ZUR707 Introduction to digital media

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
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 main objectives of the course are the following: understand the basic concepts of digital media
define the main stages of virtualization of informations
digital media and media practice
Syllabus
  • classification of the media (Marshall McLuhan)
  • 5 characteristics of digital media (Feldman)
  • interactivity
  • virtual and theory of digital media
  • virtual versus actual (Pierre Levy)
  • virtual and imersivity
  • classification of VR
  • history of media in relation to virtualization
  • hypertext-language of new media
  • history of hypertext (Bush, Engelbart, Nelson, Berners-Lee)
  • web 2.0
Literature
  • Feldman, Tony; An Introduction to Digital Media, Routledge, London 1996
  • McLuhan, Marshal; Jak rozumět médiím, Odeon, Praha 1991
  • Lévy, Pierre; Becoming Virtual, Plenum Press, New York 1998
  • Horrock, Christopher; Marshal McLuhan a virtualita, Triton, Praha 2002
  • Graham, Gordon; The Internet, A Philosophical Inquiry, Routledge, London 2001
  • Negroponte, Nicholas; Digitální svět, Management Press, Praha 2001
  • Lister, Martin (ed.); New Media: A Critical Introduction, Routledge, 2002
Assessment methods
lectures
class discussion
reading
final written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
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