FSS:ZURn4107 Political Economy of Media - Course Information
ZURn4107 Political Economy of Media
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Monika Metyková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 11. 4. 12:00–15:40 P24a, Wed 12. 4. 8:00–11:40 U35, Thu 13. 4. 10:00–13:40 U43, Fri 14. 4. 8:00–11:40 P22, Mon 17. 4. 16:00–19:40 P22, Tue 18. 4. 12:00–13:40 P24a
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- TYP_STUDIA ( MN )
- 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
- Media industries and production (programme FSS, N-MSZU)
- Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, N-KS)
- Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, N-MSZU)
- Media research and analytics (programme FSS, N-MSZU)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce students to political economy approaches to the study of media and mediated communication. A political economy approach is characterized by the study of social relations, above all power relations, that constitute the production, distribution and consumption of resources, in the case of this course particularly focussing on communication resources. We will explore how the communication business operates, for example, how communications products move through a chain of producers to wholesalers, retailers, and, finally consumers, whose purchases, rentals, and attention are fed back into new processes of production. We will also explore political and economic processes that impact on the media, such as funding models and regulatory frameworks.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be able to:
- understand key topics related to political economy of media
- analyze the ways in which the unequal distribution of material and symbolic resources impact on communication activities and how the funding and organization of cultural products influence the range of discourses and representations as well as access to these - Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to the course. 2. Which political economy of the media?
- 3. Media and Society
- 4. Media Industries
- 5. Who Owns the Media?
- 6. Researching Commodities and Media Organizations
- 7. Globalization of News Industries
- 8. Digitization and the search for new business and distribution models
- 9. Rise of The Prosumer: Democratization of Media Content Making or Labour for Free?
- 10. Media Professionals: Autonomous, Creative and Diverse?
- Literature
- Curran, J. (2011) Media and Democracy. London: Routledge.
- Castells, M. (1998) The information age: Economy, society and culture at the end of millennium. Oxford. Blackwell.
- Bagdikian, B. (2004) The New Media Monopoly: A Completely Revised and Updated Edition With Seven New Chapters, 20th ed. (Boston: Beacon Press).
- HESMONDHALGH, David. The cultural industries. 3rd edition. Los Angeles: Sage, 2013, xx, 456. ISBN 9781446209264. info
- MOSCO, Vincent. The political economy of communication. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2009, x, 268. ISBN 9781412947008. info
- THUSSU, Daya Kishan. Media on the move : global flow and contra-flow. New York: Routledge, 2006, xiv, 267. ISBN 0415354587. info
- HERMAN, Edward S. and Noam CHOMSKY. Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media. New York: Pantheon Books, 2002, lxiv, 412. ISBN 0375714499. info
- DOYLE, Gillian. Understanding media economics. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2002, vii, 184. ISBN 0761968741. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, seminar, reading
- Assessment methods
- written assignments, written assignment
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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