ZUR286 Social theory of new media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2011
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 17:30–19:05 N41
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
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. The course deals with issues of public sphere, identity, embodiment, politics and power, community, forms of computer mediated communication and structural change of society.
Syllabus
  • New media studies - origins and demarcation of the metafield
  • New media as a social phenomenon
  • Novelty of new media
  • Archaeology of new media - the early cyberculture
  • New media and community
  • Uses, everyday life and convergence culture
  • New media, politics and power
  • New media and the public sphere
  • New media and inequalities
  • Information / postmodern / postindustrial / network society
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
  • 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
  • WEBSTER, Frank. Theories of the information society. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 317. ISBN 0415406331. info
  • NORRIS, Pippa. Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xv, 303. ISBN 0521002230. URL 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
  • Habermas and the public sphere. Edited by Craig J. Calhoun. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992, x, 498. ISBN 0262531143. 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 2010, Spring 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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