ZUR740 Study of Media History

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, 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
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Sat 4. 3. 12:30–14:00 AVC, 14:15–15:45 AVC, Fri 31. 3. 11:45–13:15 AVC, Sat 29. 4. 8:30–10:00 AVC, 10:15–11:45 AVC
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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
Teaching methods
Combined studies.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with a written exam.
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 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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