Information Systems and Technologies | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | YMD418 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Digital Activism | ||||||||
Course Semester: | Spring | ||||||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | TR | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | University Elective | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi SEMRA GEÇKİN ONAT | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi SEMRA GEÇKİN ONAT |
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Course Objectives: | As internet-based new technologies have changed the communication paradigm; social organization forms, activism and protest movements have also changed. The aim of this course is to examine the types of alternative media, the digitalization of activism and the types of digital activism, the sociological, political and economic analysis of the new social movements and the position of the new media. |
Course Content: | Network society, online public space, digital social movements, activism, digital activism, digital cultures, network-based sociability, civil society, identity. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | New social movements. The dynamics of new social movements. | |
2) | Theoretical approaches to social movements. | |
3) | New social movements. The dynamics of new social movements. | |
4) | Organizing, identity and activism. | |
5) | The role of new communication technologies in digital protest movements as alternative media. Social media platforms and activism. | |
6) | The relationship between new social movements, activism and new media. | |
7) | Midterm. | |
8) | Evaluating the activities of digital public relations in the context of new social movements. | |
9) | Feminist activism in digital environment. | |
10) | Environmental Movements in Digital Media. | |
11) | LGBTi Movements on digital media. | |
12) | Art, activism and new media. | |
13) | The importance of social media tools in the context of subculture and opposing culture. | |
14) | General Evaluation and Review. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Network Society, Van Dijk, J. Sage, London: 2010. İnternet ve Sokak, Yasemin İnceoğlu. İstanbul: 2015 |
References: | Toplumsal Hareketler Sosyolojisi, Ahmet Uysal. İstanbul: 2016 Sanaldan Sokağa Toplumsal Hareketler, Gülcan Işık. İstanbul: 2015 |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||
1) Having knowledge and skills in software development for different environments, systems management, network security, data and database management systems. | ||||||
2) Keeping up-to-date with current issues about new information systems that are the result of rapid change of information technologies. | ||||||
3) Be aware of the importance of Information Systems' stratagic position in the firm and its role in the creation of new business strategies. | ||||||
4) To be able to explain the ideas and suggestions that is related to the field of Information Systems as in writing and orally. | ||||||
5) ability to carry out an independent study on the subjects requiring expertise in the field of Information Systems. |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Having knowledge and skills in software development for different environments, systems management, network security, data and database management systems. | |
2) | Keeping up-to-date with current issues about new information systems that are the result of rapid change of information technologies. | |
3) | Be aware of the importance of Information Systems' stratagic position in the firm and its role in the creation of new business strategies. | |
4) | To be able to explain the ideas and suggestions that is related to the field of Information Systems as in writing and orally. | |
5) | ability to carry out an independent study on the subjects requiring expertise in the field of Information Systems. |
Field Study | |
Expression | |
Individual study and homework | |
Lesson | |
Reading | |
Homework | |
Case Study |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Homework | |
Observation | |
Individual Project | |
Presentation | |
Case study presentation |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 95 |
Homework Assignments | 16 | 48 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 |
Final | 2 | 6 |
Total Workload | 200 |