ZURn4103 Social Theories of New Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Dědková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, 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
Fri 27. 9. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 4. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 11. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 18. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 25. 10. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 1. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 8. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 15. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 22. 11. 14:00–15:40 U32, Fri 29. 11. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 6. 12. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 13. 12. 14:00–15:40 AVC, Fri 20. 12. 14:00–15:40 AVC
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(MN)
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 course overviews the theoretical and research issues that currently form the field of new media studies. The students will be well oriented in the key theoretical and research approaches to new media and will be able to apply their knowledge of the problematics in research area.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will:
• know the social theories of contemporary research of new media and their users
• know current research into new media and its topics
• be able to write a theoretical paper drawing on given literature and on the existing research and to formulate a theoretical problem on its basis
Syllabus
  • • Introductiory talk: goals and structure of the course
  • • New media studies - new media from and social sciences
  • • New media and the critique of novelty
  • • Archaeology of new media
  • • New media and the transformation of everyday life
  • • New media and transformation of media audiences
  • • New media, communities and social networking sites
  • • New media, participation in textuality and transformation of the relationship between audiences and broadcasters
  • • New media, politics, activism and the public sphere
  • • New media and inequalities
  • • Research on new media
  • • New media and information society
Literature
    required literature
  • LUPAČ, Petr. Za hranice digitální propasti : nerovnost v informační společnosti. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2015, 260 stran. ISBN 9788074192319. info
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. 1st published in paperback. London: New York University Press, 2008, xi, 353. ISBN 9780814742952. info
  • WEBSTER, Frank. Theories of the information society. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 317. ISBN 0415406331. info
  • BAKARDJIEVA, Maria. Internet society : the Internet in everyday life. London: SAGE, 2005, xi, 220. ISBN 0761943390. info
  • Philosophy of social science. Edited by Alexander Rosenberg. 2nd ed. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995, xv, 236. ISBN 0813326605. info
    recommended literature
  • MACEK, Jakub. Média v pohybu: K proměně současných českých publik (Media on Move: On The Transformation of the Current Czech Audiences). Brno: MUNI Press, 2015, 136 pp. Media. ISBN 978-80-210-8033-1. Plná verze knihy - Researchgate info
Teaching methods
lectures, reading
Assessment methods
position paper, oral exam, theoretical paper
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 2022, Autumn 2023.
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