Syllabus
01. Meeting cancelled (02. 10.) 02.
Course description, assingments (09. 10.) 03. Reflections on the Media: Basics (16. 10.) 04.
Transformation completed: Czech Media 1 – development till the end of 1980s (23. 10.) 05. Transformation completed:Czech media 2 – development after 1989 (30. 10.) 06.
Transformation in the process: intro, country media report (choice: some postsoviet country, exl. Baltic states and Ukraine) + discussion (06. 11.) 07. Transformation in the process: intro, country media report (choice: some postsoviet country, exl.
Baltic states and Ukraine) + discussion (13. 11.) 08. Transformation in the process: country media report (choice: Baltic states and Ukraine) + discussion (20. 11.) 09. Transformation in the process: country media report (choice: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia.
Montenegro, Albania) + discussion (27. 11.) 10. Transformation in the process: country media report (choice: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia.
Montenegro, Albania) + discussion (04. 12.) 11. Westernatization as transformation: country media report (choice: Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia) + discussion (11. 12.) 12.
Westernatization as transformation: country media report (choice: Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia) + discussion, evaluation (18.12.)
Annotation
The purpose of the course Media in Post-Totalitarian Countries is (a) to offer a basic knowledge of the development of the media in countries with totalitarian past after 1989 till nowadays and (b) to support students´ critical approach to reflections on mass and social media in their life and in contemporary societies. The course is designed as a seminar (with some introductory lecturing) with strong active participation of students (the “country media report” every meeting.
The course requires only some basic knowledge of sociology, social theory and communication science on an introductory level, some basic knowledge of world (American and European) history and popular culture.