Course: The Origins and Development of Communication

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Course title The Origins and Development of Communication
Course code KUMK/XODC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • 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 - 35 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 45 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 60 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
learning outcomes
knowledge of the development of human communication
knowledge of the development of human communication
knowledge of communication prerequisites
knowledge of communication prerequisites
knowledge of the role of individual types of communication
knowledge of the role of individual types of communication
knowledge of media development as a prerequisite for communication
knowledge of media development as a prerequisite for communication
knowledge of the artistic dimension of communication
knowledge of the artistic dimension of communication
Skills
explain the prerequisites for the emergence of communication
explain the prerequisites for the emergence of communication
explain the significance of communication development milestones
explain the significance of communication development milestones
analyze a work of art as a communication
analyze a work of art as a communication
explain the role of media in communication
explain the role of media in communication
analyze specific communication using communication models
analyze specific communication using communication models
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Lecturing
Lecturing
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral examination
Written examination
Written examination
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Oral 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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