ZUR158 Contemporary Visual Culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Krajtl (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, 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
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:30 AVC
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
there are 19 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course is the presetation of:
- basic terminology and processes of the contemporal (digital) visual culture;
- changes of the visual culture connected with the coming of digital technologies;
- factors of the origins of new media;
- basic principles of visual imaging in frame of the contemporal visual culture
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic terminology and processes of the visual culture
  • 3. Changes of the visual culture connected with the coming of digital technologies
  • 4. New media
  • 5. Digital aesthetics
  • 6. Visual imaging of new media
  • 7. Visual strategies
  • 8. Presentations, workshop
  • 9. Test
Literature
  • LISTER, Martin. New media : a critical introduction. 1st publ. London: Routledge. vi, 404. ISBN 9780415431613. 2003. info
  • The visual culture reader. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 2nd ed. London: Routledge. xix, 737. ISBN 0415252229. 2002. info
  • MANOVICH, Lev. The language of new media. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. xxxix, 354. ISBN 0262133741. 2000. info
  • DARLEY, Andrew. Visual digital culture : surface play and spectacle in new media genres. 1st pub. London: Routledge. x, 225. ISBN 0415165555. 2000. info
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. An introduction to visual culture. 1st publ. London: Routledge. xi, 274. ISBN 0415158761. 1999. info
Assessment methods
Evaluation: test, written essay, presentation during the semester. The course is taught every other week.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013.
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