Annotation
The aim of this course is to acquaint the students with selected personalities that in an important way influenced the history of Czech and world media. Each class will bring near one period of the media history by means of introducing particular person/s.
The lectures will be framed with medial, cultural and political context. 1) W.R. Hearst, J.
Pulitzer, Lord Northcliffe 2) Alfred Hugenberg, Julius Streicher, Henry R. Luce 3) Axel Springer, Robert Maxwell, Rupert Murdoch.