Sylabus
SUMMER 2022 (preliminary):1 Introduction2 History of Czech journalism until WWII3 Media and Communism: Czechoslovakia in 1948 and after4 Czechoslovak Television: its origins and developments5 Media, journalism, the Prague Spring and after6 Mainstream and alternative popular culture in 1970s-1980s7 Media and regime change in 19898 Private and public service broadcasting after 19899 Changes of media owenrwhip after 198910 Internet and changes in Czech journalism11 Key media projects I12 Key media projects II13 Final class
Anotace
The course is focusing on key events and developments in modern history of the Czech media after WWII. It introduces student to the social, political and cultural context of the historical developments of the media, key media organizations and important figures.
The classes should help students to understand the Czech media as a product but also a force of the Czech history.