Winter 20221 Introduction2 East vs. West and legacy of Communism in the CE Europe3 Czechoslovak Television and Totalitarianism3 Velvet Revolution and the collapse of the Communist media system4 Media ownership after 19895 Struggle over public service broadcasting6 New media and their influence on the Czech journalism7 Tabloidization, alternative media and fake news8 Czech journalists9 Czech audiences10 Czech media landscape developments in comparative perspective11 Final class