Current Issues in Digital Media Studies - JJM235

• Title: Current Issues in Digital Media Studies
• Czech title: Současná témata digitálních médií
• Guaranteed by: Department of Media Studies (23-KMS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (31)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : JJM011, JJM170
• Is incompatible with: JJM011, JKM025, JJM170

Annotation

Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (24.02.2020)

Upozornění pro studenty NMgr. oboru mediální studia: Tento předmět má stejný obsah jako povinný předmět Sociální teorie nových médií (JJM209) a je jeho variantou pro zahraniční studenty.

This course discusses current research into digital media within the domains of social sciences and humanities. Through reading topical research books and articles, the students will be introduced to the current issues in the field and in the world of digital media itself. By engaging with scholarly sources and discussing current events, they will gain a deeper understanding of the relationships between media technologies, media companies, individual users, and societies. The course covers a range of topics, starting with visions and histories of digital media, and including social media, group polarization, artificial intelligence, labor in digital media, platformization of cultural production etc.
Each session consists of a short discussion of latest news in media/tech industries, followed by a short lecture and a discussion about the assigned reading.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

Assignments:

1.       Active participation in class, 20%

2.      Blog post with a journalistic piece on a relevant topic (500 words), 20%.

3.      Two short tests from the assigned reading, each 10%

4.      Final essay on a relevant topic, 40%

Grading scale: A: 91-100, B: 81-90, C: 71-80, D: 61-70, E: 51-60, Fail: <51

Literature

Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

Readings and schedule are available is always available HERE.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (13.02.2020)

The current readings and class schedule is available HERE.

As the course reflects the current state of research, readings for each session will be assigned at the beginning of each semester. The final two sessions will consist of discussion of students' blog posts.

 

1. Introduction

2. A Theoretical Primer on Media and Society

3. A Hauntological History of Digital Media

4. Visions and Design Ideologies of Digital Media

5. Plaform governance

6. Algorithmic power

7. Spreadable Media, Viral Content

8. Group Polarization on Social Media

9. Surveillance capitalism

10. AI, bots, automation and "fake" content

11. Discussion about students' blog posts (part 1)

12. Discussion about students' blog posts (part 2)