Course: The Origins and Development of Communication

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Course title The Origins and Development of Communication
Course code KUMK/MK7PM
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Soukalová Radomila, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Staňková Pavla, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- communicative-pragmatic basis of culture, assumptions of communication, basic categories and components of human communication criteria for classifying communication systems, communication as a system, communication technologies - periodisation and development of human communication - mass communication and mass media - the emergence of mass communication media - new digital media - new media and social change: technological determinism, information society, diffusion and adoption of new media, new media and social inequalities - social life on nline and offline

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 15 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 8 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
to define the stages of the historical development of human communication
to define the stages of the historical development of human communication
to characterize the development of mass communication, mass media and audience
to characterize the development of mass communication, mass media and audience
to explain the development of technologies and their importance for human communication
to explain the development of technologies and their importance for human communication
to describe the issue of understanding new media in the context of changes in society
to describe the issue of understanding new media in the context of changes in society
to define the terms classic, modern and information society
to define the terms classic, modern and information society
Skills
to analyze the stages of human communication in the context of human communication
to analyze the stages of human communication in the context of human communication
to adequately assess the influence of important discoveries on the development of mass communication, mass media and the audience
to adequately assess the influence of important discoveries on the development of mass communication, mass media and the audience
to provoke a discussion on a social - political - economic - etc. topic in the context of classical, modern and information society
to provoke a discussion on a social - political - economic - etc. topic in the context of classical, modern and information society
to analyze the issue of understanding new media using concrete examples
to analyze the issue of understanding new media using concrete examples
to identify the risks of virtual communication in the context of IT and AI development
to identify the risks of virtual communication in the context of IT and AI development
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Didactic test
Didactic test
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • Baran, Stanley J.; Davis K. Dennis. Mass communication theory: foundations, ferment, and future. Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN 978-1-285-05207-6.
  • Černý, Michal. Informace jako antropologický fenomén: člověk ve světě informací. Brno: Flow, 2015. ISBN 9788088123088.
  • FELLOW, Anthony R. American media history. 2013. ISBN 9781111348120.
  • Horňák, Pavel. Reklama: teoreticko-historické aspekty reklamy a marketingovej komunikácie. Zlín : VeRBuM, 2018.
  • Chandler, Daniel, Munday, Rod. A dictionary of media and communication. Oxford, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-884183-8.
  • McQuail, Denis. Žurnalistika a společnost. Praha: UK, Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 9788024630939.
  • Večeřa, Pavel. Úvod do dějin tištěných médií. Praha : Grada Publishing, 2015. ISBN 9788024741789.


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