Department of Media Studies and Journalism
The Department of Media Studies and Journalism is among the newest at the School of Social Studies. The curriculum is designed to provide students with a complex view of the issues of media communication, from historical, theoretical, as well as practical perspectives. The courses offer reflection on knowledge, methods and strategies applied in the field of print and electronic media, and part of the study includes training in practical skills connected with media activities – particularly with writing, public performance, photography, film and editing production. The aim of the media studies and journalism programme is to prepare experts who will not only be able to play a role in the field using the latest digital technology (the department has at its disposal a media laboratory, including desktop publishing resources, an audio-visual centre, a digital editing board and a photo-laboratory) but who will also be able to perform qualified analyses and evaluation of various issues of media communication (including its historical, social, economic, legal and psychological contexts and aspects).
Contacts
Masaryk university
Fakulty of Social Studies
Department of Media Studies and Journalism
Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Fax.: +420 549 49 1920
E-mail: 110872@mail.muni.cz
Offices: 5th floor
Head of the unit
Burgr, Rudolf, Ing.
tel.: 549 49 3301 | e-mail: burgr@fss.muni.cz | kancelář: 5.46
Secretary
Brabcová, Pavlína, Ing.
tel.: 549 49 3835 | kancelář: 5.51
Additional Information
The programme of media studies and journalism offers lectures and seminars in fields ranging from theory of human communication, theory and history of culture, sociology of culture, mass communication, digital technology, theory and history of journalism, journalist ethics to philosophy of language, rhetoric and style. Part of the curriculum focuses on practical skills: creative writing, basic photography, media project modelling, film or television production, analysis of media projects, communication strategies, etc.
The Department prepares its students for further specialisation in cultural, political, economic or public relations work by offering basic courses on the history of culture and art, political science, sociology, economy, legal thought, history of Central Europe, etc. Journalistic skills are further developed in workshops editing the school magazine Halas or the Internet magazine STISK , through the practice of monitoring cultural events, or by working in the press or publishing houses.
The graduates of media studies and journalism programme should thus find a wide range of career possibilities in state as well as private spheres. Their education also enables them to work in the field of public relations or as consultants in institutions concerned with mass media research.
The Department has developed numerous contacts with universities in neighbouring countries, including the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan, Poland; the Department of Communication and Anthropology at the University of Janus Pannonius in Pecs, Hungary; the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. The Department also works with partners from more distant countries, including the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Westminster University in London, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Journalistik der Universität in Hamburg and Institut für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft der Universität Wien.