Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | STVY520 | CULTURAL STUDIES AND FILMS | Compulsory | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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Level of Course Unit |
Second Cycle |
Objectives of the Course |
Dealing film with sociological point of view, discussing the relation between film and society, explaining film is a tool to reflect society and culture, knowing films referring to the relation between film and society, analysis of problems regarding to society by the tool of film.
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Learning Outcomes |
1 | Students can deal film with sociological point of view, explain that movies are social documents to demonstrate social and cultural issues. | 2 | Students can express film as a means of mass communication. | 3 | Students can associate cinematic communication with production, distribution, exhibition, participation, methods of watching and cultural-social strucure. |
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Mode of Delivery |
Formal Education |
Prerequisites and co-requisities |
None |
Recommended Optional Programme Components |
None |
Course Contents |
Relation between film and sociology will be clafiried referring to the concepts of two disciplines.
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Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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1 | Introduction and content of the course | | | 2 | Dealing film with sociological point of view, main elements of film-society relation, brief history of researches which have focused on this relation | | | 3 | Film as a means of mass communication, place of film in culture | | | 4 | Analysis of film and society 1: film-audience relations, etnography of the audience and uses and gratification theory | | | 5 | Analysis of film and society 2: social content of movies and analyses of them, cultural values | | | 6 | An example of film-society relation: Profile of man immigrating to city in Turkish Film | | | 7 | Analysis of film and society 3: ideological approach towards film, understanding the ideology of a movie, signs and ideological meaning | | | 8 | Midterm | | | 9 | Movie: Woman in Turkish Film | | | 10 | Movie: Man in Turkish Film | | | 11 | Movie: Hollywood and war | | | 12 | Movie: Globalisation, national identity and Turkish Film | | | 13 | Presentations | | | 14 | Presentations | | | 15 | Presentations | | | 16 | Final | | |
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Recommended or Required Reading |
Güçhan, Gülseren (1994). Toplumsal Değişme ve Türk Sineması. Ankara: İmge
Güçhan,Gülseren (1999). Tür Sineması Görüntü ve İdeoloji. Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi.
Kellner, D.,Ryan, M.(1997)Politik Kamera, Çağdaş Hollywood Sinemasının İdeolojisi ve Politikası. İstanbul: Ayrıntı.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
SUM | 0 | |
SUM | 0 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | SUM | 100 |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | Work Placement(s) | None |
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Workload Calculation |
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Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Individual Study for Homework Problems | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Individual Study for Final Examination | 2 | 30 | 60 |
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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