ZURb1427 Media in the Founding Period of the Communist Regime

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. Markéta Malá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Malá, 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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to offer students an insight into the main features and events of the foundation stage of the communist regime, i.e.the first period of the communist totalitarian rule, spanning from February 1948 to the end of 1955. The seminar focuses on the contemporary media and the most important political trials of the era and their analysis. The subject will also include a survey of the key sources, archive fonds and media banks in the libraries of the Czech Republic. The seminar will partially cover the problem of historiographic methods along with the methods of media analysis. The course is designed as thirteen 2-hour lessons combining both the form of a lecture and a seminar.
Learning outcomes
After completing the seminar, the students will be able to characterize the main features of the foundation period of the communist regime and the nature of the media of this period. They will have knowledge and understanding of the significant events of the era and will be capable of defining the power structures as well as the repressive organs of the state. The students will be able to describe the main political trials and their representatives, including the details of the Slansky trial. The students who have completed the course will have no difficulty enumerating the main resistance groups of this period and their key figures. They will master the basics of the historiographic method. They will gain a deeper insight into the quantitative content analysis and discoursive analysis. The course will develop the participants’ awareness of the structure of archival and library and information institutions in the Czech Republic, including the fonds related to the research of the history of the media.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. týden: Úvodní hodina 2. týden: Uvedení do problematiky dějin zakladatelského období komunismu 2. týden: Média před únorem 1948 3. týden: Transformace během února 1948 4. týden: Ústava, zákony a normy zakladatelského období režimu, mocenské struktury 5. týden: První krize režimu, odpor a odboj 6. týden: Represivní složky, perzekuce, politické procesy 7. týden: Proces s Rudolfem Slánským 8. týden: Metody výzkumu tisku v kontextu dějin komunikace a médií 9. týden: Metody historiografické 10. týden: Totalitní režimy a možnosti mediální analýzy 11. týden: Kvantitativní obsahová analýza, diskurzivní analýza 12. týden: Bádání v archivech ČR a jejich struktura 13. týden: Mediální archivy a struktura knihoven u nás V případě celodenní exkurze ohlásí učitel změnu osnovy na prvním semináři.
Teaching methods
The main teaching methods will include lectures, group discussions, and essays, with particular emphasis on creativity and team work.
Assessment methods
The participants will be required to complete individual tasks that will become an integral component of their overall assessment. In the course of the seminar, the main topic and the students’ contributions will be subjected to group discussions.
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 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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