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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1 What is the medium. Classical, electronic and digital media. The issue of new media. 2 Virtual reality - definition, classification, history, cyberspace. 3 Internet as a medium. Dynamic content media. Semantic Web. 4 Cyberculture. 5 Netart. 6 Text structure - history, development, text structure of an electronic age. 7 Hypertext - definition, history, development. 8 Influence of hypertext on cognitive function of man. 9 Electronic Literature: classic hypertext, multimedia literature, hypermedia. 10 Experimental literature and hypertext, typographic experiments (PDFart, texts in 3D environment). 11 Collaborative literature, weblog, e-mail, chat, wiki. 12 Artificial intelligence, chatbot, natural language processing, semantic networks. 13 Language of new media. Remediation of traditional media. Aesthetic aspects of new media products. 14 Internet journalism - characteristics, history, development.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 10 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim is to acquaint students with problems of new media, focusing on aspects of text and concepts associated with it - Virtual Reality, Cyberculture, netart etc.
The students are familiarized with the themes of the new media with regards to the textual aspects and related terms.
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Prerequisites
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at least moderately advanced work with ICT (work in a text editor, search the Internet, e-mail, work with graphics editors, presentation software)
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Active participation on seminars, cooperation, defending of the final project.
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Recommended literature
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Castells, M. The Internet galaxy. Reflections on the Internet, business, and society. Oxford 2001.
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Landow, G.P. Hypertext 2.0: Convergence of contemporary literary theory and technology. Baltimore 1997.
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Levinson, P. Digital McLuhan, A Guide To The Information Millenium, London 1999.
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Lévy, P. Kyberkultura, Praha 2000.
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McLuhan, M. Jak rozumět médiím. Praha 1991..
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Negroponte, N. Digitální svět, Praha 2001.
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Shields, R. Cultures of Internet. Virtual spaces, real histories, living bodies. London 1996.
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Webster, F. Theories of the information society. London 1995.
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