Course: Selective Concepts of TV and Radio Studies

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Course title Selective Concepts of TV and Radio Studies
Course code KDU/STVRS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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)
  • Rufer Bílá Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jedličková Jana, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Feikusová Klára, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Topics: Cancel culture Streaming wars Queerbaiting Death in television Covid and its impact on TV Bridgerton and expectations concerning historical accuracy/authenticity WGA and SAG strike 2023 Adaptations of YA literature Strange Planet and reflexion of humanity + transmediality Dance in television

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
Lecture and seminar introduces various topics from history and theory of TV and Radio studies. The lectures are designed to deeply examine selected topics with the focus on chosen perspective. The aim is to discuss contemporary trends as well as interesting historical points of TV and radio research and industry discourses. Each course is targeting one specific theme reflecting the theme of lecturer's or researcher's academic field interest.
Students will study specific (selected) areas of TV and Radio studies depending on current topic of the course.
Prerequisites
Recommended to students interested in media, communication or TV and radio studies. No further courses needed to be attended.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

students will be required to attend the lectures and seminars regularly to be present and be active during group discussions and brainstorming to submit their group of singular project
Recommended literature
  • BUTLER, Jeremy. (2006). Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh.
  • ELLIS, John. (1982). Visible Fictions: Cinema, Television. Video. London.
  • FISKE, J., HARTLEY J. Reading Television.
  • Johnson, C. (2012). Branding television. New York.
  • Johnson, C. (2019). Online TV. London.
  • 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.
  • WILLIAMS, Raymond. (2003). Television: Technology and Cultural Form. London and New York.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -