SECTION I: GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Course Code	Course Name	Year	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
70314TATOS-ITG0172	Dijital Kültürler	0	Spring	3	0	3	6

Course Type :	Departmental Elective
Cycle:	Master TQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Second Cycle EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree
Language of Instruction:	Turkish
Prerequisities and Co-requisities:	N/A
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Name of Coordinator:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ONUR SESİGÜR
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SECTION II: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Course Objectives & Content

Course Objectives:

Students enrolled in this course critically comments on cultural phenomenons observable in contemporary socio-technology contexts, taking historical continuities into account. Students are expected to conduct analyses that highlights relationalities in economic, social, political and technological contexts of digital cultures, a contemporary sub topic of cultural studies.

Course Content:

Throughout the course, social and technological developments in 20th century, which drives us to commonly talk about digital culture today are investigated, avoiding anachronic aproaches. In the next breath, culturally discussed contemporary digital culture phenomena are analysed in-depth and in a critical fashion. Students write intentive analysis pieces in culturally sensitive and complex contexts.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) are those describing the knowledge, skills and competencies that students are expected to achieve upon successful completion of the course. In this context, Course Learning Outcomes defined for this course unit are as follows:



Knowledge *(Described as Theoritical and/or Factual Knowledge.)*
Skills *(Describe as Cognitive and/or Practical Skills.)*
Competences *(Described as "Ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills autonomously with responsibility", "Learning to learn"," Communication and social" and "Field specific" competences.)*

Weekly Course Schedule

Week	Subject	Materials Sharing *
		Related Preparation	Further Study
1)	Culture, digital or not
2)	The Beginnings of Digital Culture
3)	The Cybernetic Era
4)	The Digital Avant-Garde
5)	The Digital Counter-Culture
6)	Digital Resistances
7)	Midterms Week
8)	Digital Nature and Digital Culture in the 21st Century
9)	Worship at the Altar of Convergence
10)	Fan Culture
11)	Trolls
12)	Meme Culture
13)	Platforms
14)	Alone Together

*These fields provides students with course materials for their pre- and further study before and after the course delivered.

DERS ÖĞRENME ÇIKTILARI - PROGRAM ÖĞRENME ÇIKTILARI İLİŞKİSİ

Contribution of The Course Unit To The Programme Learning Outcomes

Ders Öğrenme Çıktıları (DÖÇ)
Program Öğrenme Çıktıları (PÖÇ)
1) Develops analyzing problems, solving them and managing the conflicts competence in the expert level.
1) He/she gains the ability to produce innovative projects related to the field.
1) Be able to collect, interpret and analyze the data obtained from research in the field of communication.
1) He/she can interpret an artwork aesthetically.
1) To be able to inform the persons and institutions in the field of communication, and to express their opinions and solutions by supporting them with qualitative and quantitative data.
1) Will be able to examine the concepts and theories in semiotics and communication with scientific methods.
2) To be able to express himself / herself clearly, clearly and effectively conduct scientific research in the field and act ethically in the interpretation and dissemination of the results of this research.
2) Students will be able to inform the individuals and institutions in the field of communication and convey their opinions and solutions by supporting them in written and oral form with qualitative and quantitative data.
2) The students can perform the production of visual and / or auditory arts which he / she is interested in effectively using euphorology.
2) Participates as a team member in the environments that require the solving of the conflicts and acts as a leader when necessary.
2) He/she can interpret a work in a critical context aesthetically
2) Finds solutions to problems by using theoretical and practical information
3) He / she can design a communication design project, conduct research related to his / her subject and make a report and present his / her work.
3) He/She has aesthetic knowledge and sense.
3) Evaluates the norms and standards present in the works in which s/he takes responsibility in a critical point of view, develops innovative and entrepreneurial ideas.
3) He/she improvements an aesthetic perspective in the light of received theoretical knowledge.
4) Use the theoretical knowledge in scientific research and decision making with efficiency and report the results with an analytical approach.
4) Aware of the advanced technology and digital transformation possibilities in his/her works.
5) By supporting the learnt courses with quantitative and qualitative data; and by using verbal and visual communication means, s/he transfers them to the groups within and outside his/her field in a systematical and effective way.
5) In addition to the bachelor level competencies already acquired, s/he acquires the competencies that develop by the expectations of business world and the society defined as the institutional outcomes of our university on the professional level in business and/or academic life.
6) Has cultural awareness and s/he transfers this to the groups within and outside his/her field.

SECTION III: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE UNIT AND COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)

Level of Contribution of the Course to PLOs

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Programme Learning Outcomes	Contribution Level (from 1 to 5)
1)	Develops analyzing problems, solving them and managing the conflicts competence in the expert level.
1)	He/she gains the ability to produce innovative projects related to the field.
1)	Be able to collect, interpret and analyze the data obtained from research in the field of communication.
1)	He/she can interpret an artwork aesthetically.
1)	To be able to inform the persons and institutions in the field of communication, and to express their opinions and solutions by supporting them with qualitative and quantitative data.
1)	Will be able to examine the concepts and theories in semiotics and communication with scientific methods.
2)	To be able to express himself / herself clearly, clearly and effectively conduct scientific research in the field and act ethically in the interpretation and dissemination of the results of this research.
2)	Students will be able to inform the individuals and institutions in the field of communication and convey their opinions and solutions by supporting them in written and oral form with qualitative and quantitative data.
2)	The students can perform the production of visual and / or auditory arts which he / she is interested in effectively using euphorology.
2)	Participates as a team member in the environments that require the solving of the conflicts and acts as a leader when necessary.
2)	He/she can interpret a work in a critical context aesthetically
2)	Finds solutions to problems by using theoretical and practical information
3)	He / she can design a communication design project, conduct research related to his / her subject and make a report and present his / her work.
3)	He/She has aesthetic knowledge and sense.
3)	Evaluates the norms and standards present in the works in which s/he takes responsibility in a critical point of view, develops innovative and entrepreneurial ideas.
3)	He/she improvements an aesthetic perspective in the light of received theoretical knowledge.
4)	Use the theoretical knowledge in scientific research and decision making with efficiency and report the results with an analytical approach.
4)	Aware of the advanced technology and digital transformation possibilities in his/her works.
5)	By supporting the learnt courses with quantitative and qualitative data; and by using verbal and visual communication means, s/he transfers them to the groups within and outside his/her field in a systematical and effective way.
5)	In addition to the bachelor level competencies already acquired, s/he acquires the competencies that develop by the expectations of business world and the society defined as the institutional outcomes of our university on the professional level in business and/or academic life.
6)	Has cultural awareness and s/he transfers this to the groups within and outside his/her field.

SECTION IV: TEACHING-LEARNING & ASSESMENT-EVALUATION METHODS OF THE COURSE

Teaching & Learning Methods of the Course

(All teaching and learning methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Teaching and Learning Methods defined at the Programme Level	Teaching and Learning Methods Defined for the Course

Assessment & Evaluation Methods of the Course

(All assessment and evaluation methods used at the university are managed systematically. Upon proposals of the programme units, they are assessed by the relevant academic boards and, if found appropriate, they are included among the university list. Programmes, then, choose the appropriate methods in line with their programme design from this list. Likewise, appropriate methods to be used for the course units can be chosen among those defined for the programme.)

Aassessment and evaluation Methods defined at the Programme Level	Assessment and Evaluation Methods defined for the Course

Contribution of Assesment & Evalution Activities to Final Grade of the Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods	# of practice per semester	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10.00
Presentation	1	% 10.00
Midterms	1	% 30.00
Semester Final Exam	1	% 50.00
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

SECTION V: WORKLOAD & ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED FOR THE COURSE

WORKLOAD OF TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Teaching & Learning Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Course	0	0	0
Laboratory	0	0	0
Application	0	0	0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement)	0	0	0
Field Work	0	0	0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Presentations / Seminar	14	3	42
Project	0	0	0
Homework Assignments	0	0	0
Total Workload of Teaching & Learning Activities	-	-	84
WORKLOAD OF ASSESMENT & EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Assesment & Evaluation Activities	# of Activities per semester	Duration (hour)	Total Workload
Quizzes	0	0	0
Midterms	1	40	40
Semester Final Exam	1	30	30
Total Workload of Assesment & Evaluation Activities	-	-	70
TOTAL WORKLOAD (Teaching & Learning + Assesment & Evaluation Activities)			154
ECTS CREDITS OF THE COURSE (Total Workload/25.5 h)			6

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