Course: Television and Media Analysis A

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Course title Television and Media Analysis A
Course code KDU/SATMK
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction 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)
  • Bojda Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Specific thematic profile of the seminar is variable, topic is specified at the beginning of semester.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to apply knowledge from lectures focused on television and media studies. Specific thematic profile of the seminar is variable, topic is specified at the beginning of the semester. Usually the seminar is focused on specific programes and works, genres, authors, historical periods, stylistic features, etc.
Students will prove their ability to analyse particular problems from the field of television and media studies.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of KDU/UST1,UST2 (Introduction to film studies 1+2) is highly recommended. Required is knowledge of terms and basic concepts of television studies.

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

Submission and presentation of the paper (4-10 standard pages), minimum of 70% attendance, active participation in lessons, mandatory readings.
Recommended literature
  • Butler, J. G. (2012). Television: critical methods and applications. New York, N.Y: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Butler, J. G. (2010). Television style. New York, N.Y: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Jenner, Mareike. (2018). Netflix and the Re-invention of Television.
  • Johnson, Catherine. (2019). Online TV.
  • Lotz, Amanda. (2014). The Television will be revolutionized. New York.
  • Lotz, Amanda. (2018). We Now Disrupt This Broadcast. How Cable Transformed Television and The Internet revolutionized.. Cambridge, London.
  • Orlebar, J., & Bendová, H. (2012). Kniha o televizi. Praha: Nakladatelství Akademie múzických umění.


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