ZURb1614 Current issues in research of media and audiences

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iveta Jansová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Vojtěch Mýlek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Macháčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jana Jedličková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Kirkosová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Shanu Shukla, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Vojtěch Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Paulenová (lecturer)
Mgr. Štěpán Žádník (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Lisztwan Honusová (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marie Jaroň Bedrošová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Iveta Jansová, 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
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 AVC
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 41/40, only registered: 6/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 6/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed as a series of lectures and discussions, acquainting students with selected topics in the current research of media and media audiences. The course is taught by experts from the Department of Media Studies and Journalism and the Interdisciplinary Research Team on Internet and Society (IRTIS), who will introduce students to selected areas in their current research interests and activities. After completing the course, the students will have an overview of the current topics in the media studies field and they will learn how to communicate research findings to the broader public.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the students:
- will have an overview of the current topics research in the field of media and media audiences
- will be able to critically read and engage with academic articles about the topics
- will learn how to communicate research findings to the broader public in the from of popularizations
Syllabus
  • Selected topic from media and media audiences research, e.g.:
  • Digital literacy
  • Media and aggression
  • Media and fandom
  • Media and politics
  • Media and sexuality
  • Media and vulnerable groups
  • Problematic media use
  • Writing scientific popularizations, citing sources
Literature
  • Jansová, I. (2022). Where are the lesbian rom-coms? Building reparative narratives through fan creativity. In S. Schultermandl, J. Aresin, S. S. Pages Whybrew, & D. Simic (Eds.), Affective worldmaking: Narrative counterpublics of gender and sexuality (pp
  • Scott, C. R., & Rains, S. A. (2020). (Dis) connections in anonymous communication theory: Exploring conceptualizations of anonymity in communication research. Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(4), 385-400.
  • Dedkova, L. (2015). Stranger is not always danger: The myth and reality of meetings with online strangers. In P. Lorentz, D. Šmahel, M. Metyková, & M. F. Wright (Eds.), Living in the Digital Age (pp. 78–94). Masaryk University.
  • Lebedíková, M., Olveira-Araujo, R., Mýlek, V., Smahel, D., & Dedkova, L. (2024). The reciprocal relationship between consensual sexting and peer support among adolescents: A three-wave longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 152.
  • Black, J., Fletcher, T., Doidge, M., Kearns, C., Kilvington, D., Liston, K., ... & Sinclair, G. (2024). “Let the tournament for the woke begin!”: Euro 2020 and the reproduction of Cultural Marxist conspiracies in online criticisms of the “take the knee”
  • Ortiz, S. M. (2021). Racists without racism? From colourblind to entitlement racism online. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(14), 2637-2657.
  • van Dijck, J. (2020). The digital divide. Polity.
  • Jaron Bedrosova, M., Dufkova, E., Machackova, H., Huang, Y., & Blaya, C. (2024). Bias-based cyberaggression related to origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and weight: Systematic review of young people’s experiences, risk and protective factors,
  • Halversen, A., & Weeks, B. E. (2023). Memeing Politics: Understanding Political Meme Creators, Audiences, and Consequences on Social Media. Social Media + Society, 9(4).
  • van der Schuur, W. A., Baumgartner, S. E., Sumter, S. R., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2015). The consequences of media multitasking for youth: A review. Computers in Human Behavior, 53, 204–215.
  • Lobato, R., Scarlata, A., & Wils, T. (2024). Video-on-demand catalog and interface analysis: The state of research methods. Convergence, 30(4).
  • Humphry, J. (2022). Homelessness and mobile communication: Precariously connected. Springer Nature.
  • Matthews, N., Mattingley, J. B., & Dux, P. E. (2022). Media-multitasking and cognitive control across the lifespan. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 1.
  • Foltýnek, T., Černikovský, P. Fontana, J., Gojná, Z, Henek Dlabolová, D., Holeček, T., Hradecký, J., Kozmanová, I., Mach, J., Římanová, R., Tesaříková Čermáková, K., Válová, A., Vorel, F., & Vorlová, H. (2020). How to avoid plagiarism. Student Handbook.
  • Lotz, A., Lobato, R., & Thomas, J. (2018). Internet-distributed television research: A provocation. Media Industries, 5(2), 35-47.
  • Mýlek, V., Dedkova, L., & Mesch, G. S. (2023). Czech adolescents’ face-to-face meetings with people from the internet: The role of adolescents’ motives and expectations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52(1), 15–28.
Teaching methods
Lectures, final assignement in the form of a scientific popularization text
Assessment methods
Credit; final assignement in the form of a scientific popularization text
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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