Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
5PR 303Sociology of Communications3+0+035

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program BA Program in Comparative Literature
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of this course is to examine the role of communication in society from an interdisciplinary and historical perspective and to enable students to analyze communication products in the context of different social theories.
Course Content To evaluate the communication studies in the context of sociology, to provide a background for all communication studies and to set up a substructure basis for master education.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Asist Prof.Dr. Kübra Özarslan
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Media Sociology by İrfan Erdoğan
All students are requested to do presentation during the semester.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Assignment 1 % 20
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
3
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 3 42
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 84

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To understand the role and importance of communication studies in the context of sociology.
2 To explain how communication has evolved in the course of history
3 To understand the importance of communication for human


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 The relation between Science, Society, Sociology and Communication
2 The relation between Science, Society, Sociology and Communication
3 The basic structure of communication
4 Biological, individual and interpersonal organizations
5 Organizational structures and communication
6 Organizational structures and communication
7 Mass Communication
8 Midterm
9 Mass communication
10 The production, distrubution, consumption and regulation in mass communication
11 The production, distrubution, consumption and regulation in mass communication
12 National and International System in Communication
13 National and International System in Communication
14 Final Exam


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 P13
C1 4 5 1 2 1 2 4 3
C2 4 5 1 2 1 2 4 3
C3 4 5 1 2 1 2 4 3

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant


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