IM001 Introduction to IM Studies I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 N21
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
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.
Syllabus
  • 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
Literature
  • Handbook of new media : social shaping and consequences of ICTs : updated student edition. Edited by Leah A. Lievrouw - Sonia M. Livingstone. Thousand Oaks [Calif.]: 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
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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