ZUR267 Cyberculture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Timetable
Thu 18:20–19:30 zruseno D21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Účast v kurzu Kyberkultura předpokládá schopnost samostatné četby v anglickém jazyce.
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 main objectives of the course are to introduce students to new media studies and to learn about technological and socio-cultural history of ICT. During the course, students will learn to outline the origins and early development of the academic discussion of the topic; to define and characterize the period of creation and development of new media; to name key social actors of this process and their social and cultural environment (the cyberculture); and to characterize key topics and works that played a constitutional role on this field.
Syllabus
  • Synthetic Pleasures – screening of a document about the „new frontier“
  • Language of cybernetics as a cultural power
  • Society / Culure / Technology
  • Marshall McLuhan's technodeterminism
  • Concepts of cyberculture
  • Origins and development of ICT and origins of technological subcultures; 1940s-1990s
  • Proliferation of ICT in 1980s and 1990s - technopopcultuer - new technologies as a part of cultural and social mainstream
  • Cybercultura discourses and their impacts
  • Resume of key concepts
Literature
  • MACEK, Jakub. Raná kyberkultura. Edited by David Kořínek. Brno, 2004, 87 l. URL info
  • MACEK, Jakub. Tělesnost a kyberkultura (Embodiment and Cyberculture). Host - Revue pro média 05. Brno: Spolek přátel pro vydávání Hosta, 2003, No 5, p. 2-9, 10 pp. ISSN 1211-9938. Plný text článku. info
  • LÉVY, Pierre P. Kyberkultura : zpráva pro Radu Evropy v rámci projektu "Nové technologie: kulturní spolupráce a komunikace". Translated by Martin Kašpar - Anna Pravdová. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2000, 229 s. ISBN 8024601095. info
  • MCLUHAN, Marshall. The Gutenberg Galaxy : the making of typographic man. New York: New American Library, 1969, 349 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading.
Assessment methods
Credit is conditioned by position papers reviewing literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednostní právo zápisu mají studenti oborové specializace "mediální studia", a to i v případě, že se přihlásí později než studenti jiných specializací a oborů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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