NMC 311 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of New Media and Communication

Course Name

Communication, Media and The City

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
NMC 311	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Group Work Case Study Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Doç. Dr. Altuğ AKIN
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Dr. Altuğ AKIN Öğr. Gör. Dr. Ali Ercan Özgür
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	This course aims to give students an interdisciplinary theoretical perspective on media and the city, so that they can critically engage with the intensification of media and communication processes taking place in urban life on a global scale.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; Use key concepts shaping current thinking about media and the city. Discuss how cities are changing rapidly with media technologies. Explain interaction between current urban and media infrastructures. Discuss the ideas of participation and social change in relation to the future of cities. Develop research projects applicable to cities and media. Evaluate communication-related contemporary challenges faced by urban populations.
Course Description	The course will focus on how cities and media interact and create new communication forms relevant to spheres of design, business and civic engagement. In this context, students will analyze a city as a case study that they will do within the scope of the lesson.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses	X
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction
2	From History of Cities to the Global City	Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout “The Evolution of Cities”, chap 1 in The City Reader, 4th ed (London and New York, Routledge, 1996) 11-79.
3	Media and City Encounters	Myria Georgiou, “Media and the City: Synergies of Power”, chap. 2 in Media and the City: Cosmopolitanism and Difference (London: Polity, 2013), 31-53
4	Architectural Reflections	Michael Picione “Land Use in the city”, chap. 7 in Urban Geography: a Global Perspective, 3rd ed (London and New York, Routledge, 2009), 137-164 Tilo Schabert “The Cosmology of the Architecture of Cities” Volume: 39 issue: 156, page(s): 1-31 Issue published: December 1, 1991
5	City, Communication and Design	Scott McQuire, Threshold of the Media City, chap 1, in “The Media City” (2008, London, SAGE Publications Ltd), 29 - 111
6	Social Design: Idea Development Workshop	Selin Gürdere Akdur and Harun Kaygan (2019). Social Design in Turkey through a Survey of Design Media: Projects, Objectives, Participation Approaches. The Design Journal, 22(1).
7	Mid-Term
8	Business in/for the City	John R. Logan, The City as a Growth Machine, in Urban Fortunes (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, University of California Press,2007) 50-99
9	Culture, Creativity and the City	Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout “Urban Culture and Society”, chap 2 in The City Reader, 4th edn (London and New York, Routledge, 1996) 11-79. Masayuki Sasaki, (2010) “Urban regeneration through cultural creativity and social inclusion: Rethinking creative city theory through a Japanese case study”, The City Journal, Volume: 22, Supplement: 1
10	New Technologies and City: Finance City	John Truby (2018), “Fintech and the city: Sandbox 2.0 policy and regulatory reform proposals”, International Review of Law, Computers & Technology Volume 34, 2020 - Issue 3: Rediscovering Trust in the Datafied City
11	Participation, Engagement and City	Frans Coenen, “Local Agenda 21: ‘Meaningful and Effective’ Participation?” In Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions (e-book, Springer, 2009) 165-182 Korel Göymen (2008), “Dynamics of Changes in Turkish Local Governance Demise of the Bureaucratic Ruling Tradition?” Society and Economy In Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest. Volume 28, Issue 3.
12	Decentralization and the City	Jeffere Y Seller and Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, “Metropolitan Governance”, in Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World , (Barcelona, UCLG, 2008) Norbert Kersting et al (2009), “Local Governance Reform in Europe”, chap 2, in Local Governance Reform in Global Perspective, Urban and Regional Research International, Volume :12, 1-9
13	Crisis, Emergency and the City	Sara Meerow, Joshua P. Newell, Melissa Stults, “Defining urban resilience: A review”, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 147, 2016, 38-49
14	Workshop: Future of Cities and the Media	John Rennie Short, “The Future City: Rethinking Urban Theory”, chap 15 in Urban Theory. A Critical Assessment (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) 219-227
15	Semester Review
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout, The City Reader, (London and New York, Routledge, 2007) ISBN: 978-0-415-77084-2-

Myria Georgiou Media and the City: Cosmopolitanism and Difference (London: Wiley, 2013) ISBN: 978-0-745-64856-9

Scott McQuire, Threshold of the Media City, chap 1, in “The Media City” (London, SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008), ISBN: 9780857025371.

Michael Picione, Urban Geography: a Global Perspective, 3^rd ed (London and New York, Routledge, 2009), ISBN: 9780415462020

John R. Logan, Urban Fortunes (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, University of California Press, 2007), ISBN: 9780520254282

Frans Coenen, Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions (e-book, Springer, 2009) ISBN 978-1-4020-9325-8

Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World, (Barcelona, UCLG, 2008) https://www.gold.uclg.org/sites/default/files/GOLDI_%20EN.pdf

John Rennie Short, Urban Theory. A Critical Assessment (2^nd Edition) (New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) Ebook – ISBN: 9781137382665

Suggested Readings/Materials

www.uclg.org

www.unhabitat.org

https://ecrea.eu/page-18228

https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/home

https://childfriendlycities.org/

https://www.mica.edu/research/center-for-social-design/#:~:text=Social%20design%20is%20a%20creative,to%20support%20positive%20social%20change

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-	-
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	30
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	-	-
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	1	14
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	-		0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	3	10	30
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	1	40	40
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	18	18
Final Exam	-		0
		Total	150

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication.	X	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication.	X	-	-	-	-
3	To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.	-	X	-	-	-
6	To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	X	-	-
7	To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies.	-	-	X	-	-
9	To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-