GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
MEDIA AND BODY IMAGE/5360073
Course Title: MEDIA AND BODY IMAGE
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Yrd. Doç. Dr. Gülsüm Gülnaz Gültekin
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gulsumg
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   gulsumg@gazi.edu.tr, gulsumgulnaz@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Defines concepts of body, body image and relatives to these.
Explains the processes of formation of the person body image.
Explains how the media effects our perception of our bodies.
Studies the effects of media on male and female bodies in terms of arranging social gender roles.
Evaluates the relationship between beauty industries such as fashion, diet etc and media industries in term of the development of global consumption c
Questions the effects of people's own positive and negative body images on other fields of their lives.
Evaluates the social and economic concequences of personel perceptions about body image.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
   The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Meeting. Introduction to the course. Terms of body, body image and relatives. Body image in historay.
2. Week  Person's interaction with his/her body. Theoretical framework of personel body image formation.
3. Week  Culture and body image. Body sociology. The relationship between the transformation in media and the change of judgments related to body image.
4. Week  The role of body perception in the formation of personality(ego) and self-respect.The presentation of personality via the body as communication channe
5. Week  The construction process and components of body image.
6. Week  The role of media in people is beauty perception. The idealized body beauty in media: Male and female bodies.
7. Week  Midderm
8. Week  The effects of media on male and female bodies in terms of arranging social gender roles.
9. Week  The relationship between beauty industries such as fashion, diet etc and media industries in term of the development of global consumption culture.
10. Week  Body as consumption object.
11. Week  The effects of different perceptions about body image on different fields of life on a personel and social level.
12. Week  Media, body image and health (Effects on children, teenagers and adults)
13. Week  Media, body image and family. Media, body image and business life.
14. Week  Student presentations.
15. Week  Student presentations. general review
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Bedenin Tarihi 3 - Bakıştaki Değişim: 20. Yüzyıl, Hazırlayan: A. Corbin / G.Vigarello / J.J. Courtine, Çeviren: Saadet Özen, ISBN: 978-975-08-2615-3, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2013 - The ministry of thin : how the pursuit of perfection got out of control / Emma Woolf, Berkeley, California : Soft Skull Press, 2014
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, question-answer, discussion, case-study
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
13
4
52
 Searching in Internet and Library
13
4
52
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
1
4
4
 Presentation
4
3
12
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
3
6
 Final and Studying for Final
2
3
6
 Other
13
1
13
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
187
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.48
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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4
5
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2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
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