Course: Contemporary Tendencies in Radio Broadcasting

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Course title Contemporary Tendencies in Radio Broadcasting
Course code KDU/ATRTN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course introduces current trends in radio studies as an academic field, the radio and podcasting industry as a media sector interconnected with the cultural and creative industries, and contemporary practices of creation in radio, podcasts, and audio culture more broadly. The form and content of individual sessions are strongly shaped by the activity and research of students. The course also includes a Student Conference, which generates topics for seminar papers and potential subsequent publications. The topics for the winter semester 2025 are updated in relation to the Radio and Sound Conference (ECREA) as well as the Prix Bohemia Radio 2025 and Prix Europa 2025 festivals. Podcasting: Narration, Genres, and Innovations Transmediality and Platformization as Emerging Phenomena in Podcasting Voice as Carrier of Identity (Sonic Self) and the Construction of the Self in Listening Embodied Listening, Soundwalking, and the Phenomenon of Walking in the Context of Auditory Perception Radio and Audiobook Biographies: Intersections of Radio Drama and Life-Writing Radio as a Tool of Resistance and Activism; Audio Ecology, Crises, and Threats Automated and AI-Generated Audio and the Influence of Algorithms on Distribution and Discovery Hybrid Formats: Audiowalks, Audio Plays, Binaural Sound Sessions dedicated to the Student Conference

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course combines a lecture and a seminar form of participation as well as reading academic papers about auditory creation. The aim of the course is focused on contemporary radio trends, internet creations included.
A graduate knows of contemporary trends of radio production, s/he is able to define specifics of radio artifact and orientates well enough in typology of radio genres, radio creators and history of radio broadcasting.
Prerequisites
Students need to successfully complete The Introduction to Radio Studies course and to adopt an academic terminology from Radio studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Seminar Work, Final project

A student attends the course. S/he is able to deliver position papers due time (the answer to a question asked included), reads mandatory academic papers, listens to auditive program, works with Czech and English scripts and presents his/hers part of topics.
Recommended literature
  • (2012). Zvukem do hlavy!. NAMU.
  • HUWILER, Elke. (2017). Vyprávění příběhu zvukem.. Svět rozhlasu.
  • MILDORF, J. - KINZEL, T. (2016). Audionarratology: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative. De Gruyter.
  • SHINGLER, Martin- WIERINGA, Cindy. (1998). On Air. Methods and Meanings of Radio. Arnold Books.
  • SCHULZOVÁ, Eva. (2014). Původní rozhlasová hra po roce 1990.. Brno: JAMU.
  • STARKEY, Guy. (2014). Radio Context. 2nd ed.. Palgrave Macmillan.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Television and Radio Studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter