ZUR707 Introduction to digital media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Fri 25. 2. 16:00–17:30 exP24, Sat 2. 4. 16:00–17:30 exP24, Fri 13. 5. 16:00–17:30 exP24
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 main objectives of the course are the following: understand the basic concepts of digital media
define the main stages of virtualization of informations
digital media and media practice
Syllabus
  • classification of the media (Marshall McLuhan)
  • 5 characteristics of digital media (Feldman)
  • interactivity
  • virtual and theory of digital media
  • virtual versus actual (Pierre Levy)
  • virtual and imersivity
  • classification of VR
  • history of media in relation to virtualization
  • hypertext-language of new media
  • history of hypertext (Bush, Engelbart, Nelson, Berners-Lee)
  • web 2.0
Literature
  • Feldman, Tony; An Introduction to Digital Media, Routledge, London 1996
  • McLuhan, Marshal; Jak rozumět médiím, Odeon, Praha 1991
  • Lévy, Pierre; Becoming Virtual, Plenum Press, New York 1998
  • Horrock, Christopher; Marshal McLuhan a virtualita, Triton, Praha 2002
  • Graham, Gordon; The Internet, A Philosophical Inquiry, Routledge, London 2001
  • Negroponte, Nicholas; Digitální svět, Management Press, Praha 2001
  • Lister, Martin (ed.); New Media: A Critical Introduction, Routledge, 2002
Assessment methods
lectures
class discussion
reading
final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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