BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
2018-2019 Spring Semester
NMD2908 Youth Culture and Media

Course Credit : (3 + 0)
Classroom : GLT 704
Day & Time : Wednesday, 11:30-14:20
Instructors : Tirşe Erbaysal Filibeli, PhD
Office Hours : Thursday 15.00-17.00 / GLT512
E-mail : tirse.erbaysalfilibeli@comm.bau.edu.tr
Course Book : Collected readings will be sent via itslearning.
: Participation & Discussions (10%)
Class Attendance (5%)(10w –1p; 11w –1p; 12w –3p; 13w –4p; 14w –5p)
Presentation (10%)
Grading Short paper (%20)
Video (%15)
Final (40%)

Course Description: The content of the course includes theoretical perspectives on youth studies and
research methodologies. Through the theoretical readings students will gain information on the
relationship between young people and mass media, besides they will develop a critical point of view
on youth culture which varies across different place and time. Additionally, by applying particular
methods in the field research, students will be able to trace the socio-historical factors that affect youth
culture and will observe the differences between generations.

Important Notices: In Bahçeşehir University attendance to class hours is obligatory, in other terms,
less than 70% class attendance to the lectures means getting an automatic N/A (Failing by Non
Attendance) grade.
Format: Attendance and class participation is essential. Students are expected to read weekly texts
and comment upon their reading, contribute to weekly topics.
Grade Scale: (You will be given number grades for individual grade items (for example, 26 out of 30
for the exam etc.)

A 95-100 C+ 70-74
A- 90-94 C 65-69
B+ 85-89 C- 60-64
B 80-84 D+ 55-59
B- 75-79 D 50-54
F 49 and below
Course Schedule:
Week Date Topic Readings & Audiovisual Materials
1 6 Feb Introduction to the course

2 13 Feb What/Who is Youth? Defining Youth Johanna Wyn and Rob White (1997)
Culture: Historical constructions of the term Chapter 1: “The Concept of Youth.” in
Rethinking Youth, pp. 8-25. London:
Sage Publications

3 20 Feb Youth and Subcultures Michael Brake (1985) “The use of

subcultures as an analytical tool in
sociology” in Comparative Youth
Culture, , pp. 1-30. New York:
Routledge

4 27 Feb Comparative study of youth culture from X Corey Seemiller; Meghan Grace
to Z generation (2018), Generation Z a Century in the
Making, Routledge, ISBN:
1138337315,9781138337312

Dimock, M. (2018). Defining

generations: Where Millennials end
and post-Millennials begin. Retrieved
from www.pewresearch.org/fact-
tank/2018/03/01/defining-
generations-where-millennials-
end-and-post-millennials-begin/
5 6 Mar Research methodologies, supplementary
readings-theories and research examples

6 13 Mar NewTalk 140 Journos

7 20 Mar Presentation of research subjects

8 27 Mar Youth culture and the mass Steven Best and Douglas Kellner
media/Mediatization of culture and every (2000), Contemporary Youth and the
day life of young people Postmodern Adventure

Erving Goffman (1956), The

Presentation of self in everyday life.

9 3 Apr Cyberbullying among young individuals Charles E. Notar, Sharon Padgett,

Jessica Roden (2013), Cyberbullying:
First Discussion A Review of the Literature.
 10 10 Apr Youth participation in democracy and new Henry Jenkins (2016), Youth Voice,
media Media and Political Engagement:
Introducing the core concepts, in By
Any Media Necessary, pp. 1-60. New
York: NYU Press,
11 17 Apr Gender, Youth and Culture Can Candan (2013), Benim Çocuğum/
Documentary and Discussion My Child
Submission of assignments
12 24 Apr Presentations

13 1 May Presentations

14 8 May Final review before final exam

Discussions: There will be two discussions in the class. Each discussion will be 5% of total grade (in
total 10 %). After the discussion students should write a short paper (maximum 200 words) about
discussions.

Research Project: Students will prepare a video news story (between 1.5-3 minutes), which will
involve a headline and a short explanation (max 100 words).

Short Paper: Research paper will be 20% of students’ grade. Regarding to research question given to
students, students will do field research and write their paper. Research paper should be min
1,500/max 2,000 words; Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing and it should conform to APA6 citation
format.

The research problem: What are the differences between X, Y an Z generations?

Examples of questions for field research: When they were young (between 17-30) how did
interviewees spend their leisure time? What kind of cultural activities did they do? Did they
participate in any political activities? How did they communicate with each other? Which
fashion trends did they follow? What were their consumer behaviors? What were their dreams
for the future? Which programs (radio or TV) did they watch? Which newspapers did they read?
etc.

Research method: You have to do a comparative research by interviewing 3 people from

different generations (x, y, z). Interviewees should not be BAU students. You can utilize
supplementary materials as photos and newspapers in your study.

The syllabus might be subject to change. It is the students’ responsibility to

check the updated version via itslearning platform of the Bahçeşehir University.