Course: Introduction to TV studies

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Course title Introduction to TV studies
Course code KDU/UST
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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
The topics are indicative and may change in connection with the semester, foreign trips, festivals, etc. The exact schedule of topics will be given in the moodle. Object of study - what is television, changes in definition of the TV medium. Historical context of TV evolution, important media researches conserning TV TV and law, regulation of content TV flow and its changes, segmentation Media representation, TV realism, TV codes, fiction and factual TV TV and textuality: polysemy, intertextuality, possibilities of reading TV texts TV narration: storyteller, structure, characters TV seriality and its forms, complex narratives TV genres TV and audience I: everyday life, TV as home medium, changes in usage TV and audience II: trends, post-TV audience, VoD, binge-watching New media influence on TV: production, formats, streaming platforms, audience participations

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
The aim of the lecture is to present basic concepts, terms and ideas of television studies. We will generally debate historical changes of television, types and taxonomies of television programs, seriality, aspects of television production, distribution, programming and audienceship, aw well as television narration and style. We will focus on the area of television document, reality TV and factual forms.
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)

Reading mandatory texts and 1) active participation on discussion, 2) continuous tests verifying the knowledge - collecting points. Final oral exam
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): Film, Theatre, TV and Radio Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2019_2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): TV and Radio Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -