Media Critique Theory

Course unit code:

373KTM

Course unit title:

Mode of delivery:

zkouška

Range:

2/T

Type of course unit:

Study plan Animovaná tvorba - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Animovaná tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Režie - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Kamera - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Produkce - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Střihová skladba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Zvuková tvorba - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - bakalář – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Audiovizuální studia - magistr – compulsory optional subject
Study plan Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování – compulsory optional subject

Level of course unit:

Year of study

předmět nemá určen ročník studia

Semester when the course unit is delivered

zimní

Number of ECTS credits allocated:

Garant předmětu:

Irena REIFOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Irena REIFOVÁ

Study Objectives:

The aim of this course is to present basic modern media critical theory from the 1920s to the present. The secondary aim is to prepare students for selectled SZK areas.

Mode of delivery:

Lecture: presentation of instructor experience, creativity.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

On-going tests in Literature

During the semester tests in literature are arranged. The test is over priorly established readings and checks the understanding of key concepts. The test asks for a development of three short expositions (15-20 lines).

The test dates are in the Winter semester 2010/2011: 25.11, 15:30, room 215

(Make-up dates will be based on doctor's written excuse of illness during the test date other than instruction and according to agreement.)

The list of literature for on-going testing is as follows:

1) Hall, S. (1979). Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London: Sage. (Chapter I: The Work of Representation, tj. str. 13-74 )

2) Kellner, D. (1992). Critical theory, Marxism, and modernity. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press. (Str. 1-21 a 121-145).

3) Schulz, W. (2000). Proměny a funkce politické komunikace. Masová média a realita: Ptolemaiovské a kopernikovské pojetí. Pp. 24-40 in Jirák. J.-Říchová, B. (eds.), Politická komunikace a média. Praha: Karolinum. (Str. 24-40).

4) Taylor, P.A. - Harris, J., Ll. 2008. Critical theories of mass media: then and now. Maidenhead: Open University Press, Mc-Graw Hill Education. (Intorduction a kapitoly 1, 2, 3 a 5; tj. str. 1-84 a 107-127)

Additional Conditions:

Completion of the on-going text (max 15 pts.)

Demonstration of knowledge at the final written test (max. 40 pts.)

Expostion for one of the selected books from the recommended literature - is part of the final text as an indepedent assignment (max. 5pts.) (For this the student selects one book from the „Further recommended literature“ point.)

DALŠÍ PODMÍNKY:

absolvování průběžného testu (max. 15 b.)

prokázání osvojených znalostí v závěrečném písemném testu (max. 40 b.)

anotace k jednomu vybranému titulu z další doporučené literatury - je součástí závěrečného testu jako samostatné zadání (max 5 b). (K tomuto bodu si studenti vybírají jeden titul z oddílu Další doporučená literatura.)

Available points: total max. 60.

60-50 // excellent

59-35 // very good

34-25 // good

24 or less // fail

Recommended optional programme components

Course contents:

1. Introduction

Presentation of individual topics. Introduction to study literature. On-going written and oral tests. Definition of the concept of „critical theory“ and „media critical theory“. Is it possible to find a common denominator in theory which is called critical? The viewpoint of communication in media critical theory:

representation of reality

cultural productions

Class ruling instruments

technology, globalization, cultural imperialism

2. Representing reality I

Definition of the concept „epistemiology of the media“ and sectioning the theory according to its epistemiological position into destrutivist and constructivist. Comparison of the destruction of reality hypothesis in media with a metaphorical investigation of paradise lost and review of supporter classical concept of the destructivist approach.

Study materials:

Study literature (these review concepts and perspective covered in lectures, also serve as the written exam study literature).

See the syllabus for the arrangement of readings for the topics.

Adoni, H.- Mane, S. (1984). Media and the Social Construction of Reality. Toward an Integration of Theory and Research. Pp. 323-340 in Communication Research, vol. 11, no. 3. Dostupné z databáze SAGE Full-text.

dorno, T. (2003). The Culture Industry. London: Routledge.

Bělohradský, V. (2008). Proletáři všech spektáklů, spojte se. Pp. 11-40 in Foret, M., Lapčík, M., Orság, P. (eds.), Média dnes: reflexe mediality, médií a mediálních obsahů. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.

Berger P., Luckmann, T. (1999). Sociální konstruování reality. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury.

Berger, A.A. (1995). Cultural Criticism: A Primer of Key Concepts. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Benjamin, W. (1979). Umělecké dílo ve věku své mechanické reprodukovatelnosti. In: Dílo a jeho zdroj. Praha: Odeon.

Debord, G. (2007). Společnost spektáklu. Praha: Intu.

Durham, G.M., Kellner, D. (2000). Media and Cultural Studies. Keyworks. Oxford: Blackwell. (Part I, pp. 31 - 102).

Kellner, D. (1992). Critical theory, Marxism, and modernity. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press.

Kellner, D. (1994)(ed.). Baudrillard: a critical reader. Oxford: Blackwell. (Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2; 1-67 + Chapter 9; 189-208)

Poster, M. (1995). Second Media Age. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Schulz, W. (2000). Proměny a funkce politické komunikace. Masová média a realita: Ptolemaiovské a kopernikovské pojetí. Pp. 24-40 in Jirák. J.-Ríchová, B. (eds.), Politická komunikace a média. Praha: Karolinum

Street, J. (2001). Mass media, Politics and Democracy. London: Palgrave. (Part I, pp. 15-35)

Strinati, D. (2000). An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture. London: Routledge. (pp. 1-81)

Van Dijk, Jan. (2005). The deepening divide: inequality in the information society. Thousand Oaks;London;New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Additional recommended literature (students select one for reproduction in the final test.):

Allen, R.C, Hill, A. (2004). The Television Studies Reader. London: Routledge. (pp. 367 - 457)

Baudrillard, J. (1999). Consumer Society. London: Sage. (pp. 99 - 187)

Berger, A.A. (1995). Cultural Criticism: A Primer of Key Concepts. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Durham, G.M., Kellner, D. (2000). Media and Communication Studies. Oxford: Blackwell. (Part I, pp. 31 - 102).

Friedman G. (1981). The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School. Cornell University Press.

Jay, M. (1996). Dialectical Imagination. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Lash, S.-Lury, C. (2007). Global culture industry: the mediation of things. Cambridge: Polity Press. (Str. 1-84).

Lister, M. (2003). New Media: Critical Introduction. London: Routledge. (Pp. 9-159)

Macdonald, D. (1962). Against American Grain. New York: Random House

Poster, M. (1995). Second Media Age. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Strinati, D. (2000). An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture. London: Routledge. (pp. 1-81)

Van Dijk, Jan. (2005). The deepening divide: inequality in the information society. Thousand Oaks;London;New Delhi: Sage Publications.

Weinmann, G. (2000). Communicating Unreality. London: Sage. (pp. 3-189)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation in lecture, assignments.

Language of instruction:

Czech

Work placement(s):

Pracovní stáž není u tohoto předmětu zavedena.

Course web page:

Note:

Předmět je veden přednáškovou formou s časovou dotací 2/0 týdně. Organizace studia: klade se důraz na průběžnou aktivní četbu.

Further information:

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu	místnost FSV 215 FSV UK - učebna 215 () REIFOVÁ I. 15:30–16:50 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Datum	Den	Čas	Tutor	Místo	Notes	Č. paralelky
	Thu	15:30–16:50	REIFOVÁ I.	FSV UK - učebna 215		přednášková par. 1

Schedule for summer semester 2011/2012:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Animovaná tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Režie - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Režie - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Kamera - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Kamera - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Produkce - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Produkce - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
Střihová skladba - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Střihová skladba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Zvuková tvorba - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - bakalář (faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr (faculty subject, optional subject)
Audiovizuální studia - magistr (qualification subject, faculty subject, optional subject)
Fotografie CZ - magistr: restaurování (faculty subject, optional subject)