ADM5170 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION
| Course Code: | 3105170 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Political Science and Public Adm. |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
Political economy is a major perspective in understanding the media of modern capitalism, which extensively operate as ´cultural industries´. The structure and operational logic of these organizations exhibit both similarities with and differences from other industries. Their common features with other areas of commodity production signify the fact that cultural industries are increasingly integrated into the general industrial structure and they explicitly operate within the field of economics. However, it is also obvious that the commodities they produce are extensively divorced from the commodity form produced in classical sectors of manufacturing industries. In other words, the commodities produced by cultural industries appear as symbols, which can be evaluated as one of the primary means in organizing the images and discourses through which people signify their own or others´ life. Through introducing the main perspectives in the political economy of communication and conveying how political economies approached to particular problem areas within the field, the ultimate objective of this course is to present a critical analytical framework of understanding the relation between symbolic and economic dimensions of cultural commodity production within contemporary capitalism.
Course Learning Outcomes
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | The ability to interpret and assess the ways in which power is generated and used socially, institutionally, economically and culturally at the local, national and international levels. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | The ability to conduct interdisciplinary studies and research when assessing the social phenomena in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To attain a sound formation regarding the basic topics, like state-society relations, history of political thought, organisational theory, Turkish politics and comparative politics, in the field of Political Science and Public Administration. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | The ability to use the classical and new approaches in social sciences comprehensively and critically. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To acquire the methodological knowledge and scientific skills which would enhance the capacity to conduct scientific research and produce publications including a M.S. thesis. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | The ability to evaluate the different dimensions of the problems in the policy areas which are studied through the use of different theoretical perspectives and to develop strategies on this basis. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To uphold ethical principles in science, academy and life. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To approach the issues by an independent, critical and inventive cognitive orientation, which could also support the professional career development. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution