Course: Media Psychology

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Course title Media Psychology
Course code KUMK/PSYPB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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)
  • Šramová Blandína, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Characteristics of media perception and its barriers. 2. Characteristics of the audience, its behavior, types of audience. 3. Attention with regard to types of media. 4. Basic level of cognition?feeling, perception, imagination. 5. Understanding media content. 6. Media education. 7. Emotions and feelings as stimuli and reactions to media content. 8. Perception of media statements. 9. Effects and effectiveness of media. 10. Models and types of media effects. 11. Factors influencing media effects: time and frequency of contact with the media, media product (content, form). 12. Factors influencing media effects: situational factors, personality of the media product mediator, personality of the recipient. 13. Current research and topics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 44 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Understanding psychological functions, basics of media psychology and media theory
Understanding psychological functions, basics of media psychology and media theory
To know the structure and characteristics of the audience Understand the effects and effectiveness of media To characterise the media literacy Define social attitudes and their components To characterise stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
To know the structure and characteristics of the audience Understand the effects and effectiveness of media To characterise the media literacy Define social attitudes and their components To characterise stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
Skills
Critical thinking and the ability to compare, analyze and synthesize.
Critical thinking and the ability to compare, analyze and synthesize.
Creating media messages with regard to the type of audience Identify the types of impacts of media outputs Identify negative attitudes in media outputs
Creating media messages with regard to the type of audience Identify the types of impacts of media outputs Identify negative attitudes in media outputs
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Knowledge of the structure and characteristics of the audience
Knowledge of the structure and characteristics of the audience
Understanding the effects and effectiveness of media
Understanding the effects and effectiveness of media
Characterise the media literacy
Characterise the media literacy
Define social attitudes and their components
Define social attitudes and their components
Characterise stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
Characterise stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
Skills
Create media messages with regard to the type of audience
Create media messages with regard to the type of audience
Identify the types of impacts of media outputs
Identify the types of impacts of media outputs
Identify negative attitudes in media outputs
Identify negative attitudes in media outputs
teaching methods
Knowledge
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Text analysis
Text analysis
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Demonstration
Demonstration
Skills
Text analysis
Text analysis
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • DILL, Karen E. (ed.). The Oxford handbook of media psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780195398809.
  • Gilles, D. Psychologie médií. Grada, 2012. ISBN 9788024739212.
  • Hradiská, Elena. Psychológia médií. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Bratislavská vysoká škola práva ; Eurokódex, 2009. ISBN 978-80-89447-12-1.
  • Ježek, Vlastimil a Jirák, Jan. Média a my. Praha: Akademie múzických umění, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7331-304-3.
  • Jirák, Jan; Köpplová, Barbora. Masová média. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0743-6.
  • Le Bon, Gustave. Psychologie davu. Praha: Portál, 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-1028-3.
  • MACEK, Jakub. Média v pohybu: k proměně současných českých publik.. Brno, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-8033-1.
  • McQuail, Denis. Žurnalistika a společnost. Praha: UK, Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 9788024630939.
  • RANEY, A. A.; JANICKE?BOWLES, S. H.; OLIVER, M. B.; DALE, K. R. Introduction to positive media Psychology.
  • STEVER, Gayle; GILES, David; COHEN, J. David a MYERS, Mary E. Understanding media psychology. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. ISBN 978-0-367-51897-4.
  • TÁBORSKÝ, Jiří. V síti (dez)informací: proč věříme alternativním faktům. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2020. ISBN 9788027120147.


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