FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of Cinema and Digital Media
CDM 104 | Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Name |
Introduction to Cultural Studies
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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CDM 104
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Spring
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3
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0
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3
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4
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionProblem SolvingCase StudyQ&ACritical feedbackLecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Objectives | This course will introduce students to the basic concepts and analytical methods commonly employed in cultural studies. The emphasis is on audio-visual culture in particular and cultural products in general, taken in their broader social, aesthetic, ethical, and political contexts. The course emphasizes questions such as how do we make meaning of the audio-visual world? In what ways do social, political, cultural, ethical factors affect visual representation? What is the relationship between culture, images and power? |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In an interactive lecture form, the course reviews visual cultural products ranging from newspapers to the Web, advertisements to the movies, from television to fine arts and discusses them in relation to their economic, social, political and cultural contexts. Students are expected to actively participate in class discussion. |
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Core Courses |
X
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| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction Key concepts | Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn. Introducing Cultural Studies, I, 1-24. |
| 2 | Studying culture | Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn. Introducing Cultural Studies, I, 1-24. |
| 3 | Media and representation | Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn. Introducing Cultural Studies, 2, 25-57. |
| 4 | Aesthetics and Taste: High and low culture | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 53-63. |
| 5 | Culture and Ideology | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 64-83. |
| 6 | Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Psychoanalysis | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 101-112. |
| 7 | Researching Culture: Methodologies | Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn. Introducing Cultural Studies, 90-106. |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | |
| 9 | Body and ideology | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 125-60. |
| 10 | Subjectivity and Identity | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 259-94. |
| 11 | Gender | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 342-90. |
| 12 | Ethnicity and Nation | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition), 295-341. |
| 13 | Digital Media | Geert Lovink, Social Media Abyss (2016) (excerpts) |
| 14 | Anthropocene | Joanna Zylinska, The End of Man: A Feminist Counterapocalypse (2018) (excerpts) |
| 15 | Final Exam | |
| 16 | Review of the semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Chris Barker and Emma A. Jane. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (5th edition). Sage Publications, 2016 (CSTP) Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn. Introducing Cultural Studies (2nd edition). Routlege, 2008 (ICS) |
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EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
5
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10
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| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
1
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35
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| Final Exam |
1
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55
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
6
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45
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
1
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55
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| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
14
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3
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42
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
5
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1
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5
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
0
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
1
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10
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10
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| Final Exam |
1
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15
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15
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| Total |
120
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. |
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| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. |
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| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. |
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| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. |
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| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. |
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| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. |
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| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. |
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| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. |
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| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. |
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| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. |
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| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. |
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| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. |
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