Course: Theory and Audience Analysis

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Course title Theory and Audience Analysis
Course code KZU/TAPM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
Key concepts of audience, key research from the field of audience studies: - Lazarsfeld, Berelson, Gaudet, H.: The People´s Choice - Morley:Family television - Fiske: Understanding Popular Culture. - Gender, fans comonities, individualised reception - Ang: Living Room Wars: Rethinking Audiences for a Postmodern World. - Jenkins III, H.: Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present different theories of audience, from mass audience to difused one.
Conceptualize specific groups of audience as a target groups of media messages.
Prerequisites
Ability to read scientific text in English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Activity in seminar discussions, presentation of selected research, final oral colocvium.
Recommended literature
  • Berger, A. A. Media and communication research methods: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches.
  • BROOKER, W., JERMYN, D. The Audience Studies Reader. London: Routledge 2003.
  • FISKE, J., HARTLEY J. Reading Television, London: Routledge 1978.
  • Friese, S. (2014). Qualitative data analysis with ATLAS.ti. Los Angeles, Calif: Sage.
  • Greig, A., Taylor, J., & MacKay, T. Doing research with children: a practical guide.
  • GWENLLIAN-JONES, S., PEARSON, R. E. Cult Television. Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press 2004.
  • HARTLEY, J. Communication, Cultural and Media Studies ? The Key Concepts. London: Routledge 2002.
  • Morgan, D. L. Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods: a pragmatic approach.
  • NEWCOMB, H. Television: The Critical View. New York: Oxford University Press 2000.
  • PEARSON, E., SIMPSON, P. Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. London and New York: Routledge 2001.
  • Robert Kozinets. (2009). Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online..
  • Salmons, J. Qualitative online interviews: strategies, design, and skills.
  • Webster, J. G., Phalen, P. F., & Lichty, L. W. Ratings analysis: audience measurement and analytics.
  • Zeller, F., Ponte, C., & O'Neill, B. Revitalising audience research: innovations in European audience research.


Study plans that include the course
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