ZUR435 Media in the Modern Era

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022

The course is not taught in Autumn 2022

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Samuel Prílepok (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Večeřa, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course Media History in the Era of Modernity is to acquaint students with the development of media in key countries of the Euro-American civilization area (Great Britain, United States, France, Germany) from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century. The course puts media development in the context of socio-economic, political, cultural, but also transport and communication changes related to the transition from traditional to modern society and to the processes of the first and second industrial revolution. It concentrates on the printed media, in the context of newspapers mainly on dailies, but does not neglect the magazine production. It monitors technological conditions, economic conditions, information sources, forms of control and regulation of printed media and the development of the profession of journalist. It deals with the extension, durability, periodicity, content, form, structure, costs and audience of newspapers and magazines, as well as reflection of the phenomenon of printed media. In addition, the course also provides basic information on film production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the first half of the 20th century, as well as on the development of radio in the interwar period.
Learning outcomes
Students will:
- be oriented in the history of modern-day communication
- be orientated in the media history of the modern era
- understand the origin of modernity in communication and media contexts
- be able analyze the source by the optics of communication and media history
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lessons
  • 2. Population explosion, urbanization, alphabetization
  • 3. Industrialisation and commodification
  • 4. Democratisation and the emergence of a modern nation-state; the onset of mass culture
  • 5. Development of communication
  • 6. Printed media in the "long 19th century"
  • 7. Regulation and control of printed media in the "long 19th century"
  • 8. Development of the profession of journalist in the "long 19th century"
  • 9. Development of newspapers from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War I
  • 10. Development of newspapers from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War II
  • 11. Development of magazines from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of World War
  • 12. Communication and media between wars
  • 13. Newspapers between wars
  • 14. Magazines between wars
  • 15. Film production of the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
  • 16. Radio broadcasting between wars
Literature
    required literature
  • VEČEŘA, Pavel. Úvod do dějin tištěných médií (Introduction to the History of the Print Media). Praha: Grada Publishing. 272 pp. první vydání. ISBN 978-80-247-4178-9. 2015. info
  • BRIGGS, Asa and Peter BURKE. A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet. 3rd ed. Malden, Mass.: Polity. viii, 346. ISBN 9780745644950. 2009. info
  • PROKOP, Dieter. Boj o média : dějiny nového kritického myšlení o médiích. Translated by Barbara Köpplová - Monika Loderová. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Karolinum. 409 s. ISBN 8024606186. 2005. info
  • THOMPSON, John B. Média a modernita : sociální teorie médií. Translated by Jan Jirák. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Karolinum. 219 s. ISBN 8024606526. 2004. info
  • KOVARIK, Bill. Revolutions in communication : media history from Gutenberg to the digital age. 2nd edition. New York: Bloomsbury. ix, 470. ISBN 9781628924787. 2016. info
  • CHAPMAN, Jane. Comparative media history : an introduction : 1789 to the present. Malden, MA: Polity. xii, 302. ISBN 9780745632438. 2005. info
  • BÖSCH, Frank. Mediengeschichte : vom asiatischen Buchdruck zum Fernsehen. Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag. 268 s. ISBN 9783593393797. 2011. info
  • FAULSTICH, Werner. Mediengeschichte von 1700 bis ins 3. Jahrtausend : mit 27 Abbildungen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 192 s. ISBN 3525032216. 2006. info
  • WILKE, Jürgen. Grundzüge der Medien- und Kommunikationsgeschichte. 2. durchgesehene und ergänz. Köln: Böhlau Verlag. vii, 452. ISBN 9783825231668. 2008. info
  • KÖPPLOVÁ, Barbora and Ladislav KÖPPL. Dějiny světové žurnalistiky. 1, Celý svět je v novinách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Novinář. 332 s. : i. 1989. info
  • FELLOW, Anthony R. American media history. 3rd ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. xxii, 468. ISBN 9781111348120. 2013. info
Teaching methods
lecture, reading
Assessment methods
Oral examination (in exceptional circumstances, e.g. due to epidemiological threat, as well as online oral examination).
In the credit week, the final seminar was rescheduling.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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