POL575 Political message: workshop

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Anna Shavit, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miloš Gregor, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each odd Monday 11:30–13:00 P24, each odd Monday 13:30–15:00 U41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to train analytical thinking and abilities to work with various sources of information in a short time period. Students will be able to oriented quickly in various problems, came up with reasons and suggest possible solutions. Students will make deductions basedo on acquired knowledge how to analyze written, visual and audiovisual materials.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course, explanations of key topics and terms 2. Information - how to get them, how to work with them 3. Analytical workshop I. - how to read materials 4. Analytical workshop II. - how to work with data, how to understand various surveys, polls and research 5. Visual analysis I. - how visual works 6. Visual analysis II. 7. How to write analysis 8. Communication Strategy Analysis - why and how people commuicate 9. How to analyze audiovisual materials - electoral spots analysis
Teaching methods
The course will be divided into interactive seminars and workshops. Students will have to do homework and reading in order to follow workshops. Part of the seminars will be various class projects and discussion and work with various materials. In the course will participate professional from various fields.
Assessment methods
4 written assignments and final group project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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