ZUR432 Social Theories of New Media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Charles Michael Elavsky, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alena Pospíšil Macková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Thu 9:10–10:45 N41
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 overviews the theoretical and research issues that currently form the field of new media studies. The students will be well oriented in the key theoretical and research approaches to new media and will be able to apply their knowledge of the problematics in research area.
Syllabus
  • Introductiory talk: goals and structure of the course
  • New media studies - new media from and social sciences
  • New media and the critique of novelty
  • Archaeology of new media
  • New media and the transformation of everyday life
  • New media, space and place
  • New media, communities and social networking sites
  • New media, participation in textuality and transformation of the relationship between audiences and broadcasters
  • New media, politics, activism and the public sphere
  • New media and inequalities
  • Research on new media
  • New media and information society
Literature
    required literature
  • Media and participationa site of ideological-democratic struggle. Edited by Nico Carpentier. Chicago: Intellect, 2011, 405 p. ISBN 9781841505244. info
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. New York: New York University Press, 2006, xi, 308. ISBN 9780814742952. info
  • BAKARDJIEVA, Maria. Internet society : the Internet in everyday life. London: SAGE, 2005, xi, 220. ISBN 0761943390. info
  • CERTEAU, Michel de and Pierre MAYOL. The practice of everyday life. Edited by Luce Giard. New rev. and augm. ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998, xlv, 292. ISBN 9780816628773. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. The constitution of society : outline of the theory of structuration. 1st ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984, xxxvii, 40. ISBN 9780520057289. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
position paper, oral exam, theoretical paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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