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Lecturer(s)
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Hanáčková Andrea, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course presents current trends in radio studies as an academic discipline, the radio and podcasting industry as a media sector interconnected with cultural and creative industries, and contemporary forms of production in radio, broadcasting, podcasting, and audio culture in general. The format and content of individual sessions are strongly shaped by student activity and research. The course also includes a Student Conference, which further generates topics for term papers and potential future publications. Topics 2025: Locality, regionalism, and community. Regional radio in Europe and the Czech Republic. Radio - broadcasting - podcast - soundscape for children and teens. Wellbeing, mindfulness, and mental health in radio and podcasting. Radio in times of crisis: COVID-19, earthquakes, humanitarian crises, and the role of auditory media. Podcasting as a cultural phenomenon and media revolution. The platformization of podcasting. Gender and power distribution in radio and broadcasting. Public service media and related questions - the 2025 model. Current topics in non-fiction radio and podcast production. Multimedia platforms and their educational potential in the European context. The current state of the audiobook market and the concept of "superproduction."
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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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.
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Prerequisites
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Students need to successfully complete The Introduction to Radio Studies course and to adopt an academic terminology from Radio studies.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Systematic Observation of Student
The student attends in-person classes, submits a properly prepared position paper on time with an answer to the assigned question, reads academic texts, listens to audio programs, and works with Czech and English scripts. In the first part of the semester, the student chooses and develops their "conference" topic, which is often linked to a research method (questionnaire, focus group, semi-structured interview, or literature review). The topic is then presented at the Student Conference and further developed into a term paper as part of the course assessment.
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Recommended literature
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(2012). Zvukem do hlavy!. NAMU.
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HUWILER, Elke. (2017). Vyprávění příběhu zvukem.. Svět rozhlasu.
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MILDORF, J. - KINZEL, T. (2016). Audionarratology: Interfaces of Sound and Narrative. De Gruyter.
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SHINGLER, Martin- WIERINGA, Cindy. (1998). On Air. Methods and Meanings of Radio. Arnold Books.
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SCHULZOVÁ, Eva. (2014). Původní rozhlasová hra po roce 1990.. Brno: JAMU.
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STARKEY, Guy. (2014). Radio Context. 2nd ed.. Palgrave Macmillan.
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