Course: Media seminar

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Course title Media seminar
Course code KFHS/K526
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pokorný Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Mediasphere and media experience 2) Methods of media research 3) My media environment 4) Forms of communication: email, chat, discussion groups 5) Digital identity from the personal perspective 6) Digital identity from social and political perspective 7) Older media - text, radio, television 8) My life with smarphone 9) Digital entertainment - films and series 10) Digital entertainment - music and video 11) Digital entertainment - gaming 12) Future of media environments

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to research our media practices and map our live in mediasphere. Students will research their own media practices, discuss their outcomes, and analyse their media experiences.as an integral part of their personal and social lives. In the course, we will combine sociological and anthropological qualitative methods with understanding of mediality as a shared environment.The course will focus on finding answers to the following questions: Who are we as media persons? What changes has the new media brought to our lives? Who are we as digital citizens? What are the psychological, political and cultural consequences of new media? What is the shape of our personal media environment?
Knowledge of qualitative research methods Understanding of media experience Ability to analyse media environment Better self-comprehension through the analyses of media experience
Prerequisites
Attending the course Media studies Understanding the concept of media and orientation in media history

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Students will conduct an ethnographic research They will submit a research protocol and report
Recommended literature
  • Horst, H., Miller, D. The Cell Phone. An Anthropology of Communication. Oxford: Berg, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84520-401-3.
  • Lewis, J. Crisis in the Global Mediasphere. Desire, Pleasure and Cultural Transformation. London/New York: Pallgrave McMillan, 2011.
  • McIntyre, L., Rossenber, A. (edd.). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science. London, 2017.
  • Newman, J. Playing with videogames. London/New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-38522-0.
  • Novotná, H., Špaček, O., Šťovíčková Jantulová, M. Metody výzkumu ve společenských vědách. Praha: FHS, 2020.
  • Trampota, T., Vojtěchovská, M. Metody výzkumu médií. Praha: Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-262-0260-8.


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