Global Media - JKB040

• Title: Global Media
• Guaranteed by: Department of Media Studies (23-KMS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2025
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 150 / 150 (150)
• Min. number of students: 10
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English, Czech
• 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: Mgr. Jan Miessler
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Jan Miessler
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

We will introduce and discuss major issues related to globalization of media. We will look at important figures and their representative work, and analyze their arguments. We will explore various perspectives, including political, economic, technological, cultural and social. We will use examples of radio, television, film and new media. We will pay particular attention to distinguish various levels of communication (global, transnational, national, local). The course is fully in English.


Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8476 (enrollment key is provided by the lecturer by email during the first week of classes)

Last update: Miessler Jan, Mgr. (21.10.2025)

Aim of the course

Students should acquire understanding of complex factors driving current and historical developments of the global media. They should be able to use this understanding for analysis of particular media organization and the context of their operation, as well as for linking it to relevant theories.

Last update: Miessler Jan, Mgr. (16.09.2025)

Course completion requirements

To pass the class, students need to get at least 51 points. They can get them for different little tasks throughout the semester (voluntary), book review (voluntary) and a final paper (obligatory). Requirements for the tasks will be discussed during the first class.

20 %   Seven small tasks (7x 2-3 pages - voluntary) for the first seven weeks, explained in the syllabus.

20 %   Book review (1+ pages - voluntary) of a book from our reading list or any other book approved by me that is related to our class.

100 %   Final paper (6+ pages - obligatory) covering some issue discussed in the class or directly related to it. Students should use a coherent system of referencing and use (and quote) several academic books, articles or other publications. The papers will be graded on the presence and quality of a discernible argument, overall structure, formal aspects (including proper citation of sources) and relevance to the course topics.

Please be careful to avoid plagiarism! Faculty of Social Sciences has instructions (ENG / CZ) and a guide (ENG / CZ).

Final grade spectrum: A: 91-100, B: 81-90, C: 71-80, D: 61-70, E: 51-60, Fail: <50

Last update: Miessler Jan, Mgr. (16.09.2025)

Literature

ARTZ, L. (2023). Global Media Dialogues: Industry, Politics, and Culture. Routledge.
HERMAN, E., McCHESNEY, R. (1997). The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Global Capitalism. Cassel.
MILLER, T., KRAIDY, M. (2016) Global Media Studies. University of Illinois Press.
SPARKS, C. (2007) Globalization, Development and the Mass Media. Sage.
STRAUBHAAR, J. (2007) World Television from Global to Local. Sage.

Last update: Miessler Jan, Mgr. (16.09.2025)

Syllabus

Lesson plan:

1 Introduction

2 Political economy of globalization

3 Media-driven development

4 Media imperialism

5 National cultural industries

6 Technology and globalization

7 Limits of globalization

8 CEE and de-globalization of media ownership

9 Global media markets

10 Global media, soft power, and democracy

Last update: Miessler Jan, Mgr. (16.09.2025)