ZURd0001 Theories of media and journalism studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Charles Michael Elavsky, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Macháčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alena Pospíšil Macková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, 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 only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enhance student knowledge of selected key theoretical readings and their ability to do focused readings and critical analysis. Simultaneously, the course aims to provide students who work on different dissertation topics with a common theoretical foundation that would enable a more in-depth joint discussion of the individual research topics covered by individual PhD students and their research teams. The specific readings for the seminars are selected so as to correspond with students’ dissertation topics, though with preference to more general theoretical texts constituting shared field foundations and creating spaces for overlap between individual fields of specialization in media and journalism studies.
Learning outcomes
The course develops learning outcomes No. 2, 4, 5 and 6.
Syllabus
  • The course is structured as a group seminar meeting five times within the given semester. The course is based on the self-study of texts from the field of media theory and journalism studies, followed by in-class analyses and discussion. Readings are framed by reaction papers in which the student summarizes and reflects on the content of the given texts. To complete the course, the student is expected to submit all papers and participate in at least four joint seminars.
Literature
  • BAKARDJIEVA, M. Internet society : the Internet in everyday life. 1. vyd. London: SAGE, 2005, 220 pp. ISBN 0-7619-4339-0. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Language and symbolic power. Edited by John B. Thompson. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991, ix, 302. ISBN 0674510410. info
  • Media effects : advances in theory and research. Edited by Jennings Bryant - Mary Beth Oliver. 3rd ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2009, xv, 640. ISBN 9780805864502. info
  • Habermas and the public sphere. Edited by Craig J. Calhoun. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992, x, 498. ISBN 0262531143. info
  • Couldry, N., & Hepp, A. (2018). The mediated construction of reality. John Wiley & Sons.
  • EDGERTON, David. The shock of the old : technology and global history since 1900. 1st pub. London: Profile Books, 2006, xviii, 270. ISBN 9781861973061. info
  • FEENBERG, Andrew. Between reason and experience : essays in technology and modernity. Edited by Michel Callon - Brian Wynne. London, England: MIT Press, 2010, xxv, 257. ISBN 9780262514255. info
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. The consequences of modernity. First published. Cambridge: Polity press, 1990, vii, 186. ISBN 0745609236. info
  • Consuming technologies : media and information in domestic spaces. Edited by Roger Silverstone - Eric Hirsch. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1999, xiii, 241. ISBN 0415117127. info
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. New York: New York University Press, 2006, xi, 308. ISBN 9780814742952. info
  • Livingstone, S. (2013). Making sense of television: The psychology of audience interpretation. Routledge.
  • MORLEY, David and Kevin ROBINS. Spaces of identity : global media, electronic landscapes and cultural boundaries. London: Routledge, 1995, vi, 257. ISBN 0415095972. info
  • SILVERSTONE, Roger. Television and everyday life. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1994, xi, 204 s. ISBN 0-415-01647-9. info
  • WEBSTER, Frank. Theories of the information society. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 317. ISBN 0415406331. info
Teaching methods
Seminar
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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