Course: Seminar of Auditory Media Analysis F

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Course title Seminar of Auditory Media Analysis F
Course code KDU/SAAMF
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
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)
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Bojda Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course content is detailed in the Moodle system and will be clarified at the beginning of the semester.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The analytical seminar focuses on auditory content designed for children and teenage audiences, including radio fairy tales, youth plays, short formats (such as Hajaja and series for Rádio Junior), audiobooks for children, fictional podcasts, programs popularizing science, knowledge, and technology, magazines, and interactive formats. The seminar will offer various interpretations of auditory texts, address issues of adaptation, consider current trends within Generation Alpha, and reflect on historical frameworks of production in comparison with the latest developments. In addition to providing an overview of Czech and European production and a basic categorization of these types of programs, the seminar offers participants an opportunity to engage in creative production for this target group and to prepare and implement a focus group methodology at a selected elementary school in Olomouc.
Upon completing this course, students will: Be able to define genres of auditory production for the children and teen target audience and identify examples for each subgenre. Understand the issues surrounding fairy tale adaptations and the specific characteristics of original radio fairy tales. Apply an understanding of the target audience's characteristics (currently Generation Alpha) to content creation for children and youth. Have an overview of current trends in content production for this target group, including audiobooks, podcasting, and platforms specifically designed for children and teens. Understand how content creation, development, dramaturgy, production, manufacturing, and distribution are organized for this target audience within various segments of the radio industry. Be familiar with methods of obtaining feedback from the target audience and capable of preparing and conducting focus groups.
Prerequisites
The seminar is recommended for students who have completed the courses Introduction to Radio Studies, Genres and Formats of Auditory Media, or Current Trends in Auditory Production.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Seminar Work

Students are required to attend the seminar (a maximum of two absences is allowed). For each session, they must listen to at least one auditory work or read academic literature as assigned. During the seminar, students are expected to actively engage in discussions and apply insights from their listening or reading. To complete the seminar, students can choose between a creative project or conducting a focus group with a children's audience.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
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