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Critical Media Studies

Course Code	: MİÇ621
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

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

Objectives of the Course

This course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge of key concepts, theories and debates in the field of critical media studies.

Course Content

This course focuses on basic topics such as critical theory and communication theories, key concepts in social sciences, political economy of the media, cultural studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Hüseyin ÇELİK

Learning Outcomes

1.	Have basic knowledge about the main concepts, theories and debates in the field of media and communication studies.
2.	Will be able to analyze the main divergences and features of each approach constituting the critical paradigm.
3.	Evaluate the critical approach's view of the media environment as a whole at the level of production, product and consumption.
4.	Gains a critical perspective on media production and consumption within the framework of the approaches learned in the course.
5.	Can make critical reading of media texts.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Çelik, Hüseyin (2018) Dil ve Yeni Medya, İstanbul: Doğu
2.	Bourdieu, Pierre (1997). Televizyon Üzerine. Çev., Turhan Ilgaz. İstanbul: YKY.
3.	Burton, Graeme (1995). Görünenden Fazlası:Medya Analizlerine Giriş. Çev., Nefin Dinç. İstanbul: Alan.
4.	Fiske, John (1996). İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş. Çev.: Süleyman İrvan. Ankara: Ark Yayınları
5.	Fiske, John (2002). “Postmodernizm ve Televizyon”. Medya, Kültür ve Siyaset içinde, (Der.) Süleyman İrvan. Ankara: Alp Yayınevi
6.	Erdoğan, İrfan (2002). İletişimi Anlamak. Ankara: Erk
7.	Fiske, John (1996). İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş. Çev., Süleyman İrvan. Ankara: Ark Yayınları.
8.	İrvan, Süleyman (2002). Medya, Kültür, Siyaset. Ankara: Alp.
9.	Küçük, Mehmet (der) (1994). Medya,İktidar, İdeoloji. Ankara: Ark.
10.	Bauman, Zygmunt (2017) Akışkan Modernite, İstanbul: Can
11.	Slater, Phil (1998 Frankfurt Okulu, İstanbul: Kabalcı
12.	Geuss, Raymond (2002). Eleştirel Teori: Habermas ve Frankfurt Okulu. Ayrıntı Yayınları
13.	Golding, Peter ve Murdock, Graham (2002). “Kültür, İletişim ve Ekonomi Politik”. Medya Kültür Siyaset içinde. (Der.) Süleyman İrvan. Ankara: Alp Yayınevi.
14.	Adaklı, Gülseren (2006) Türkiye’de Medya Endüstrisi, Ankara: Ütopya.
15.	Güngör, Nazife (2018) İletişim Kuram ve Yaklaşımları, Ankara: Siyasal.
16.	Baştan, Serhat (2005) İletişim Teorisi, Ankara: Orion.
17.	Althusser, Louis. (200) İdeoloji ve Devletin İdeolojik Aygıtları. Çev: Yusuf Alp. İstanbul: İletişim.
18.	Erdoğan, İrfan (2018) Diktatörlüğün Medyası, Ankara: Pozitif Mat..
19.	Erdoğan, İrfan (2014) Medya Teori ve Araştırmaları, Ankara: Erk.
20.	İrvan, Süleyman (1997) Medya Kültür Siyaset, der.: S. İrvan, Ankara: Ark.
21.	Çiler, Dursun (2013) İletişim Kuram Kritik, Ankara:İmge.
22.	Banks, John (1996) Monopoly Television. New York: Oxford, 1996.
23.	Hall, Stuart (2008). “Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Teorik Mirası”. İletişim Çalışmalarında Kırılmalar ve Uzlaşmalar içinde. (Der.)Sevilay Çelenk. Ankara: DeKi Basım Yayım.
24.	Kellner, Douglas (2008). “Ayrımın Üstesinden Gelmek: Kültürel Çalışmalar ve Ekonomi-Politik”. İletişim Çalışmalarında Kırılmalar ve Uzlaşmalar içinde. (Der.)Sevilay Çelenk. Ankara: DeKi Basım Yayım.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Course introduction

Week 2 - Theoretical

Fundamentals and Background of Critical Theory

Week 3 - Theoretical

Evaluation of Mainstream Approach in Communication Studies and Differences with Critical Approach

Week 4 - Theoretical

Introduction to the Frankfurt School: Leading Critical Theorists (Adorno, Horkheimer, Benjamin, Marcuse, and Habermas)

Week 5 - Theoretical

Fundamental Concepts of the Frankfurt School: Cultural Industry, High Culture, Popular Culture and Mass Culture

Week 6 - Theoretical

Structuralism and Semiotics (Saussure, Levi-Strauss, Lacan, Barthes)

Week 7 - Theoretical

Post-Modern Approaches: (Post-Structuralism, Post-Modernism and Feminist Approaches)

Week 8 - Intermediate Exam

Midterm

Week 9 - Theoretical

Marxism, Ideology and Hegemony: (Marx, Althusser, Gramsci)

Week 10 - Theoretical

Cultural Studies Approach (Williams, Hall, Kellner, Fiske, Grossberg)

Week 11 - Theoretical

Critical Political Economy: (Golding, Murdock, Garnham, Curran, Mosco)

Week 12 - Theoretical

Critical Political Economy Approach II: (Chomsky, Schiller, Smythe)

Week 13 - Theoretical

International mass communication: Western-style modernization, globalization and counter-thesis. Media imperialism; cultural imperialism

Week 14 - Theoretical

Discussion: The Current Structure of the Media in Turkey and a Critical Look at the Media

Week 15 - Final Exam

Final Exam

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	13	3	3	78
Midterm Examination	1	20	2	22
Final Examination	1	20	2	22
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8
OÇ-1						5	5	5
OÇ-2						5	5	5
OÇ-3	5	5				5	5	5
OÇ-4	5	5				5	5	5
OÇ-5		5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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