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Lecturer(s)
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Krásová Kateřina, Mgr. et Mgr.
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Course content
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(1) The cold war, the background of the establishment of RFE (2) Radio Free Europe as a propaganda tool (3) From revolution to occupation 1 (the Hungarian revolution and media) (4) The operational structure of RFE (compared to Československý rozhlas) (5) Space race on air (6) Propaganda vs counterpropaganda: Czechoslovakia vs RFE (7) RFE news reports model seen in the context of the media theory: RFE ethic codex vs professional journalism (of Československý rozhlas) (8) From revolution to occupation 2 (the Prague spring and military occupation of 1968 RFE vs Československý rozhlas broadcasts analysis) (9) The East competing with the West: sports news (1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles) (10) Reputation of the friendly/enemy radio station: strategies of approaching listeners (penetration research) (11) "Radioactivity" of the Chernobyl accident, 1986 (12) The Soviet block falls apart; impact on the exile media
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The course teaches what is known as exile media, including their history, broadcasting, day-to-day operation as well as some exclusively exile-specific issues. It also covers the political conditions (the cold war), the way they shaped the stories that exile media covered and how they impacted journalists connected with them. As an example of such media, the course will turn to Radio Free Europe; RFE was one of the few media to cover the cold war era in its entirety and the only radio station to receive the status of "honorary member of the democratic opposition", i.e. opposition against the (communist) government-supported media). The backbone of the course will be discourse analysis of broadcast programmes by means of the information theory, the theory of communication, persuasion and propaganda. Among the analyzed material will be RFE coverage of conflicts of the two superpowers (the space race) and news reports on the reforms sprouting in places all over the Soviet satellite states (the Hungarian revolution of 1956, the Prague spring od 1968). RFE broadcasts will be viewed alongside broadcasts made at Československý rozhlas (the Czechoslovakia Radio Station) for comparison.
Understand the history, structure, program schemes and other areas of media operating in the cold war era Have understanding of the historical background Have fundamental expertise of persuasive communication analysis and critical discourse analysis
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Prerequisites
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Reading English
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio, Seminar Work
(1) regular class attendance (80%) (2) regular homework / reading assignments (3) discussion of assigned reading related questions (4) presentation (5) one-to-one discussion of a selected text (students are expected to be knowledgeable in selected topics and know the extended/recommended literature)
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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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