ZUR766 Chapters from the Global History of the Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Škařupová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 10. 10. 14:45–16:15 U33, Fri 7. 11. 14:45–16:15 U33, Fri 12. 12. 14:45–16:15 U33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course entitled Chapters from the history of world media is to familiarise students with the development of journalism in the key countries of the Euro-American civilisation area (Great Britain, France, Germany, and USA) from the end of the 18th century to the second half of the 20th century. The course focuses on the rise of the daily press in the last third of the 18th century and in the 19th century, on the process of differentiating the press into elite and mass press, as well as the technological and organisational development, the development of press regulation (censorship, licence and privileges systems, and economic barriers), and the fight for freedom of public criticism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From traditional to modern society
  • 3. British and American press in the last third of the 18th century and first half of the 19th century
  • 4. French press from the French Revolution to 1848
  • 5. Germany from the end of the 18th century to 1848
  • 6. British press from the Crimean War to the World War I
  • 7. Media in the USA from the American Civil War to the World War I
  • 8. France between 1848 and 1914
  • 9. Germany between 1848 and 1914
  • 10. British media between the wars
  • 11. Media in the USA between the wars
  • 12. French media between the wars
  • 13. German media between the wars
Literature
  • KÖPPLOVÁ, Barbara and Ladislav KÖPPL. Dějiny světové žurnalistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Novinář, 1989, 332 s. URL info
  • PROKOP, Dieter. Boj o média : dějiny nového kritického myšlení o médiích. Translated by Barbara Köpplová - Monika Loderová. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2005, 409 s. ISBN 8024606186. info
  • Serafínová, Danuša: Dejiny svetového novinárstva II. Dejiny francúzského novinárstva. FF Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava 1994
  • ŠEFČÁK, Luboš and Juraj VOJTEK. Dejiny svetového novinárstva. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2003, 177 s. ISBN 80-223-1703-9. info
  • Šefčák, Luboš-Vojtek, Juraj: Dejiny svetového novinárstva I. Dejiny anglického novinárstva. FF Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava 1992
  • Wilke, Jürgen: Grundzüge der Medien- und Kommunikationsgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Böhlau Verlag, Kolín n. Rýnem-Výmar-Vídeň 2000
Assessment methods
Combined studies. The course is completed with an exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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