Course: Arts and Media 2

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Course title Arts and Media 2
Course code KUMK/EARM2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Göttlichová Veronika, M. A.
Course content
1. Introduction to Mass Communication and Mass Media. 2. Art as a Tool of Mass Media. 3. Media Literacy: The Power of Images. 4. Media Literacy: Fake Views and Framing the Message. 5. Books and the Power of Print. 6. Newspapers, Journalism and Art. 7. The Impact of Photography on Art. 8. Music Industry: Music as Art Versus Music as Commerce. 9. Art in Radio Broadcasting. 10. Art and Television. 11. Film: Art Versus Commerce in the Movie Industry. 12. Media Convergence: The Internet a Digital Media. 13. Art Meets Social Media.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 25 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 25 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisites are not set
Prerequisites are not set
Prerequisities are not set.
Skills
Prerequisites are not set
Prerequisites are not set
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Aesthetics from the point of view of a scientific discipline - basic concepts, branches and specifics
Aesthetics from the point of view of a scientific discipline - basic concepts, branches and specifics
Culture and art - theory of art, art as a tool of communication
Culture and art - theory of art, art as a tool of communication
Classical Art Vs. audiovisual media
Classical Art Vs. audiovisual media
High and low culture
High and low culture
Contemporary art and new (digital) media
Contemporary art and new (digital) media
Skills
Aesthetic perception and the ability to have an aesthetic relationship with reality
Aesthetic perception and the ability to have an aesthetic relationship with reality
The ability to uncover the values of works of art throughout history
The ability to uncover the values of works of art throughout history
Conscious identification of visual imagery with the ability to evoke visual imagery
Conscious identification of visual imagery with the ability to evoke visual imagery
Ability to make one's own judgment in continuity with the values of historical and contemporary artefacts
Ability to make one's own judgment in continuity with the values of historical and contemporary artefacts
Presentation of art from the point of view of the specifics of individual types of art in connection with the technological possibilities of today
Presentation of art from the point of view of the specifics of individual types of art in connection with the technological possibilities of today
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Skills
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Preparation of a presentation, giving a presentation
Written examination
Preparation of a presentation
Written examination
Preparation of a presentation
Analysis of educational material
Analysis of educational material
Systematic observation of the student
Systematic observation of the student
Recommended literature
  • ARNASON, Harvard H.; MANSFIELD, Elizabeth C. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. 7th ed.. New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2013. ISBN 978-0205955480.
  • BARKER, Chris; JANE, Emma A. Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice. 5th ed.. London: SAGE Publications Ltd., 2016. ISBN 978-1473919457.
  • BAUDRILLARD, Jean. The Conspiracy of Art. New York: SEMIOTEXT(E),, 2005. ISBN 1584350288.
  • Berger, John. Ways of seeing. London : Penguin, 2008. ISBN 978-0-141-03579-6.
  • BLANCHÉ, Ulrich. Banksy: Urban Art in a Material World. Marburg: Tectum Verlag, 2016. ISBN 3828835414.
  • BOLTER, J. David. The digital plenitude: the decline of elite culture and the rise of new media. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2019. ISBN 9780262352505.
  • Bruno, Giuliana. Surface: matters of aesthetics, materiality, and media. Chicago: University of Chicago Press., 2014. ISBN 9780226104942.
  • CAMPBELL, Richard; MARTIN, Christopher R. a FABOS, Bettina. Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin?s, 2021. ISBN 978-1-319-24493-4.
  • ECO, Umberto a DIXON, Richard. Inventing the Enemy and Other Occasional Writings. London: Vintage Books, 2013. ISBN 9780099553946.
  • E-LEARNING SUPPORT INITIATIVE. Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. 2016.
  • HOCKNEY, David a GAYFORD, Martin. A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2016. ISBN 9780500773765.
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2005. ISBN 9780226245904.
  • RITZER, George. The McDonaldization of society. 10th Edition. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2021. ISBN 978-1-5443-9801-3.
  • STOKES, Jane C. How to Do Media and Cultural Studies. 3nd Edition. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2013. ISBN 978-1-5264-2775-5.


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