Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
STVY520CULTURAL STUDIES AND FILMSCompulsory115
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.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Students can deal film with sociological point of view, explain that movies are social documents to demonstrate social and cultural issues.
2Students can express film as a means of mass communication.
3Students can associate cinematic communication with production, distribution, exhibition, participation, methods of watching and cultural-social strucure.
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.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and content of the course
2Dealing film with sociological point of view, main elements of film-society relation, brief history of researches which have focused on this relation
3Film as a means of mass communication, place of film in culture
4Analysis of film and society 1: film-audience relations, etnography of the audience and uses and gratification theory
5Analysis of film and society 2: social content of movies and analyses of them, cultural values
6An example of film-society relation: Profile of man immigrating to city in Turkish Film
7Analysis of film and society 3: ideological approach towards film, understanding the ideology of a movie, signs and ideological meaning
8Midterm
9Movie: Woman in Turkish Film
10Movie: Man in Turkish Film
11Movie: Hollywood and war
12Movie: Globalisation, national identity and Turkish Film
13Presentations
14Presentations
15Presentations
16Final
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.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Individual Study for Homework Problems13030
Individual Study for Mid term Examination13030
Individual Study for Final Examination23060
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)152
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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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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6
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7
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8
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9
LO14        
LO2 4       
LO3  4      
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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