| Course title | Discourse Analysis in Analysing Media Texts |
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| Course code | KZU/DAMTN |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1) Introduction - Introduction to, introduction to the way of course and requirements, entrance test required reading: Gee, JP: An introduction to discourse analysis. Theory and method. London: Routledge 2007th p. 42 - 46 van Dijk, TA: Principles of critical discourse analysis In: Discourse & Society, 4 (2), 1993, p. 249 - 283rd 2) discourse - concepts, themes of, discourse analysis (conceptual / theoretical / analytical framework, discourse and society / culture, types of discourse studies, examining the DA / CDA - media, political, gender, ethnocentric discourse, etc.) required reading: Schiffin, D. - Tannen, D. - Hamilton, HE (eds.): The handbook of discourse analysis. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2008th p. 353 - 363rd van Dijk, TA (ed.): Discourse as structure and process (Discourse studies: A multidisciplinary introduction, Vol 1). London: Sage 1998th s. 1 to 27 Recommended reading: Foucault, M.: Discourse, author, genealogy. Praha: Svoboda 1994th s. 7 - 38 Horster, D.: Jürgen Habermas. Praha: Svoboda 1995th p. 28 - 36 3) analysis of media texts (methods and approaches - content analysis, grounded theory, ethnographic methods, narrative semiotics, different approaches CDA ,...., their options, compare) required reading: Titscher, S. - Meyer, M. - Wodak, R. - Vetter, E.: Methods of text and discourse analysis. London: Sage 2007th (chapter 5 to 14). Recommended reading: Fairclough, N.: Media discourse. London: Arnold 1995th (Chapter 2) 4) discourse and the media - selected approaches and topics of media discourse analysis (ideology in media discourse, discourse structure of news stories, discourse and construction of hegemony, the political discourse in the media) required reading: Bell, A. - Garret, P. (eds.): Approaches to media discourse. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2005th (chapter 2 to 9). 5 to 6) principles of discourse analysis, discourse analysis of news (DA principles and procedures, thematic analysis / textual / rhetorical structures, diagrams, ...) required reading: Fairclough, N.: Media discourse. London: Arnold 1995th (chapter 4) van Dijk, T. A.: News analysis. Case studies of international and national news in the press. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1988th / / or / / van Dijk, TA: News as a discourse. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1988th 7) Case Study - "Structures of News in the Press' required reading: van Dijk, T. A.: Structures of news in the press. In: van Dijk, TA (ed.): Discourse and communication. New Approaches to the analysis of mass media discourse and communication. Berlin: Gruyter 1985th p. 69 - 93 8 to 12) research + development of analytical studies
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The course is through work in seminars familiar with the basic principles of analysis of media discourse. The course is divided into two basic parts: the first, students learn through active participation with the theme of the issue and analysis of media discourse and in the second part will work on the development of analytical studies, realized through discourse analysis
Demonstrate their understanding of contemporary academic literature on the topics discussed in the class and application of media science methods when analyzing current cultural and media issues. |
| Prerequisites |
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Ability to work with specialized texts.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam
1) successful completion of entrance test 2) ongoing training for each seminar (reading the given text presentation + excerpt) 3) Seminar 3, 4, 5 and 6 - the preparation of the relevant excerpt for the other seminar participants 4) development of analytical studies, as required by the seminar 5) active participation in seminars 6) at least 80% attendance |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Journalism Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Media Analysis specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Cultural Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Communication Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |