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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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(1) What is Cold War; background of creation of RFE (2) Radio Free Europe as tool of propaganda (3) From revolution to occupation 1 (Hungarian revolution and media) (4) RFE Structure compared to Czechoslovak Radio (5) Space race on air (6) Propaganda versus counter-propaganda: Czechoslovakia versus RFE (7) News and journalism model of RFE in the context of media theory, its confrontation with RFE's ethical code and professional journalism (compared to Czechoslovak Radio) (8) From revolution to occupation 2 (Prague Spring and occupation 1968 - analysis of broadcasts by RFE and CR) (8) Sporting rivalry between the East and the West (SOG in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984) (9) Reflections of un/friendly radio: Strategy of establishing contact with Czechoslovak listeners (the importance of aural quality) (10) Radio-activity in case of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (11) Dissolution of the Soviet Bloc: impact on exile media
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Methods of Written Work
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce history, structure, operation and peculiarities of the Czechoslovak broadcasting section of Radio Free Europe (RFE) as an exile medium which operated in particular conditions determined by period context (Cold War) and intentions of the station's management and section members. The topic of RFE broadcasting will thus be related to broader period context. The course will include discourse analyses of broadcasts from the standpoint of communication theory, information theory, persuasion and propaganda. RFE's broadcasts will be compared to parallel broadcasts of the Czechoslovak Radio. Contemporary scholarly literature will be used as well as access to issues related to RFE broadcasts. The course will include lectures from Czech and international experts.
Basic orientation in questions of history, structure, programming and prominent personalities of Czechoslovak broadcasting section of RFE, knowledge of historical context, basics of methodology of analysis of persuasive communication
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work
Regular attendance (80%) Required reading Discussion of problems encountered during reading Presentation, also in written form Written test
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Recommended literature
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Cummings, R. H. (2010). Radio Free Europe's Crusade for Freedom.
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Fialová, Z. (ed.). (2003). Mluví k vám Ferdinand Peroutka I., II., III. Rozhlasové komentáře Rádia Svobodná Evropa. Praha.
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Johnson, A. Ross. (2010). Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The CIA Years and Beyond. Washington.
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Junek, M. a kol. (2011). Svobodně! Rádio Svobodná Evropa 1951-2011. Praha.
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Puddington, Arch. (2000). Broadcasting Freedom. The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Lexinkgton.
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Sedláček, Karel. (1993). Volá Svobodná Evropa. Praha.
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Tomek, Prokop. (2006). Objekt ALFA". Československé bezpečnostní složky proti Rádiu Svobodná Evropa. Praha.
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