ZURb1237 Discourse Analysis of Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, 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
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the methodology of critical discourse analysis, to introduce them to basic principles, concepts, tools and to help them better understand the structure and contents of media texts.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - understand the social and material conditions underlying media discourses - construct a research design compatible with the principles of CDA - analyze news and pop-culture texts through basic tools and categories of linguistics
Syllabus
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 C/DA as a research paradign
  • 3 Discourse, performativity, representation
  • 4 Discourse strategies
  • 5 Discourse, perspectivization, discourse community
  • 6 Discourse and ideology
  • 7 Reading week
  • 8 Research design in CDA
  • 9 Lexical analysis
  • 10 Metaphors and metonymies
  • 11 Transitivity and modality
  • 12 Arguments
  • 13 Students' analyses, discussion
Literature
  • ROSE, Gillian. Visual methodologies : an introduction to researching with visual materials. 4th edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2016, xxiii, 432. ISBN 9781473948891. info
  • RICHARDSON, John E. Analysing newspapers : an approach from critical discourse analysis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xi, 268. ISBN 9781403935656. info
  • MACHIN, David and Theo VAN LEEUWEN. Global media discourse : a critical introduction. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2007, viii, 188. ISBN 9780415359467. URL info
  • GEE, James Paul. An introduction to discourse analysis : theory and method. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2005, xii, 209. ISBN 9780415328616. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality : pojednání o sociologii vědění. Edited by Radim Marada, Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 8085959461. info
  • FAIRCLOUGH, Norman. Media discourse. 1st pub. London: Hodder Arnold, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 0340588896. info
  • FOWLER, Roger. Language in the news : discourse and ideology in the press. London: Routledge, 1991, x, 254. ISBN 0415014190. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, discussions
Assessment methods
Active participation in discussion, homeworks, analysis presentation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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