This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive grounding in the theories, approaches and research
necessary for studying and analyzing broader social aspects of digital media. The focus of the course is on new
media technologies and their impact and influences on society, culture, politics and economics. During the course
students will collaborate on team research projects. Subsequently, they will present the results of their projects to
the class. The evaluation will be based on the project's final paper and presentation. The course takes place at
Faculty of Arts.
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Kurz poskytne studentům základní teoretické a metodologické zázemí pro výzkum širších sociálních aspektů
digitálních médií. Kurz se zaměřuje zejména na nová média a jejich vliv na společnost, kulturu a politiku. Mezi
probíraná témata bude patřit sociální historie internetu, organizační a politická struktura ISOC a ICANN, vliv nových
médií na demokratizaci a mobilizaci, identita a anonymita, cenzura a uchovávání dat, participace a kolaborace.
Součástí kurzu je samostatný výzkum studentů. Podmínkou atestace je vytvoření týmového výzkumného projektu a
jeho prezentace na studentské minikonfer
Literature -
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DAHLBERG, Lincoln a Eugenia SIAPERA. Radical democracy and the Internet: interrogating theory and practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture: where old and new media collide. 1st publ. in paperback, update. New York: New York University Press, 2008.
VARNELIS, Kazys. Networked publics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008.
SIAPERA, Eugenia. Understanding New Media. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2011.
HOWARD, Phillip N. - HUSSAIN, Muzammil M. Democracy’s Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
DEAN, J., ANDERSON, J., LOVINK, G. Reformatting politics: information technology and global civil society. New York : Routledge, 2006.
FUCHS, CH. Internet and society: social theory in the information age. New York: Routledge, 2008.
FUCHS, CH. Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies. New York : Routledge, 2011.
Last update: T_KSVI (06.05.2015)
DAHLBERG, Lincoln a Eugenia SIAPERA. Radical democracy and the Internet: interrogating theory and practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture: where old and new media collide. 1st publ. in paperback, update. New York: New York University Press, 2008.
VARNELIS, Kazys. Networked publics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008.
SIAPERA, Eugenia. Understanding New Media. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, 2011.
HOWARD, Phillip N. - HUSSAIN, Muzammil M. Democracy’s Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
DEAN, J., ANDERSON, J., LOVINK, G. Reformatting politics: information technology and global civil society. New York : Routledge, 2006.
FUCHS, CH. Internet and society: social theory in the information age. New York: Routledge, 2008.
FUCHS, CH. Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies. New York : Routledge, 2011.
