Czech Media System in European Comparison - JJM007
Anglický název: Czech Media System in European Comparison
Český název: Český mediální systém v komparativní perspektivě
Zajišťuje: Katedra mediálních studií (23-KMS)
Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
Platnost: od 2021 do 2021
Semestr: zimní
E-Kredity: 6
Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
Počet míst: 20 / neurčen (20)
Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
4EU+: ne
Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
Stav předmětu: vyučován
Jazyk výuky: angličtina
Způsob výuky: prezenční
Způsob výuky: prezenční
Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán
povolen pro zápis po webu
Garant: prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D.
Mgr. Jan Miessler
Vyučující: Mgr. Jan Miessler
prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D.
Třída: Courses for incoming students
Je neslučitelnost pro: JMO003
Termíny zkoušek   Rozvrh ZS   Nástěnka   
Anotace - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Miessler (01.10.2022)
The course provides general overview of the Czech media landscape and its developments after the regime change in 1989. It situates these developments within context of other Central European countries. It introduces students to key works that analyze various aspects of post-1989 Czech media. The classes focus on political, economic, cultural and technological factors that shaped the Czech media system and reflects on these developments and on the current state of the system from a comparative perspective.
Cíl předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Miessler (01.10.2022)

The course should provide studetns with a basic overview of the Czech media system in the Central European context. Students should get familiar with operation of key media institutions in the Czech Republic, with key figures in the field, with the overal logic of the Czech media recent developments and with academic and journalistic reflections on these developments.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Miessler (01.10.2022)
Requirements:
100 % Academic paper (8+ pages) on a topic related to what has been covered in lectures

Final grade spectrum:
A: 91-100 B: 81-90 C: 71-80 D: 61-70 E: 51-60 Fail: <51
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Miessler (08.02.2023)

Course literature:

BREN, P. (2010) The greengrocer and his TV: The culture of Communism after the 1968 Prague Spring. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

CELOVSKY, B. (2002) Konec ceskeho tisku. [The end of the Czech press] Senov: Tilia.

CURRAN, J. & PARK, M. J. eds. (2000) De-westernizing media studies. London: Routledge.

DESAI, M. A., & MOEL, A. (2008) "Czech mate: expropriation and investor protection in a converging world" Review of Finance, 12(1), 221-251.

DOORENSPLEET, R. (2005) Democratic transitions: Exploring the structural sources of the Fourth Wave. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

DOBEK-OSTROWSKA, B., GLOWACKI, M., JAKUBOWICZ, K. & SUKOSD, M. eds. (2010) Comparative media systems. European and global perspective. Budapest: CEU Press.

DOWNING, J. (1996) Internationalizing media theory: Transition, power, culture. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

DOWNEY, J. & MIHEJL, S. (2012). Central and Eastern European media in comparative perspective. Farnham: Ashgate.

EKIERT, G. (1996) The state against society: Political crises and their aftermath in East Central Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

FRIEDMAN, M. (1962) Capitalism and freedom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

GROSS, P. (2002) Entangled evolutions: Media and democratization in Eastern Europe. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

GULYAS, A. (1999) "Structural changes and organisations in the print media markets of post-communist East Central Europe" Javnost/The Public, 6(2), 61-74.

GUNTHER, R. & MUGHAN, A. (2000) Democracy and the market: A comparative perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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HALLIN, D. C., MANCINI, P. (2004) Comparing media systems: Three models of media and politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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HUME, E. (2011). "Caught in the middle: Central and Eastern European journalism at a crossroads. A report to the Center for International Media Assistance" http://www.cima.ned.org/resource/caught-in-the-middle-central-and-eastern-european-journalism-at-a-crossroads

JAKUBOWICZ, K. (1995) "Media as agents of change" in Paletz, D., Jakubovicz, K., & Novosel, P. eds. Glasnost and after. Media and change in Central and Eastern Europe. Creskill: Hampton Press, 19-48.

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KOPPLOVA, B. & JIRAK, J. (2001) "Der Prager TV-Streik und die Auseinandersetzung um das öffentlich-rechtliche Fernsehen in der Tschechischen Republik" [The Prague TV strike and the debate about public service TV broadcasting in the Czech Republic] In: Bernold, M., Szely, S. (Eds.) Televisionen. Historiografie des Fernsehens. Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Geschichtswissenschafte, 12 (4), Vienna: Turia + Kant, 136-143.

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KOTISOVA, J. & WASCHKOVA CISAROVA (2023) "‘I know the devil I write for’. Two types of autonomy among Czech journalists remaining in and leaving the Prime Minister’s newspapers." The International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(1), 238-256.

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METYKOVA, M., & WASCHKOVA CISAROVA, L. (2009) "Changing journalistic practices in Eastern Europe The cases of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia" Journalism, 10(5), 719-736.

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STETKA, V. & ORNEBRING, H. (2013) "Investigative journalism in Central and Eastern Europe. Autonomy, business models, and democratic roles" The International Journal of Press/Politics, 18(4), 413-435.

STETKA, V. (2014) "The watchdogs that only bark? Media and political accountability in Central and Eastern Europe" in: Glowacki, M., Lauk, E., Balcitiene, A. eds. Journalism that matters: Views from Central and Eastern Europe. New York: Peter Lang.

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VOLEK, J. (2010) Czech journalists after the collapse of the old media system: looking for new professional self-image" in: Dobek-Ostrowska, B., Glowacki, M., Jakubowicz, K. & Sukosd, M. eds. Comparative media systems. European and global perspectives. Budapest: Central European University Press, 171-194.

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VOLTMER, K. (2012) "How far can media systems travel? Applying Hallin and Mancini’s comparative framework outside the Western world" in: Hallin, D.C. & Mancini, P. eds. Comparing media systems beyond the Western world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 224-245.

WASCHKOVA CISAROVA, L. (2008) "The development of the Czech local and regional press: Impact of foreign owners on the local and regional press markets in the Czech Republic" in: Dobek-Ostrowska, B. & Glowacki, M. eds. Comparing media systems in Central Europe: between commercialization and politicization. Wroclaw: University of Wroclaw Press, 185-96

WASCHKOVA CISAROVA, L. & METYKOVA, M. (2015) "Better the devil you don't know: Post-revolutionary journalism and media ownership in the Czech Republic" Media Studies, 6(18), 8-18.

WASCHKOVA CISAROVA, L. & KOTISOVA, J. (2022) "Crumbled autonomy: Czech journalists leaving the Prime Minister's newspapers" European Journal of Communication, 37(5), 529-544.

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Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Miessler (01.10.2022)

Winter 2022

1 Introduction
2 East vs. West and legacy of Communism in the CE Europe
3 Czechoslovak Television and Totalitarianism
3 Velvet Revolution and the collapse of the Communist media system
4 Media ownership after 1989
5 Struggle over public service broadcasting
6 New media and their influence on the Czech journalism
7 Tabloidization, alternative media and fake news
8 Czech journalists
9 Czech audiences
10 Czech media landscape developments in comparative perspective
11 Final class