UFTF521 Communication and Society

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Martin Čapský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Martin Čapský, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
The lecture series will trace the communication systems and their interdependencies from the antiquity to the rise of the media age. Attention is paid to the interconnection of the oral, written and visual communication.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. Communication in the age of early civilizations
    3. The Middle Ages, media, forms of communications
    4. Book printing and communications revolution of the early Modern Era
    5. Communication in the emerging industrialization
    6. The discovery of electricity, the telegraph, telephone and radio
    7. Role of mass media in modern times
    8. Media between information and entertainment
    9. Mass media and political power
    10. Cyberspace, internet and global networks
    11. Completion of the course
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BEDNAŘÍK, Petr. Dějiny českých médií. Od počátku do současnosti. Praha, 2011. info
  • Dvořák, Tomáš (ed.). Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií. Praha, 2010. info
  • Meyrowitz, Joshua. Všude a nikde. Vliv elektronických médií na sociální chování. Praha, 2006. info
  • Thompson, John B. Média a modernita. Sociální teorie médií. Praha, 2004. info
  • Zielinski, Siegfried. Archeölogie der Medien. Zur Tiefenzeit des technischen Hörens und Sehens. Hamburg, 2002. info
  • briggs, Asha - Burke, Peter. A Social History of the Media. From Gutenberg to the internet. Cambridge, 2000. info
  • MCLUHAN, Marshall. Jak rozumět médiím: extenze člověka. Praha, 1991. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Passing a final written exam.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2015, Winter 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
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