ZUR286 Social theory of new media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Timetable
Thu 18:20–19:50 zruseno D21
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
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Course objectives
Social theory of new media aims to map contemporary theoretical reflection of ICT, with focus on main themes related to sociological, anthropological and communication research and theory of new media. On successful completion of the course, students will be able to discuss issues of public sphere, identity, embodiment, politics and power, community, forms of computer mediated communication and structural change of society. Next to it, they will learn to analyze topics of up-to-date social scientific reflection on this field. Last but not least, they will be able to evaluate new technologies as a social phenomenon and define the position of the critical approach to technologies.
Syllabus
  • New media studia - origins and demarcation of the field
  • ICT as a social phenomenon
  • ICT as media
  • Creation and spread of technological innovations from the point of view of social sciencies
  • ICT and structural changes of society
  • ICT, embodiment and identity
  • ICT, politics and power
  • ICT and the public
  • ICT and community
  • Information / postmodern / postindustrial / network society
Literature
  • Handbook of new media : social shaping and consequences of ICTs : updated student edition. Edited by Leah A. Lievrouw - Sonia M. Livingstone. Thousand Oaks [Calif.]: SAGE, 2006, xix, 475. ISBN 1412918731. info
  • NORRIS, Pippa. Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xv, 303. ISBN 0521002230. URL info
  • GEERTZ, Clifford. Interpretace kultur :vybrané eseje. Translated by Hana Červinková - Václav Hubinger - Hedvika Humlíčková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 565 s. ISBN 80-85850-89-3. info
  • BOLTER, Jay David and Richard A. GRUSIN. Remediation : understanding new media. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xi, 295. ISBN 0262522799. 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
  • Cyberspace, cyberbodies, cyberpunk : cultures of technological embodiment. Edited by Mike Featherstone - Roger Burrows. [3. vyd.]. London: SAGE Publications, 1998, 280 s. ISBN 0761950850. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings.
Assessment methods
Credit is conditioned by position papers reviewing literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2010, recent)
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