ZURn4105 History of Media in the Era of Modernity

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, 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 18:00–19:40 P21a; and Thu 15. 9. 16:00–17:40 P21a, Thu 22. 9. 16:00–17:40 P21a, Thu 29. 9. 16:00–17:40 P21a, Thu 6. 10. 16:00–17:40 P21a
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course The Media History in the Age of Modernity is to acquaint students with the development of media in the key countries of the Euro-American civilization space (Great Britain, United States, France, Germany) from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century.
The course assess media development in the context of socio-economic, political, cultural as well as transport and communication changes related to the transition from traditional to modern society and the processes of the first and second industrial revolutions. It concentrates on printed media, especially in newspapers, but does not avoid magazines. It focuses on the technological prerequisites, economic conditions, information sources, forms of control and regulation of printed media and on the development of the profession of journalist. It deals with enlargement, life, periodicity, content, form, structure, costs and the publication of newspapers and magazines, but also about the reflection of the phenomenon of printed media.
In addition, the course also provides basic information on film production at the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century as well as the development of radio in the interwar period.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- be oriented in the history of modern-day communication
- be orientated in the media history of the modern era
- understand the origin of modernity in communication and media contexts
- be able analyze the source by the optics of communication and media history
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lessons
  • 2. Population explosion, urbanization, alphabetization
  • 3. Industrialisation and commodification
  • 4. Democratisation and the emergence of a modern nation-state; the onset of mass culture
  • 5. Development of communication
  • 6. Printed media in the "long 19th century"
  • 7. Regulation and control of printed media in the "long 19th century"
  • 8. Development of the profession of journalist in the "long 19th century"
  • 9. Development of newspapers from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War I
  • 10. Development of newspapers from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War II
  • 11. Development of magazines from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War
  • 12. Communication and media between wars
  • 13. Newspapers between wars
  • 14. Magazines between wars
  • 15. Film production of the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
  • 16. Radio broadcasting between wars
Literature
    required literature
  • VEČEŘA, Pavel. Úvod do dějin tištěných médií (Introduction to the History of the Print Media). Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015, 272 pp. první vydání. ISBN 978-80-247-4178-9. info
  • BRIGGS, Asa and Peter BURKE. A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet. 3rd ed. Malden, Mass.: Polity, 2009, viii, 346. ISBN 9780745644950. info
  • KÖPPLOVÁ, Barbora and Ladislav KÖPPL. Dějiny světové žurnalistiky. 1, Celý svět je v novinách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Novinář, 1989, 332 s. : i. 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
  • KOVARIK, Bill. Revolutions in communication : media history from Gutenberg to the digital age. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury, 2016, ix, 470. ISBN 9781628924787. info
  • CHAPMAN, Jane. Comparative media history : an introduction : 1789 to the present. Cambridge: Polity, 2005, xii, 302. ISBN 9780745632438. info
  • STÖBER, Rudolf. Mediengeschichte : die Evolution "neuer" Medien von Gutenberg bis Gates : eine Einführung. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003, 280 s. ISBN 3531140477. info
Teaching methods
lecture, reading
Assessment methods
Oral examination (in exceptional circumstances, e.g. due to epidemiological threat, as well as online oral examination).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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