ZURb1108 Audiovisual journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Telferová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jan Hanák (seminar tutor)
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZURb1101 Journalism
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
In the age when the media are full of moving pictures and sounds, when news are more and more often consumed off social networks, when we ourselves in our personal lives film and publish little personal news and stories for others, it is essential to understand a couple basic things about conveying messages through sound and images.
What genres to the media use? What are the differences? What are their strengths and weaknesses? How do the traditional electronic media compare to those that exist online? And how do social media change the game?
In this class, students will get a basic overview of basic audiovisual genres, an insight into newsroom routines, and the idea that not everything can be easily identified and labeled. The class also offers three discussions with practicing professionals, who will tell us about their work.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge - students acquire theoretical and factual knowledge from the field of audiovisual journalism. Students will be able to enumerate the main topics of the course and lead a professional discussion, will be able to define program formats, describe genres, explain the theoretical principles, analyze the main typological features prevailing in the sphere of audiovisual journalism.
Skills - practical and functional - students will be able to use their theoretical knowledge and apply those in practice, for example in the production of audio-visual news, reports, interviews and other audio-visual forms from this professional field. They will be able to plan and produce audiovisual journalistic works and will be able to create a production plan. They will be able to lead a small journalistic crew.
General Competence - Competence - Students will be able to use knowledge and skills in practice in audiovisual editorial offices while working as audiovisual journalists on their own. They will be able to assume responsibility as reporters. Students are able to solve complicated situations when working in the newsroom and the field.
Syllabus
  • Week 1
  • Introduction, Instructions
  • Week 2
  • Television news
  • Week 3
  • 24/7 News, User Generated Content, Feature Stories
  • Week 4
  • TV news - discussion with a guest speaker
  • Week 5
  • Auditive Reporting
  • Week 6
  • Auditive Reporting - Types of Stories
  • Week 7
  • Auditive Reporting - discussion with a guest speaker
  • Week 8
  • Public Service vs. Commercial
  • Week 9
  • News Online
  • Week 10
  • Social Networks and Broadcast News
  • Week 11
  • Online News - discussion with a guest speaker
  • Week 12
  • Media Convergence
  • Week 13
  • Q's & A's, What we did not make in standard lessons, Instructions for the exam
Literature
    required literature
  • BOYD, Andrew. Broadcast journalism : techniques of radio and television news. Boston, MA: Elsevier, 2008, 377 s. ISBN 9780240810249. info
  • Zpravodajství v médiích. Edited by Barbora Osvaldová. Vydání třetí, revidovan. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2020, 139 stran. ISBN 9788024646121. URL info
  • TUŠER, Andrej. Ako sa robia noviny. 4., prepracované vyd. Bratislava: Bratislavská vysoká škola práva, 2010, 288 s. ISBN 9788089447237. info
  • MOTAL, Jan. Nové trendy v médiích II. Rozhlas a televize (New Trends in Media II. Radio and Television). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 223 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5826-2. info
  • ORLEBAR, Jeremy. Kniha o televizi. Translated by Helena Bendová. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění, 2012, 213 s. ISBN 9788073312466. info
  • MARŠÍK, Josef. Výběrový slovníček termínů slovesné rozhlasové tvorby. Praha: Sdružení pro rozhlasovou tvorbu, 1999, 60 s. info
  • HANÁČKOVÁ, Andrea. Český rozhlasový dokument a feature v letech 1990 - 2005: Poetika žánrů. Disertační práce. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého Olomouc, 2008. info
  • JEŠUTOVÁ, Eva. Od mikrofonu k posluchačům : z osmi desetiletí českého rozhlasu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Český rozhlas, 2003, 667 s. ISBN 8086762009. info
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. New York: New York University Press, 2006, xi, 308. ISBN 9780814742952. info
    not specified
  • Přesné vymezení literatury je uvedeno na závěr sylabu
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, analysis of examples, practical work with audiovisual material.
Assessment methods
3 essays - a condition required to start the test Exam - written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/fss/ZUR/PRAXE/
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/spring2025/ZURb1108