Sylabus
The current syllabus is linked HERE. Please always refer to it throughout the semester.
Assignments are posted to the course's Moodle site, which also contains all literature.
Anotace
*Upozorn ění pro studenty NMgr. oboru mediální studia: Tento předmět má stejný obsah jako povinný předmět Současné koncepty zkoumání médií (JKM109) a je jeho variantou pro zahraniční studenty.*
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This course discusses research into digital media within the domains of social sciences and humanities. Through lectures, discussions and topical readings, the students will be introduced to the current issues in the field and in the world of digital media itself. The course covers a range of topics, starting with visions and histories of digital media, and including social media, artificial intelligence, labor in digital media, platformization of cultural production and other topics. It engages with theoretical questions such as the relationship between determinism and social construction of technology, but also focuses on particular social phenomena.