SOC315 SOCIOLOGY OF MASS COMMUNICATION
| Course Code: | 2320315 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (4.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AYŞE İDİL AYBARS |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students will comprehend the importance of the communication media in society and the sociological parameters of the phenomenon of mass communication both in theoretical and applied terms.
Course Content
An examination of mass communication theories. Discussion on the mass media of communication and their role as social institutions; content, audience and the effect of the mass media. The functions of communications media in the formation of public opinion, cultural values and social control. Analysis of examples from both early studies and current research.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Students will make sense of the mass media of communication and their role as social institutions, their social functions, effects and changing forms.
2. Students will illustrate the different theoretical approaches to mass media and communications, and relate it to contemporary media environment.
3. Students will locate the importance of the media in today’s society, focusing on changing social relationships, political organization forms, inequality patterns, as well as the impacts of globalization.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To correlate sociology and other social sciences | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs in their fields | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To know and implement the ethics of sociological research | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution