ZURb1105 New media studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 N51, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! ZURb1202 New media studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces to the topic of new (digital) media and to the way these media are assessed by social sciences and humanities. The course aims to overview the basic conceptual and theoretical apparatus, selected topics addressed by new media studies, and technological and textual specifics of new media. The course focuses on conceptual apparatus including the concepts of digitization, hypertextuality, remediation and convergence, virtuality and cybertext, and on the role of new media (and, specifically, of social and mobile media) in social interactions and in the current transformation of private, public and political sphere. The course includes information on basic technological and historical facts linked with new, digital media.
Learning outcomes
Students gain knowledge of the basic concepts and theories applied in the field of new media research and theory; students gain competences necessary for a critical assessment of the social and cultural role of new media; students gain knowledge of the basic literature conditioning further theory based work in new media studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lecture. 2. New media studies – a meta-field of research and theory. 3. Digital media – technological specifics of new media. 4. Between text and technology – codes and protocols. 5. New media textuality I: Cybertext and virtuality. 6. New media textuality II: Theory and history of hypertext. 7. Technological and textual interactivity. 8. Convergence and remediation. 9. New media and spatio-temporal transformation of everyday life. 10. New media and transformation of media audiences. 11. New media and political and public space. 12. History of new media. 13. Concluding lecture, consultations regarding final exam.
Literature
  • • Švelch, Jaroslav. 2008. "Počítačové hry jako nová média." Pp. 8-35 in Mediální studia, r. 3., č. 1.
  • • Cover, Rob. 2007. „Inter/aktivní publikum: Interaktivní média, narativní kontrola a revize dějin publika.“ Pp. 195-207 in Mediální studia, r. 2, č. 2.
  • • Landow, George P. 1998. „Hypertext a kritická teorie – Hypertextový Derrida, poststrukturalista Nelson?“ Pp. 9-21 in Biograph (6).
  • • Bolter, Jay David – Grusin, Richard. 2005. „Imediace, hypermediace, remediace.“ Pp. 5-40 in Teorie vědy XIV(XXVII).
  • • Kůst, František. 2003. „Digitalizace.“ In Revue pro média č. 5: Média a digitalizace. http://rpm.fss.muni.cz/Revue/Revue05/profil_kust_digitalizace_rpm5.pdf (17.9.2008)
  • MACEK, Jakub. Poznámky ke studiím nových médií (Notes on new media studies). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2013, 200 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6476-8. info
  • MACEK, Jakub. Úvod do nových médií (Introduction to new media). 1st ed. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2011, 71 pp. ISBN 978-80-7464-025-4. info
  • The exploita theory of networks. Edited by Alexander R. Galloway - Eugene Thacker. London: University of Minnesota Press, 2007, vii, 196 p. ISBN 9780816650446. info
  • LISTER, Martin. New media : a critical introduction. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2003, vi, 404 s. ISBN 0-415-22377-6. info
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxix, 354. ISBN 0-262-63255-1. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, individual reading.
Assessment methods
Written test focusing on knowledge of mandatory literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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