Propaganda and Society - YBAU043

• Title: Propaganda and Society
• Guaranteed by: UPCES, CET Courses (24-AJ EXT)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 6
• Hours per week, examination: 0/4, MC [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / 0 (2); summer:unknown / unknown (2)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://bakalar.fhs.cuni.cz/SHV-211.html; https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1016.html#3
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: PhDr. Todd Nesbitt, Ph.D.; Mgr. Nikola Skladanová; Veronika Havlištová
• Teacher(s): PhDr. Todd Nesbitt, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses available to incoming students

Annotation

This course explores mass persuasion and propaganda in a developmental context with an emphasis on understanding approaches and techniques. It traces the emergence of strategic persuasive communication and propaganda from its origins to the present day. The basic principles, philosophy, and techniques of mass persuasion in different periods are considered, with an emphasis on contemporary contexts. Students will learn to identify different propaganda techniques and will gain the tools to evaluate and debunk propaganda campaigns. A developmental approach is used in order to allow the opportunity to see aspects of continuity and change in approaches. A combination of classic and contemporary texts in the area of propaganda and disinformation will be studied. Various approaches to propaganda will examined across a variety of media, with an emphasis in the second half of the course on emerging computational and participatory propaganda.

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (05.01.2023)

Aim of the course

This is one of the courses of the AEP (previously UPCES) study abroad program held in cooperation with the partner institution CERGE-EI. It is designed for the US students participating in the programme as a whole while the Czech and international students of the Faculty of Humanities are welcome to selecte single courses from the programme.

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (06.05.2025)

Course completion requirements

Students  are required  to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course syllabus. 

Attendance is mandatory. Regular attendance is necessary in order to get credit and grade.

Exam Dates

Winter Semester: beginning of November (midterm exams); before the middle of December (final exams) according to the course syllabus

Summer Semester: end of March / the first half of April (midterm exams); the middle of May (final exams) according to the course syllabus

 

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (29.07.2024)

Teaching methods

This is one of the UPCES courses held in cooperation with the partner institution CERGE-EI, designed for the US students and the Czech and international students of the Faculty of Humanities.

These courses are scheduled either twice (2x90 min.) or once (1x180 min.) a week in the CERGE-EI classrooms (Politických vězňů 7, Praha 1).

Attendance is mandatory. Regular attendance is necessary in order to get credit and grade.

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (29.07.2024)

Syllabus

Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course sylabus available at

https://upces.cerge-ei.cz/academic-life/upces-courses-a-z Scroll for the AEP Course List and click on the particular course for course description and syllabus.

Reading materials: the coordinators of the UPCES programme will inform the enrolled students where to get them.

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (06.05.2025)

Registration requirements

• The teaching period in the AEP courses begins from February 17, 2025, according to the schedule of the particular course.

  • Enroll in the SIS (registration in the SIS is required before attending the first class) & be present in the course within the first and/or second week (at least) of the teaching period according to the schedule of the course. 
  • Students can enrol up to 2 UPCES courses (YBAU coded ones) per semester in total.
  • The degree students can attend these courses from the second semester of their studies onwards.
  • For the students enrolled at other CU Faculties than the FHS, the UPCES courses are available only if the course capacity allows (i.e. not all the places are used by the FHS students), thus the enrolment cannot be guaranteed in advance; the availability to be checked in the SIS when the registration to courses opens.

  Please note:

  Organized in cooperation with a partner institution and programme, the capacity in this course might be low.

  In order to allow other students to enroll, please do not forget to unregister from all the courses you decide not to take as soon as possible.

  Please be aware that the regular class attendance is mandatory.

   

   

Last update: Skladanová Nikola, Mgr. (06.05.2025)