Information Package / Course Catalogue
Television, Culture and Representation
Course Code: HİRY522
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 examine and discuss our cultural environment, how our thoughts are shaped by culture and cultural products and shaped by us.

Course Content

This course will provide a critical overview of the relationship between television and television audiences, both individually and in a broader social context. In summary, our own cultural vision and way of life will be examined in the context of a tool that plays a central role in our cultural life. The textuality and messages of television as a tool belonging to the public and private spheres, the ways of covering the economic political and cultural dimensions of our daily lives and critical readings written in this context will be examined.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Yelda Özlem KÖLGELİER
Learning Outcomes
1.Evaluates television within the framework of main theories and concepts as a prominent field in mass culture where cultural studies are intensified.
2.Analyzes television itself as a text, program types and texts.
3.Deepens into the social role of television within mass media the culture and culture industry and within the context of the public and private sphere.
4.Examines and interprets the ways in which television texts are produced, the economic structure of channels and the viewing habits.
5.Applies theoretical and analytical knowledge to national and international products and relations
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Barker, Chris, 1999, Television, Globalisation and Cultural Identities, Open University Press (TGC)
2.Kellner, Douglas,1998, Media Culture, Routledge, London, New York (MC)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction: Television, representation and culture
Week 2 - Theoretical
Communication, representation and culture in critical social theories
Week 3 - Theoretical
Televizyon ve televizyon programlarını anlamak: Metin nedir ve çözümleme biçimleri
Week 4 - Theoretical
Television narration as a narration system
Week 5 - Theoretical
Combining the mode of production, textuality and identity politics of television: advertising
Week 6 - Theoretical
Television and race, gender and class representation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Television as a cultural form
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exams
Week 9 - Theoretical
Television: Public and private space
Week 10 - Theoretical
Audience and meaning production
Week 11 - Theoretical
Television production, program types and streaming
Week 12 - Theoretical
Television economic relations program production and professionals
Week 13 - Theoretical
Television economy in the age of globalization and relations of international cultural domination
Week 14 - Theoretical
An overview of period information: the cultural link between the postmodern era and television texts.
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final Exams
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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