ZUR540 Media ethics

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D.
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
Fri 4. 10. 10:00–11:40 U34, 12:00–13:40 AVC, Fri 8. 11. 10:00–11:40 U34, 12:00–13:40 AVC, Fri 29. 11. 10:00–11:40 U34, 12:00–13:40 AVC
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The subject is an introductory course on media ethics based on the concept of normative media theories. Students will get acquainted with these theoretical backgrounds on the boundaries of media sociology and professional ethics. Students will understand the relationship of theories to axiology (value anchor of media ethics) and, in selected cases, they will test possibilities of their application. The course guides learners to apply the normative theories in the field of applied ethics by using some of the dominant ethical theories they become familiar with (deontology, consequentialism, ethics of virtue). A special emphasis is to be put on the critical analysis of case studies and work with current material.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: • - Define normative media theory • - Describe and explain dominant ethical theories • - Analyze a case study using normative theories of media and ethical theories • - On the basis of a case study analysis propose alternative solutions that would be consistent with selected ethical theories on a selected axiological basis
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction – Relationship between Media Theory and Media Ethics • 2. Normative Media Theory • 3. Axiology of media • 4. Applied ethics as a normative discipline, media ethics and its starting point • 5. Deontology • 6. Consequentialism • 7. Virtue Ethics • 8. Case studies – Journalism • 9. Case studies - New Media • 10. Case studies - media industries
Literature
    required literature
  • MILL, John Stuart: Utilitarismus. Praha: Vyšehrad 2011.
  • MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. Ztráta ctnosti : k morální krizi současnosti. Translated by Pavla Sadílková - David Hoffman. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 332 s. ISBN 8072980823. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Základy metafyziky mravů. Translated by Ladislav Menzel. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. ISBN 8020501525. info
    recommended literature
  • WHITE, Robert A. Normative Theories of the Media: Journalism in Democratic Societies. Urbana – Chicago: University of Illionis Press, 2009.
  • Christian Schicha - Carsten Brosda, Handbuch Medienethik. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2010.
  • BRÁZDA, Radim. Srovnávací etika (The Comparative Ethics). první. Praha: KLP, 2002, 244 pp. Kassandra. ISBN 80-85917-86-6. info
  • IGGERS, Jeremy. Good news, bad news : journalism ethics and the public interest. Boulder: Westview Press, 1999, xii, 179. ISBN 0813329523. info
  • KIERAN, Matthew. Media ethics :a philosophical approach. 1st pub. Westport: Praeger, 1997, ix, 168 s. ISBN 0-275-96694-1. info
  • Úvod do etiky. Edited by Arno Anzenbacher, Translated by Karel Šprunk. 1. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1994, 292 s. ISBN 80-7113-111-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, reading, student’s presentation
Assessment methods
Attendance, active participation in seminar discussions, reading, final exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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