TIM_B_001 Introduction to Interactive Media Studies I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Course is an introduction to studies of new / digital / interactive media. It aims to cover basic terminology and themes of new media studies as well as technological and textual characteristics of new media. The course focuses on students' ability to understand and use basic terminological apparatus including concepts of digitality, hypertextuality, remediation and convergence, virtuality and cybertext. The course includes an introduction to basic technological and historical facts related to new media and their development.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student will be able to:
- understand and use basic terminological apparatus including concepts of digitality, hypertextuality, remediation and convergence, virtuality and cybertext.
- discuss basic technological and historical facts related to new media and their development.
Key topics
  • - New media studies.
  • - Media definitions and typologies.
  • - Digital media - on technological characteristics of new media.
  • - Cybertext and virtuality.
  • - Code / protocol.
  • - Hypertext and hypermedia.
  • - Multimedia, convergence and remediation.
  • - New Media and social / cultural space.
  • - Interactivity.
  • - History of new media.
Study resources and literature
  • Handbook of new media : social shaping and consequences of ICTs : updated student edition. Edited by Leah A. Lievrouw - Sonia M. Livingstone. London: SAGE, 2006, xix, 475. ISBN 1412918731. info
  • BOLTER, Jay David and Richard A. GRUSIN. Remediation : understanding new media. 1st MIT Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xi, 295. ISBN 0262522799. info
  • LANDOW, George P. Hypertext 2.0. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, x, 353. ISBN 0801855861. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lecture
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2026, recent)
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