Course: Introduction to TV Studies

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Course title Introduction to TV Studies
Course code KDU/USTN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Rufer Bílá Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Homework for Teaching - 37.5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 12.5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 12.5 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 12.5 hours per semester
Learning outcomes

Students are able to name basic analytical approaches from the field of TV studies, to define the concepts of seriality and their alternatives based on the innovative tendencies of contemporary television, to define technological and institutional determinants of historical changes in the television medium. Students are able to analyze programming, marketing and branding strategy of television as an institution. They are able to categorize tv programs, evaluate their structuring and characterize the mechanisms involved in the narrative.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)


Recommended literature
  • ALLEN, Robert C. (1992). Chanels of Discourse Reassembled. London.
  • BUTLER, Jeremy. (2006). Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh.
  • CREEBER, Glen. (2013). Small Screen Aesthetics. London.
  • CREEBER, Glen. (2006). Tele-visions: An Introduction to Television Studies. London.
  • ELLIS, John. (1982). Visible Fictions: Cinema, Television. Video. London.
  • FISKE, John. (1987). Television Culture. London and New York.
  • HAMMOND, M. - MAZDON, L. (2005). The Contemporary Television Series. Edinburgh.
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír D. (2016). Světy na pokračování: rozbor možností seriálového vyprávění. Praha.
  • KORDA, Jakub. (2013). Úvod do studia televize 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • MITTEL, Jason. (2006). Narrative Complexity in Contemporary American Television. , The Velvet Light Trap, 58, s. 29-40.
  • ORLEBAR, Jeremy. (2012). Kniha o televizi. Praha.
  • 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 (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter