FSS:ZUR583 Qualitative research in media - Course Information

ZUR583 Qualitative research in media studies

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Ježková (assistant)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 10:00–11:40 Studio 527

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, N-KS)
• Sociology (programme FSS, N-SO)

Course objectives

The main goal of this course is to make students familiar with basic principles and strategies relevant in qualitative research in media studies. The course focuses predominantly on methods of textual analysis, bearing mostly on knowledge and techniques of critical discourse analysis.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction.
  2) Qualitative research and (critical) discourse analysis
  3) Discourse; special characteristics of media discourse
  4) Social constructivism; ideology and hegemony
  5) Critical discourse analysis / Noman Fairclough
  6) Critical discourse analysis / Noman Fairclough
  7) Examples and training / Norman Fairclough
  8) Critical discourse analysis / Teun A. van Dijk
  9) Examples and training / Teun A. van Dijk
  10) Critical discourse analysis / Ruth Wodak
  11) Examples and training / Ruth Wodak
  12) Discourse analysis / James Paul Gee
  13) Examples and training / James Paul Gee

Literature

• GEE, James Paul. An introduction to discourse analysis: theory and method. New York: Routledge, 2005, 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-32861-6. info
• Methods of critical discourse analysis. Edited by Ruth Wodak - Michael Meyer. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, viii, 200. ISBN 0761961542. info
• BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
• Approaches to media discourse. Edited by Allan Bell - Peter Garrett. Malden: Blackwell, 1998, xii, 287. ISBN 0631198881. info
• VAN DIJK, Teun A. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. London: Sage Publications, 1998, 384 pp. ISBN 978-0-7619-5655-6. info
• FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
• FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Discourse and social change. Cambridge, MA: Polity Press, 1992, 259 p. ISBN 9780745612188. info
• THOMPSON, John B. Ideology and modern culture :critical social theory in the era of mass communication. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1990, viii, 362. ISBN 0-7456-0082-4. info

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Hodiny jsou koncipovány částečně jako přednášky, částečně jako semináře, přičemž bude hlavní důraz kladen na pochopení analytických nástrojů kritické diskurzivní analýzy a schopnost jejich korektní aplikace.

Assessment methods

Active participation in discussion, position papers, final essay.

Language of instruction

Czech

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