Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
STVY530MEDIA AND PROPAGANDACompulsory125
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To motivate students to questioning and analysing the structure, conflicts and methods of power, to explain and clarify the theoretical and philosophical approaches to power throughout the motives, and to re-define the concept of power in terms of both political history and daily life.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To develop a political, legal and philosophical perspective to cinema
2To improve analytical and critical approach to the art and political reality
3To enhance understanding of the concepts and conceptualizations in legal and political philosophy through movies
4To apply the critical concepts of contemporary politics to cinema
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Explanation of the revolution of the politic films in times and its importance for art of cinema, by analyzing the important samples.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to the political cinema: Basic Concepts
2Genres of political cinema and the state and cinema relationship
3Birth of the Naional Cinema and the Political Films
4The Hollywood Cinema and the Politics
5Human nature and power: Lord of the flies
6Fascism, daily life and power: Amacord
7Cold war and power relations: Dr. Strangelove
8Midterm Exam
91968, Revolution and the Cinema
10The Colonisation and Political Cinema
11Good, bad and an existential look at the power: Europa
12Civil war, ethnicity and power: Before the rain
13Turkish Political Cinema
14Military Coup and Political Cinema
15World politics, political economy and power: Fahrenheit 9/11
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture notes
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
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Project Preparation22040
Project Presentation212
Individual Study for Mid term Examination13535
Individual Study for Final Examination13535
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)144
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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1
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LO12        
LO2 5       
LO3  4      
LO4   3     
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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