FV049 Mass culture, mass media and society

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Volek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
MASS CULTURE, MASS MEDIA AND SOCIETY The course provide introduction to basic critical theories of mass culture and mass society (Le Bon, Freud, Adorno, Habermas, Marcuse, Riesman, Macdonald and so on) and the theory of popular culture. The course will focus on problems of television culture too (Gripsrud, Ang). In this context the course will concentrate attention to specific nature and the role of new elektronic technologies in modern society (Benjamin,Innis, Mc Luhan, Flusser, Baudrillard). Course outline: introduction to concept of mass culture/ crowd from the psychoanalytical point of view/ frankfurt school and cultural industry/ midcult vs. mass cult/ electronic technologies and extension of man/ reality and its simulation/ soap opera as typical product of popular culture. The course comes in the form twelve two hour sessions that involve a combination of lectures and seminars. Students must be prepared to talk about and critically discuss the material you have read. Assesment: written essay 2500 - 3000 words, final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000.
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