IMNK071 Social Theories of New Media

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Macek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Alena Pospíšil Macková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Slavík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 N21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Social theory of new media aims to map contemporary theoretical reflection of ICT, with focus on main themes related to sociological, anthropological and communication research and theory of new media. The course deals with issues of public sphere, identity, embodiment, politics and power, community, forms of computer mediated communication and structural change of society.
Syllabus
  • New media studies - origins and demarcation of the metafield
  • New media as a social phenomenon
  • Novelty of new media
  • Archaeology of new media - the early cyberculture
  • New media and community
  • Uses, everyday life and convergence culture
  • New media, politics and power
  • New media and the public sphere
  • New media and inequalities
  • Information / postmodern / postindustrial / network society
Literature
    required literature
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. 1st published in paperback. London: New York University Press, 2008, xi, 353. ISBN 9780814742952. info
  • 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
  • WEBSTER, Frank. Theories of the information society. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, viii, 317. ISBN 0415406331. info
  • NORRIS, Pippa. Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xv, 303. ISBN 0521002230. URL info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
  • Habermas and the public sphere. Edited by Craig J. Calhoun. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1992, x, 498. ISBN 0262531143. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings.
Assessment methods
Position papers reviewing literature, oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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