Course: The Origins and Development of Communication

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Course title The Origins and Development of Communication
Course code KUMK/MX7OD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English, English, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Staňková Pavla, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pavelka Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
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
Lecturing, Analysis of a presentation, Analysis of a work of art
  • Participation in classes - 10 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 90 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
to describe the development of human communication
to describe the development of human communication
to explain the communication prerequisites
to explain the communication prerequisites
to name and to explain the role of individual types of communication
to name and to explain the role of individual types of communication
to describe the media development as a prerequisite for communication
to describe the media development as a prerequisite for communication
to characterize the artistic dimension of communication
to characterize the artistic dimension of communication
Skills
to explain the prerequisites for the emergence of communication
to explain the prerequisites for the emergence of communication
to explain the significance of communication development milestones
to explain the significance of communication development milestones
to analyze a work of art as a communication
to analyze a work of art as a communication
to explain the role of media in communication
to explain the role of media in communication
to analyze specific communication using communication models
to analyze specific communication using communication models
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Oral examination
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • BARAN, Stanley J.& Dennis K. DAVIS. Mass Communication Theory: Foundations, Ferment, and Future. 2015. ISBN 978-1-285-05207-6.
  • FELLOW, Anthony R. American media history. 2013. ISBN 9781111348120.
  • Chandler, Daniel, Munday, Rod. A dictionary of media and communication. Oxford, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-884183-8.
  • ROSENBERRY, Jack a Lauren A. VICKER. Applied mass communication theory: a guide for media practitioners. 2017. ISBN 9781134974214.


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