ZUR715 Introduction to the Study of Media History

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Vondráková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 27. 2. 14:00–15:30 P21, Fri 27. 3. 14:00–15:30 P21, Fri 15. 5. 14:00–15:30 P21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course aims at familiarising students with the topics of development of mainly printed media covering the key countries in the Euro-American civilisation area (Great Britain, France, Germany, or USA) from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. The course focuses on the issues of hoarding and transmitting information and images, the process of press production, and media censorship and regulation, as well as the topics of printed press authors, their audience, and the issues of media effects and economic aspects associated with media (classifieds, advertising and distribution). The course also presents basic changes in the printed media products with the given space-time, noticing the development of their periodicity, circulation, content and form. It pays special attention to the issue of the rise of mass press in the course of the 19th century.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Transmission or words ant texts
  • 3. Transmission of images
  • 4. The process of printed press production
  • 5. Printed media authors
  • 6. Media censorship and regulation
  • 7. Rise of mass printed media
  • 8. Dissemination, periodicity and circulation of printed media
  • 9. Changes in the content of printed media
  • 10. Changes in the form of printed media
  • 11. Classifieds, advertising and distribution
  • 12. Printed media audience
  • 13. Printed media functions and effects
Literature
  • KÖPPLOVÁ, Barbara and Ladislav KÖPPL. Dějiny světové žurnalistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Novinář, 1989, 332 s. URL 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
  • Serafínová, Danuša: Dejiny svetového novinárstva II. Dejiny francúzského novinárstva. FF Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava 1994
  • STÖBER, Rudolf. Mediengeschichte : die Evolution "neuer" Medien von Gutenberg bis Gates : eine Einführung. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003, 235 s. ISBN 3531140388. info
  • ŠEFČÁK, Luboš and Juraj VOJTEK. Dejiny svetového novinárstva. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2003, 177 s. ISBN 80-223-1703-9. info
  • Šefčák, Luboš-Vojtek, Juraj: Dejiny svetového novinárstva I. Dejiny anglického novinárstva. FF Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava 1992
  • Wilke, Jürgen: Grundzüge der Medien- und Kommunikationsgeschichte. Von den Anfängen bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Böhlau Verlag, Kolín n. Rýnem-Výmar-Vídeň 2000
Assessment methods
Combined studies. The course is completed with an exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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