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Last Updated: 02/10/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS447 - Sociology of Music VII. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Area Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) ÖĞR. GÖR. DR. KAZIM DEMİRER
Mode of Delivery Oral Expression
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Prerequisites There are no prerequisites.
Courses Recomended Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art, Music History
Recommended Resources M. Weber. (1986). Sosyoloji Yazıları, Hürriyet Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul. A. Ergur. (2009). Müzikli Aklın Defteri. Pan Yayıncılık, İstanbul. O. G. Ayas, (2015). Müzik Sosyolojisi. Doğu Kitabevi, İstanbul. E. Günay. (2008). Müzik Sosyolojisi, Bağlam Yayıncılık, İstanbul A. Kaplan. (2008). Kültürel Müzikoloji, Bağlam Yayıncılık, İstanbulB. F. Dellaloğlu. (1995). Frankfurt Okulu’nda Sanat ve Toplum, Bağlam Yayıncılık, İstanbulA. Silbermann (1977). The Sociology of Music, Greenwood PressP. J. Martin. (1995) Sounds and Society Themes in the Sociology of Music, Manchester University Press.O. G. Ayas. (2014). Musiki İnkılabı’nın Sosyolojisi, Doğu Kitabevi.T. Adorno. (2019). Müzik Üzerine-Bir Seçki, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.J. Attali (2021). Gürültüden Müziğe: Müziğin ekonomi-politiği üzerine (Çev. Gülüş G. Türkmen), Ayrıntı Yayınları.A. Ergur (2002). Portedeki hayalet: Müziğin sosyolojisi üzerine denemeler, Bağlam Yayınları.Ü. Oskay (1995). Müzik ve Yabancılaşma, Der Yayınları.Güven, U. Z., & Ergur, A. (2015). Dünyada ve Türkiye’de Müzik Sosyolojisinin Yeri ve Gelişimi. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology, 3(29), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.16917/sd.83542
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Introduction: Music as a Social Phenomenon
Week - 2 Social Division of Labor, Organization and Music Relationship
Week - 3 Music in Classical Sociology: Weber and Simmel
Week - 4 Culture Industry, Mass Culture and Music
Week - 5 Popular Culture and Popular Music
Week - 6 Taste Hierarchies and Music Tastes
Week - 7 Social Change and Music
Week - 8 Music and Social Stratification
Week - 9 Gender and Music
Week - 10 The Relationship of Music with Social Institutions: Politics, Education, Religion
Week - 11 Modernization and Music in Türkiye
Week - 12 Globalization, Digitalization and Changes in Music Production
Week - 13 Subcultures, Identities and Music
Week - 14 Music Media and Fanzines

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