FSS:BSSn4460 Propaganda - Course Information
BSSn4460 Information Warfare and Propaganda
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloš Gregor, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Mlejnková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Drmola, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Mlejnková, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Mon 16:00–17:40 P52
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- TYP_STUDIA ( N )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Security and Strategic Studies (programme FSS, N-PL)
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to introduce students to the study of propaganda and information warfare. The course focuses on development, history and applications information warfare` tools in different historical periods. The aim of the course is to provide students a detailed and comprehensive awareness of how information warfare and propaganda has permeated the political and daily life. Students will focus on historical examples (Nazi Germany, rise of communism in USSR, or Cold War) and contemporary usage of information warfare (Russia, US, Islamist fundamentalism, North Korea). Students will also learn how to analyze propaganda techniques and they will be encouraged to use critical thinking skills.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students will be able to: - Understand what propaganda is. - Know what tools and means propaganda uses. - Evaluate and analyze propaganda messages
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction 2. Theories of propaganda, persuation, and information warfare I. 3. Theories of propaganda, persuation, and information warfare II. 4. Theories of propaganda, persuation, and information warfare III. 5. Historical examples: Nazi Propaganda 6. Historical examples: Soviet Propaganda (Russia in 1917) 7. Historical examples: Soviet vs. US Propaganda during Cold War 8. Reading week 9. Contemporary US information warfare 10. Contemporary Russian information warfare 11. Islam, Fundamentalism and Propaganda 12. North Korea, China and Propaganda 13. Final test
- Literature
- Pratkanis, A., Aronson, E. (2007): Age of Propaganda. New York: Henry Holt.
- Bernays, E. (2005): Propaganda. New York: IG Publishing.
- Jowett, G.; O’Donnell, V. (2006): Propaganda and Persuasion. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
- Welch, D. (1995): The Third Reich. Politics and Propaganda. New York: Routledge.
- Smoleňová, I. (2015): The pro-Russian Disinformation Campaign in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prague: PSSI. (http://www.pssi.cz/download/docs/253_is-pro-russian-campaign.pdf)
- O`Shaughnessy, N. J. (2004): Politics and Propaganda. Weapons of Mass Seduction. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
- Teaching methods
- Teaching methods consist of lectures, class discussions and presentations. Students are obligated to prepare presentation of propaganda example (movie, literature, music etc.), which will be delivered in the class. The course is concluded by written exam.
- Assessment methods
- final group presentations (40 points) and written exam (60 points). The exam consists of 10 questions (5 questions for 2 points, 5 explanatory questions for 10 points). Altogether student can get 100 points, to pass 59 points is needed
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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