FAVBPa05 Concepts in media theory and history II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Lucie Česálková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:50–12:25 C34
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
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Course objectives
The course focuses on methods of media archaelogy research, points out the origins of the discipline and the transformation of media archaelogical concepts in the context of new media in the post-media age, at the turn of the 20th and 21 century. The course objective is to provide interpretation of the media as a discursive object whose nature in the first place is not constant but varies depending on the socio-cultural context and related to it user practices, and which is currently at the time of its creation, technological response / implementation of current social ideas, expectations, etc.
The main objectives of the course:
student will become familiar with the development of media archaelogy research;
get an overview of key methods of discipline;
understand the importance of media research in a broader sociocultural context, including unrealized projects and plans (within the meaning of parallel history of media.
Syllabus
  • Media archeology - history of the discipline.
  • Methods of media archeology research
  • Essential terms.
  • Case studies.
Literature
  • ZIELINSKI, Siegfried. Audiovisions : cinema and television as entr'actes in history. Translated by Gloria Custance. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 356 s. ISBN 905356313X. 1999. info
  • KITTLER, Friedrich A. Gramophone, film, typewriter : Grammophon, Film, Typewriter (Orig.). Translated by Geoffrey Winthrop-Young - Michael Wutz. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. xli, 315 s. ISBN 0-8047-3232-9. 1999. info
  • MARVIN, Carolyn. When old technologies were new : thinking about electric communication in the late nineteenth century. 1st issued as an Oxford Univ. New York: Oxford University Press. 269 s. ISBN 0195063414. 1990. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, discussion.
Assessment methods
Written test during the exam period. The test focuses on knowledge acquired during lectures and on mandatory study materials. Of the eight final questions, one examines the reading, one student's ability to apply the terms discusses during lectures in interpretation of a specific media-archaeological problem, other six focus on theoretical knowledge of analyzed topics. 60 % points in final test is recquired to complete the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Předmět se vypisuje jednou za 3 roky, další termíny jsou: jaro 2006, jaro 2009, jaro 2012 atd.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2015.
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