IMK092 Media Technologies: Language of New Media

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František Kůst (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 25. 9. 8:20–9:55 N21, Fri 23. 10. 8:20–9:55 N21, Fri 13. 11. 8:20–9:55 N21, Fri 11. 12. 8:20–9:55 N21
Prerequisites
This course provides a comprehensive overview of Media technology in aspect of its visual language. Tie together with courses as Cyberculture and Phraseology of digital media.
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will be able to:
Define the basic term from the field of visual language of new media
Explain the relations of individual main elements of visual language
Analyse new media works from the point of its contents of visual language elements
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Language of new media 3. Comics - strip, poster, cartoon 4. Computer games - gameplay and interactivity 5. Music videos: spectacle as a style 6. Multimedia and Hypermedia: Infoaesthetics 7. Web theory (web like a tool and subject of communication 8. Networks - community, audience and users 9. Workshops 10. Closing lesson
Literature
  • LISTER, Martin. New media : a critical introduction. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2003, vi, 404 s. ISBN 0-415-22377-6. info
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xxxix, 354. ISBN 0-262-63255-1. info
  • Electronic culture : history, theory, practice. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1999. info
Teaching methods
lectures (One 1.5 hour class per week plus tutorials once per semester) seminars
Assessment methods
Evaluation: written essay, presentation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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