The aim of the course is to introduce the field of Media Industry Studies (Production Studies) in its complexity, looking back to historical contexts and backgrounds, but also taking into account current changes and trends in media production research. The course presents insights into research on the role of states and legislation in the transformation of media industries, the changing ownership structures of media and the agendas that media owners may pursue, the position of individual workers in both the so-called creative professions and less creative "under the line" professions , including the specific position of women in media production. Media production research also contextualizes the subject within broader theoretical frameworks, in the context of distribution networks and media globalization and, last but not least, looks at the position of the researcher in media research and the ethical aspects of this specific role, often as practitioner-theorists or theorizing-practitioners.
- Trainer/in: Miroslav Vlček