8 - Theoretical
Analysis of advertising studies using semiotic analysis
Week 9 - Theoretical
Marxist Analysis
Week 10 - Theoretical
Feminist Analysis
Week 11 - Theoretical
Sociological Analysis
Week 12 - Theoretical
Meaning and Ideology in Advertising
Week 13 - Theoretical
Class Case in Advertisements Poverty and Advertising
Week 14 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory132365
Midterm Examination129130
Final Examination129130
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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