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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (06.02.2024)
================================================================================================================================================================================================= This course discusses research into digital media within the domains of social sciences and humanities. Through lectures, discussions and topical readings, the students will be introduced to the current issues in the field and in the world of digital media itself. The course covers a range of topics, starting with visions and histories of digital media, and including social media, artificial intelligence, labor in digital media, platformization of cultural production and other topics. It engages with theoretical questions such as the relationship between determinism and social construction of technology, but also focuses on particular social phenomena. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)
By engaging with scholarly sources and discussing current events, the students will gain a deeper understanding of the relationships between media technologies, media companies, individual users, and societies. The aim of the class is to provide an interdisciplinary toolkit for analyzing current social phenomena in digital media, and to provide advanced media literacy on the level expected of Master's degree in media. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)
1. A short news summary from the field of digital media (4-15 sentences). 2. A summary of existing research on digital media aimed at peers and non-academics (750-1,500 words). In addition, write 3 or more comments about posts by other students. 3. Online test from assigned readings (not from information presented by me, nor from the slides). It will consist of 8 open-ended questions. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)
The current syllabus is linked HERE. Please always refer to it throughout the semester. Assignments are posted to the course's Moodle site, which also contains all literature.
Basic literature: Bucher, T. (2017). The algorithmic imaginary: Exploring the ordinary affects of Facebook algorithms. Information, Communication & Society, 20(1), 30–44. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1154086 Evans, C. L. (2018). Broad band: The untold story of the women who made the Internet. Portfolio/ Penguin. Gillespie, T. (2018). Custodians of the internet: Platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media. Yale University Press. Nieborg, D. B., & Poell, T. (2018). The platformization of cultural production: Theorizing the contingent cultural commodity. New Media & Society, 20(11), 4275–4292. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818769694 Williams, R. (2003). Television: Technology and cultural form. Routledge. Sterne, J. (2007). Out With the Trash: On the Future of New Media. In C. R. Acland (Ed.), Residual media (pp. 16–31). University of Minnesota Press.
Optional readings: Bay, M. (2017). What is “internet”? The case for the proper noun and why it is important. Internet Histories, 1(3), 203–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2017.1339860 Bucher, T. (2018). If...then: Algorithmic power and politics. Oxford University Press. Dijck, J. van. (2013). The culture of connectivity: A critical history of social media. Oxford University Press. Grimme, C., Preuss, M., Adam, L., & Trautmann, H. (2017). Social Bots: Human-Like by Means of Human Control? Big Data, 5(4), 279–293. https://doi.org/10.1089/big.2017.0044 Hadlaw, J. (2021). Business as Usual: Telephone Repair and Maintenance at the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. In S. Krebs & H. Weber (Eds.), Science Studies (1st ed., pp. 87–108). transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839447413-006 Helmond, A., Nieborg, D. B., & Vlist, F. N. van der. (2019). Facebook’s evolution: Development of a platform-as-infrastructure. Internet Histories, 3(2), 123–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701475.2019.1593667 Higdon, N. (2020). The anatomy of fake news: A critical news literacy education. University of California Press. Rieder, B. (2020). Engines of order: A mechanology of algorithmic techniques. Sunstein, C. R. (2017). #Republic: Divided democracy in the age of social media. Princeton University Press. Tandoc, E. C., Lim, Z. W., & Ling, R. (2018). Defining “Fake News”: A typology of scholarly definitions. Digital Journalism, 6(2), 137–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2017.1360143 Yardi, S., & Boyd, D. (2010). Dynamic Debates: An Analysis of Group Polarization Over Time on Twitter. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 30(5), 316–327. https://doi.org/10.1177/0270467610380011 Zimdars, M., & McLeod, K. (Eds.). (2020). Fake news: Understanding media and misinformation in the digital age. The MIT Press. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (26.01.2022)
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. By default, this is a face-to-face class but may switch online if forced by pandemic measures. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)
Grading scale: A: 91-100, B: 81-90, C: 71-80, D: 61-70, E: 51-60, Fail: <51 The percentage points are based on the test scores. You may get additional bonuses for excellent assignments. |
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Last update: doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jaroslav Švelch, Ph.D. (16.02.2024)
The current syllabus is linked HERE. Please always refer to it throughout the semester. Assignments are posted to the course's Moodle site, which also contains all literature. |