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A Liberating Learning Process: Contribution of Audiovisual Essay to Media Education

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 22, 313 - 345, 30.06.2025

Tülay Çelik , Burak Delier

https://doi.org/10.56133/intermedia.1621819

Abstract

Audiovisual essays propose a new process-oriented way of thinking and producing in the field of film and media studies. Combining art and research, encouraging exploration and creativity, audiovisual essays have the potential to become an essential part of communication and design education in the age of new media technologies. In this context, it is essential to demonstrate the use of audiovisual essays with exemplary practices. This research aims to examine the effects of audiovisual essays as an assessment method on the learning process, focusing on the New Media course in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Sakarya University. The research was designed as a case study from a qualitative research perspective. Individual interviews were conducted at the beginning of the semester, and focus group interviews were conducted at the end with nine volunteer students selected by purposive sampling method. In addition to the interview method, data collection methods such as observation and document analysis were also used in the study. The collected data were analyzed descriptively considering the problem and sub-problems of the study and interpreted under three main categories. The findings revealed that students' ways of understanding the media changed during the process and that they developed towards gaining a new artistic and critical perspective, becoming emancipated and more creative. Audiovisual essays as an assessment method enabled the exploration of problems and triggered a transformative learning process.

Keywords

Audiovisual Essay , New Media Art Assessment Method Media Education

References

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  • Mistry, J. & Sakota, T. (2017). Filmmaking as research: Pedagogy and practice. Journal of African Cinemas, 9(2-3), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac.9.2-3.113_2
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  • Ragupathi, K. (2012, Ağustos). Using multimodal communications for critical thinking assignments (Blog yazısı). Erişim adresi: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/cdtkdr/2012/09/21/multimodal-communications/
  • Redmond, S. & Tai, J. (2020). What’s outside the learning box? Resisting traditional forms of learning and assessment with the video essay: a dialogue between screen media & education, Media Practice and Education, 22(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2020.1832765
  • Sekar, S. (2024). Video essay, videographic criticism, polymedial essayism, polymodal essayism. Necsus_European Journal of Media Studies, 13(1), 51-73. Erişim adresi: https://mediarep.org/entities/article/8bbb16a8-7884-43ad-a1e7-df47e33fc79c/full
  • Sendra, E. (2020). Videoessays: Curating and transforming film education through artistic research. International Journal of Film and Media Arts, 5(2), 65-81. Erişim adresi: https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/article/view/7225
  • Smarandache, L. (2021). The video-essay the tamed centaur of cyberspace: New perspectives of online communication, Journal of Media Research, 14(1), 39–54. Erişim Adresi: https://www.mrjournal.ro/docs/R2/39jmr3.pdf
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  • Visosevic, T. & Myers, A. (2017). Video Essay: the Multimodal Assignment of Now? K. Otrel-Cass (Ed.), 2. Association for Visual Pedagogy Conference bildiri kitabı (s. 166-171). Aalborg Üniversitesi, Danimarka: Svanemærket Basımevi. Erişim adresi: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/5072/
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  • Yáñez, M. (2013, Kasım 23-24). Thought, Action and Imagination [Tam Metin]. The Audiovisual Essay: Practice and Theory International Workshop içinde sunulan bildiri, Goethe Üniversitesi ve Alman Film Müzesi, Frankfurt. Erişim adresi: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/frankfurt-papers/manu-yanez/
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Özgürleştirici Bir Öğrenme Süreci: Görsel-İşitsel Denemenin Medya Eğitimine Katkısı

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 22, 313 - 345, 30.06.2025

Tülay Çelik , Burak Delier

https://doi.org/10.56133/intermedia.1621819

Abstract

Görsel işitsel denemeler, film ve medya çalışmaları alanında süreç odaklı yeni bir düşünme ve üretme biçimi önerir. Sanat ve araştırmayı birleştiren, keşif ve yaratıcılığı teşvik eden görsel-işitsel denemeler, yeni medya teknolojileri çağında iletişim ve tasarım eğitiminin önemli bir parçası olma potansiyeline sahiptir. Bu bağlamda görsel-işitsel deneme kullanımının örnek uygulamalarla ortaya konması gerekli görülmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı görsel-işitsel denemelerin değerlendirme yöntemi olarak kullanımının öğrenme sürecine etkisini Sakarya Üniversitesi, Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Bölümü, Yeni Medya Sanatı dersi odağında incelemektir. Araştırma, nitel araştırma perspektifinden hareketle bir durum çalışması olarak tasarlanmıştır. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle belirlenen dokuz gönüllü öğrenciyle ders dönemi başında bireysel görüşme ve ders dönemi sonunda odak grup görüşmesi yapılmıştır. Görüşme yöntemine ek olarak çalışmada gözlem ve doküman incelemesi gibi veri toplama yöntemleri de kullanılmıştır. Toplanan veriler, çalışmanın sorunu ve alt sorunlar dikkate alınarak betimsel olarak analiz edilmiş, üç ana kategori altında yorumlanmıştır. Bulgular, süreç içinde öğrencilerin medyayı kavrama biçimlerinin değiştiğini; sanatsal ve eleştirel yeni bir bakış açısı kazanma, özgürleşme ve daha yaratıcı olma yolunda gelişme gösterdiklerini ortaya koymuştur. Görsel-işitsel denemelerin değerlendirme yöntemi olarak kullanımı problem keşfetmeye imkân vermiş; dönüştürücü bir öğrenme sürecini tetiklemiştir.

Keywords

Görsel-İşitsel Deneme Yeni Medya Sanatı Değerlendirme Yöntemi Medya Eğitimi

References

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  • Çelik, T. (2024). Görsel-işitsel denemelerin film eğitiminde kullanımı: Film sanatı dersi örneği. H. Önal ve diğerleri (Ed.), Uluslararası Akademik Çalışmalarda/Yayıncılıkta Yeni biçim ve Metodoloji Arayışları Sempozyumu bildiri kitabı (s. 25-49). Çanakkale. Erişim adresi: https://cinearji.com/uluslararasi-akademik-calismalarda-yayincilikta-yeni-bicim-ve-metodoloji-arayislari-sempozyumu-bildiri-kitabi-yayinlandi/
  • D’Cruz, G. (2020). 3 or 4 Things I know about the audiovisual essay or the pedagogical perils of constructive alignment. Media Practice and Education, 22(1), 61-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2021.1832768
  • Dancus, A.M. & O’Leary, A. (2025). Literature and the video essay: Researching and teaching literature through moving images, ELLA, 3 (2), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.58215/ella.79
  • Eriksson, T. & Sørensen, I. E. (2012). Reflections on academic video. Seminar.net- International journal of media, technology and lifelong learning, 8(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.2399
  • Faden, E.S. (2016). A manifesto for critical media. Thomas Van Den Berg & Mikloss Kiss (Ed.). Film Studies in motion: From audiovisual essay to academic research video. Erişim adresi: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/film-studies-in-motion/media/faden-a-manifesto-for-critical-media
  • Gills, L., Grant, C. & O’Leary, A. (2024a). Academic filmmaking in the new humanities: Articles. Introduction to the special issue. Academic Quarter, 27 (Spring), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.54337/academicquarter.i27.8822
  • Gills, L., Grant, C. & O’Leary, A. (2024b). Academic filmmaking in the new humanities: Video Essays. Introduction to the special issue. Academic Quarter, 28 (Fall), 4-17. https://doi.org/10.54337/academicquarter.i28.8952
  • Grant, C. (2013, Kasım). How Long is a piece of string? [Tam metin]. Audiovisual Essay Conference içinde sunulan bildiri. Goethe Üniversitesi ve Frankfurt Film Müzesi, Frankfurt. Erişim adresi: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/frankfurt-papers/catherine-grant/
  • Grant, C. (2014). The Shudder of a Cinephiliac Idea? Videographic Film Studies Practice as Material Thinking, Aniki, 1 (1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.14591/aniki.v1n1.59
  • Grant, C. (2020). İç içe geçen tutkular: Videografik derlemede kurgu yoluyla filmi düşünmek (İ. Gürkan, Çev.). Sinecine, 11(2), 357-374. Erişim adresi: https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1141243
  • Hughes, J. & Tolley, S. (2010). Engaging students through new literacies: The good, bad and curriculum of visual essays. English in Education, 44(1), 5-26, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2009.01054.x
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  • Lee, K. B. & Cipelletti, S. (2024). Investigating ecocinema through the Video Essay: Videographic scholarship as an environmental media studies pedagogy, Academic Quarter, 27 (Spring), 113-129. https://doi.org/10.54337/academicquarter.i27.8831
  • Lopez, C.A. & Martin, A. (2014). Introduction to the audiovisual essay: A child of two mothers. Necsus European Journal of Media Studies, 3(2), 81-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/15149
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  • McWhirter, A. (2015). Film criticism, film scholarship and the video essay. Screen, 56 (3), 369–377. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hjv044
  • Mistry, J. & Sakota, T. (2017). Filmmaking as research: Pedagogy and practice. Journal of African Cinemas, 9(2-3), 113–118. https://doi.org/10.1386/jac.9.2-3.113_2
  • Mittell, J. (2024). The Chemistry of character in Breaking Bad: A videographic book. Lever Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14330227
  • Nguyen, T. (2022, Mart). The video essay boom. Vox. Erişim adresi: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22967496/youtube-tiktok-creators
  • Ragupathi, K. (2012, Ağustos). Using multimodal communications for critical thinking assignments (Blog yazısı). Erişim adresi: https://blog.nus.edu.sg/cdtkdr/2012/09/21/multimodal-communications/
  • Redmond, S. & Tai, J. (2020). What’s outside the learning box? Resisting traditional forms of learning and assessment with the video essay: a dialogue between screen media & education, Media Practice and Education, 22(1), 7-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2020.1832765
  • Sekar, S. (2024). Video essay, videographic criticism, polymedial essayism, polymodal essayism. Necsus_European Journal of Media Studies, 13(1), 51-73. Erişim adresi: https://mediarep.org/entities/article/8bbb16a8-7884-43ad-a1e7-df47e33fc79c/full
  • Sendra, E. (2020). Videoessays: Curating and transforming film education through artistic research. International Journal of Film and Media Arts, 5(2), 65-81. Erişim adresi: https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijfma/article/view/7225
  • Smarandache, L. (2021). The video-essay the tamed centaur of cyberspace: New perspectives of online communication, Journal of Media Research, 14(1), 39–54. Erişim Adresi: https://www.mrjournal.ro/docs/R2/39jmr3.pdf
  • Sterling, S. (2011). Transformative learning and sustainability: sketching the conceptual ground. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, (5), 17-33. Erişim adresi: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266184629_Transformative_Learning_and_Sustainability_Sketching_the_Conceptual_Ground
  • Stiegler, B. & V. Petit (2013). Pharmacologie du front national: suivi du vocabulaire d’ars industrialis. Paris: Flammarion. Stiegler, B. (2016). Automatic society volume 1: The future of work (D. Ross, Çev.). Great Britain: Polity Books.
  • Stiegler, B. (2018). The Neganthropocene. D. Ross (Ed. ve Çev.). London: Open Humanities Press, 2018.
  • VanKooten, C. & Berkley, A. (2016). Messy problem-exploring through video in first-year writing: Assessing what counts. Computers and Composition, 40, 151–163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.04.001
  • Visosevic, T. & Myers, A. (2017). Video Essay: the Multimodal Assignment of Now? K. Otrel-Cass (Ed.), 2. Association for Visual Pedagogy Conference bildiri kitabı (s. 166-171). Aalborg Üniversitesi, Danimarka: Svanemærket Basımevi. Erişim adresi: https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/5072/
  • Walters, S.R., Hallas, J., Phelps, S. & Ikeda, E. (2015). Enhancing the ability of students to engage with theoretical concepts through the creation of learner-generated video assessment. Sport Management Education Journal, 9 (2), 102-112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/SMEJ.2014-0041
  • Yáñez, M. (2013, Kasım 23-24). Thought, Action and Imagination [Tam Metin]. The Audiovisual Essay: Practice and Theory International Workshop içinde sunulan bildiri, Goethe Üniversitesi ve Alman Film Müzesi, Frankfurt. Erişim adresi: https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/frankfurt-papers/manu-yanez/
  • Yıldırım, A. & Şimşek, H. (2011). Sosyal bilimlerde araştırma yöntemleri. Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Communication Education, Media Literacy, New Media
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Tülay Çelik 0000-0002-8277-3386

Burak Delier 0000-0001-9029-5292

Early Pub Date June 29, 2025
Publication Date June 30, 2025
Submission Date January 16, 2025
Acceptance Date April 7, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 12 Issue: 22

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