JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course title Media education
Course code KBO/4213
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Zejdová Zuzana, PhDr.
Course content
1. Development of media impact. 2. Regulation and autoregulation of media. 3. Economical and political influences in media. 4. Stereotypes in media contents (advertisement). 5. Methods of advertisement persuasion. 6. Archetypes in media contents (reporting). 7. Manipulating with public opinion and propaganda. 8. Influence of electronical media on social behaviour. 9. Theory of reality social construction. 10. Pseudoevent. 11. Qualitative content analysis - practical exercise. 12. Quantitative content analysis - practical exercise. 13. - 14. Reflection of student´s homeworks.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course leads students to basic orientation in methods of analysis in case of media contents according to selected current media-scientific an sociological theories. Purpose of this course is introducing of these theories and methods and offer students reliable instruments for interpretation of selected media contents. Students formulate questions for searching connections between effectiveness of media and social change, under influence of media on public communication. They speculate over topics: freedom of speaking and censorship, regulation of media, role of reporter, persuation, propaganda. With accent on training of critical analysis and individual interpretation of media contents.
This course leads students to basic orientation in methods of analysis in case of media contents according to selected current media-scientific an sociological theories. Purpose of this course is introducing of these theories and methods and offer students reliable instruments for interpretation of selected media contents. Students formulate questions for searching connections between effectiveness of media and social change, under influence of media on public communication. They speculate over topics: freedom of speaking and censorship, regulation of media, role of reporter, persuation, propaganda. With accent on training of critical analysis and individual interpretation of media contents.
Prerequisites
knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance activity presentation test semestral essay
Recommended literature
  • Boorstin, D. The Image. A guide to pseudo-events in America. New York: Vintage Books, 1992.
  • Burton, G., Jirák, J. Úvod do studia médií. Brno: Barrister and Principal, 2001.
  • Fairclough, N. Media discourse. London: Arnold, 1995.
  • Flusser, V. Za filosofii fotografie. Praha: Hynek, 1994.
  • Jirák, J., Říchová, B. Politická komunikace a média. Praha: Karolinum, 2000.
  • Lippmann, W. Public Opinion. New York: Free Press Paperbacks, 1997.
  • Mcquail, D. Úvod do teorie masové komunikace.. Praha: Portál, 1999.
  • Meyrowirz, J. Všude a nikde. Vliv elektronických médií na sociální chování. Praha: Karolinum, 2006.
  • Reifová, I. a kol. Slovník mediální komunikace. Praha: Portál, 2004.
  • Schulz, W., Hagen, L., Scherer, H., Reifová, I. Analýza obsahu mediálních sdělení. Praha: Karolinum, 1998.
  • Schulz, W., Reifová, I. a kol. Analýza obsahu mediálních sdělení. Praha: Karolinum, 2004.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language for Media and Public Sphere (A14) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 09.05.2024 08:26.