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This course examines the origins and foundational concepts of cultural studies, from which an overview, definitions, and elucidations of topics characteristic of contemporary cultural studies—now established as a recognized academic field—are derived. The course introduces fundamental entry concepts, including culture, structure, meaning, text, ideology, hegemony, popular culture, polysemy, and the active audience. These classical concepts are contextualized within new frameworks represented by studies of globalization, space, time, memory, participation, citizenship, and the evolution of debates with political economy. Given that cultural studies is a dynamic discipline that frequently engages in dialogue with other fields (notably political economy) and within its own various strands, the material is organized as an overview of defining debates.
Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
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The aim of the course is to introduce the discipline of cultural studies in a manner that enables students to understand the nature of the field, while dispelling the initial impression of vagueness, uncertainty, and ambiguity that it typically evokes. A further objective is to demonstrate the value of a cultural studies perspective in the study of media, conceived as a complex media culture forged in the tension between those who produce media texts and those who consume them. The course also illustrates how, within this tension, power is both established and diffused, being intrinsically linked to the dominant positions within society from which it originates and towards which it is directed. Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
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The course is assessed through two components: 1) final oral exam and 2) participation in additional comments on in-class Kahoot testing A minimum overall score of 50.1% is required to pass the course.
The final grade is calculated as an addition of the oral exam points and points earned through Kahoot comments. The overall result is determined according to the following grading scale:
KAHOOT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS The classes will begin with a brief review of the previous lecture using the Kahoot tool. Students are invited to add short follow-up comments to the questions revised with Kahoot (for example, explaining why a particular answer is correct, providing additional context, or elaborating on the issue). Participation in this additional commenting is entirely optional. Points earned through this activity are added to the oral exam assessment and may compensate for points lost during the oral exam. ORAL EXAM The oral exam will assess students' ability to respond to questions covering topics discussed in lectures and explored in the required readings from the Reading List (the items highlighted in red). Students will be expected to:
Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2026)
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Reading List Turner, Graeme (1996). British Cultural Studies: An Introduction. London: Routledge. (Whole book) Hall, Stuart (1980). “Encoding/Decoding.” In Stuart Hall, Dorothy Hobson, Andrew Lowe, and Paul Willis (eds.), Culture, Media, Language, pp. 128–139. London: Routledge. Hall, Stuart (1980). “Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms.” Media, Culture & Society, 2(1): 57–72. Fiske, John (1987). Television Culture. London: Routledge. (Chapters 1, 5, 6, 12, 16) Ang, Ien (1985). Watching Dallas. London: Routledge. (Chapters 2, 3) Garnham, Nicholas (1995). “Political Economy and Cultural Studies: Reconciliation or Divorce?” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 12(1): 62–72. ISSN 1529-5036. Grossberg, Lawrence (1995). “Cultural Studies vs. Political Economy: Is Anybody Else Bored with this Debate?” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 12(1): 72–82. ISSN 1529-5036. Tomlinson, John (1991). Cultural Imperialism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. (Chapters 1, 2) van Zoonen, Liesbet (2005). Entertaining the Citizen: When Politics and Popular Culture Converge. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. (Chapters 1, 4, 7) Neiger, Motti, Mayers, Oren, & Zandberg, Eyal (eds.) (2011). On Media Memory: Collective Memory in the New Media Age. London: Palgrave Macmillan. (Editors’ Introduction, Chapter 17) McGuigan, Jim (1992). Cultural Populism. London: Routledge. (Chapters 1, 4) Storey, John (2010). Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (Chapters 1, 7) Lyle, Samantha (2008). “(Mis)recognition and the Middle-Class/Bourgeois Gaze: A Case Study of Wife Swap.” Critical Discourse Studies, 5(4): 319–330. Fraser, Nancy & Honneth, Axel (2003). Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange. London: Verso. (Chapter 1, pp. 7–109) Creeber, Glen (2009). Digital Culture: Understanding New Media. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill. Jenkins, Henry & Carpentier, Nico (2013). “Theorizing Participatory Intensities: A Conversation about Participation and Politics.” Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 19(3): 265–286.
Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2026)
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The course is primarily delivered in lecture format. A strong emphasis is placed on independent reading, which is assessed throughthe oral exams. For each topic, the syllabus lists a representative publication—also included on the reading list—which students are expected to review prior to each session. Each session opens with a brief revising of the previous lecture using the Kahoot tool; students will need their mobile phones. Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2026)
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16 February
Garnham, Nicholas (1995). “Political Economy and Cultural Studies: Reconciliation or Divorce?” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 12(1): 62–72. ISSN 1529-5036. 30 March
Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (15.02.2026)
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It can be recommended that students enroll in the course "Reading Texts for the Study of Media – Popular Culture" either concurrently with or after completing the course JJM227.. Poslední úprava: Reifová Irena, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)
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