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Through a series of lectures, seminars, independent study and feedback sessions, PhD students of Media and Communication Studies explore and deepen their knowledge of the theoretical foundations and traditions, pertaining to key aspects of their doctoral projects.
The students engage in the study of the different paradigms and schools of thought of their selected theoretical area, with the suggestion to focus on one of the key fields of culture, ideology or power. This suggested focus helps students to embed the theoretical grounding of their doctoral projects in critical approaches, in communication and media studies. Through the scrutiny of key scholars and texts, students evaluate the existing literature critically, reflecting on its strengths and shortcomings, and argue, in written form and orally, for their theoretical and conceptual choices, in light of their own projects’ aims and specificities. Intended learning outcomes: The students expand and deepen their theoretical knowledge, in approaches and directions pertinent to their doctoral projects, in a critical and structured fashion. The students develop their skills of communicating concepts and theories, both in written form and orally. The students develop their pedagogical skills, by structuring and delivering a short lecture regarding their selected theory/concept. Last update: Bednařík Petr, PhDr., Ph.D. (18.11.2022)
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Course rationale and aims Through a series of lectures, seminars, independent study and feedback sessions, communication and media studies PhD students explore and deepen their knowledge of the theoretical foundations and traditions, pertaining to key aspects of their doctoral projects. The students engage in the study of the different paradigms and schools of thought of their selected theoretical area, with the suggestion to focus on one of the key fields of culture, ideology or power. This suggested focus helps students to embed the theoretical grounding of their doctoral projects in critical approaches, in communication and media studies. Through the scrutiny of key scholars and texts, students evaluate the existing literature critically, reflecting on its strengths and shortcomings, and argue, in written form and orally, for their theoretical and conceptual choices, in light of their own projects’ aims and specificities.
Intended learning outcomes § The students expand and deepen their theoretical knowledge, in approaches and directions pertinent to their doctoral projects, in a critical and structured fashion. § The students develop their skills of communicating concepts and theories, both in written form and orally. § The students develop their pedagogical skills, by structuring and delivering a short lecture regarding their selected theory/concept.
Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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Assessment In order to fulfil the course’s requirements, students need to attend the lectures and seminars, and actively participate in all the activities that are organised during the course’s sessions. They also need to successfully complete a set of assignments. Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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Suggested literature on culture, ideology, power Barthes, R. (1978). Image-Music-Text. Hill and Wang. Burr, V. (2003). Social Constructionism. Routledge. Carpentier, N. (2011). Media and Participation: A Site of Ideological-democratic Struggle. Intellect Books. Hall, S. (1996). Who Needs ‘Identity’?. In Questions of Cultural Identity. SAGE, pp. 1-17. Hall, S. (1997). The work of representation. In Representation: Cultural representations and signifying practices. SAGE, pp. 13-74. Foucault, M. (1980). Power/Knowledge. Vintage Books. Foucault, M. (1990). The history of sexuality: An introduction, volume I. Vintage Books (the part on power, pp. 92-98). Longhurst, B., Smith, G., Bagnall, G., Crawford, G., & Ogborn, M. (2017). Introducing cultural studies. Routledge. Durham, M. G., & Kellner, D. M. (Eds.). (2012). Media and cultural studies: Keyworks. John Wiley & Sons. Marx, Karl and Engels, Friedrich, The ruling class and the ruling ideas (1) Gramsci, Antonio, History of the subaltern classes; The concept of ideology; Cultural themes: Ideological material (2) Althusser, Louis, Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (6) Garnham, Nicholas, Contribution to a Political economy of mass-communication (15) Further reading Ashcroft, B., & Ahluwalia, P. (2008). Edward said. Routledge. Morris, R. (Ed.). (2010). Can the subaltern speak?: Reflections on the history of an idea. Columbia University Press. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A., & McCurdy, P. (Eds.). (2013). Mediation and protest movements. Intellect Books. Couldry, N. (2002). The place of media power: Pilgrims and witnesses of the media age. Routledge. Couldry, N. (2012). Media, society, world: Social theory and digital media practice. Polity. Dahlgren, P. (2013). The political web: Media, participation and alternative democracy. Springer. Doudaki, V., & Boubouka, A. (2019). Discourses of legitimation in the news: The case of the economic crisis in Greece. Routledge. Fraser, N. (1989). Unruly practices: Power, discourse, and gender in contemporary social theory. Polity Press. Fuchs, C. (2014). Social media: a critical introduction. SAGE. Jameson, F. (2006). Postmodernism, or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. In Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (chapter 29). Blackwell. Jenkins, H, Mizuko I., & danah boyd (2016). Participatory culture in a networked era: A conversation on youth, learning, commerce, and politics. Polity Press. McPhail, T. L. (2014). Global Communication theories, stakeholders and trends. Wiley Blackwell. McRobbie, A. (2006). ‘Feminism, Postmodernism and the ‘Real Me’’. In Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (chapter 30). Blackwell.. Said, E. W. (1991/1978). Orientalism: Western conceptions of the Orient.Penguin Books. Spivak, G. C. (1996). The Spivak reader: Selected works of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Routledge. Thompson, J. (1995). The media and modernity: a social theory of the media. Polity Press. Torfing, J. (2003). New Theories of Discourse. Blackwell Publishers. Van Brussel, L., Carpentier, N., & De Cleen, B. (Eds.). (2019). Communication and discourse theory: Collected works of the Brussels discourse theory group. Intellect. Van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity: a critical history of social media. Oxford University Press. Williams, R.. (1983). Culture and Society, 1780-1950.Columbia University Press. Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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Lectures, seminars, independent guided study Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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In order to fulfil the course’s requirements, students need to attend the lectures and seminars, and actively participate in all the activities that are organised during the course’s sessions.
Students need to successfully complete the following assignments: Lecture on selected theory/concept Each student will select a theory, theoretical debate, or concept/set of concepts related to their doctoral project, preferably pertaining to culture, ideology or power. The student will deliver an oral presentation, in the form of a short lecture, introducing the selected theory/concept/debate.
Short notes on fellow students’ lectures Students need to submit a very brief note for each lecture.
Written essay on selected theory/concept Each student will submit a written essay on their selected theory/concept/debate. Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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Through a series of lectures, seminars, independent study and feedback sessions, PhD students of Media and Communication Studies explore and deepen their knowledge of the theoretical foundations and traditions, pertaining to key aspects of their doctoral projects. The students engage in the study of the different paradigms and schools of thought of their selected theoretical area, with the suggestion to focus on one of the key fields of culture, ideology or power. This suggested focus helps students to embed the theoretical grounding of their doctoral projects in critical approaches, in communication and media studies. Through the scrutiny of key scholars and texts, students evaluate the existing literature critically, reflecting on its strengths and shortcomings, and argue, in written form and orally, for their theoretical and conceptual choices, in light of their own projects’ aims and specificities.
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Last update: Turková Kateřina, Mgr. Ing., Ph.D. (15.11.2022)
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