School of Communication and Media

Our mission
We seek to provide students with a world-class education that develops critical conceptual understanding and analysis, practical skills, and research capabilities. On graduation, our students will be ready for a career within one of the communication professions, or to pursue graduate studies at a leading higher education institution. Embedded within the context of an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and multicultural learning environment, students shall obtain the understanding and knowledge necessary to be contributing, flexible, adaptable, creative and tolerant in a social and professional environment characterized by convergence and change.
Our vision
In our communications programs, we seek to respond consistently to the global demand from private, nonprofit, and research institutions for graduates who have the skills to engage with, and understand the complexities of, the processes, effects, and cultural implications of communication in the information society.
Our broad-based student learning goals
Students will be able to:
- Understand and be capable of explaining the known effects of media on society;
- Critically evaluate mass media and its role in constructing social reality;
- Comprehend political, economic, technological and globalizing influences on media organizations;
- Grasp the relationship between culture and communication, and use this understanding progressively;
- Confidently communicate using all styles of strategic writing used by various types of media organizations;
- Conduct independent, scholarly research resulting in professional analyses and presentations.
Our broad-based operational goals
We will:
- Encourage tolerance, ethical reflection, and intellectual curiosity at all levels of communication study;
- Provide students with the skills and knowledge required for their professional careers and or graduate studies;
- Ensure that courses are taught by both leading scholars and outstanding practitioners;
- Engage students in research initiatives conducted by the faculty.
Our intended student learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Identify, contextualize and critically evaluate theoretical developments in the study of communication;
- Assess the impact of new information technologies on media systems;
- Understand and be able to comprehensively explain the principles and theories of public relations;
- Recognize techniques and strategies used by speakers to inform, persuade and entertain;
- Understand the divisions of the fields of communication and media studies;
- Analyze messages in the mass media in terms of rhetorical value;
- Plan and execute full-scale public relations and advertising campaigns;
- Be able to effectively write, report on events, and conduct interviews;
- Use their skills to design research projects - indicating hypotheses, best data collection method, and the most appropriate way to analyze data;
- To use Public Relations research methods in different situations;
- Communicate effectively about quantitative and qualitative research both orally and in writing.
School members
Ph.D. Charles University, Czech Republic
PhDr. Charles University, Czech Republic
M.A. Charles University, Czech Republic
B.A. University of Windsor, Canada
PhD, (Media and Communication Studies) University of Vienna, Austria
MBA, Central European University, Hungary
MA, (Political Science), Central European University, Hungary
BA, (Journalism), University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ph.D., (Lingusitics), Palacky University, Czech Republic
M.A., (Philology), Palacky University, Czech Republic
B.A., (Journalism), Palacky University, Czech Republic
Ph.D., Lancaster University, UK
M.A., University of Leicester, UK
B.A., University of Sussex, UK
MFA Photography, SCAD (USA)
B.A. Fashion Design, ESMOD (France)
B.A. Design, Ural Architecture Academy (Russia)
Ph.D. Charles University in Prague
M.A. Charles University in Prague
B.A. Palacky University in Olomouc
MgA. FAMU, Czech Republic
Ph.D. University of Wales, UK
M.A. University of Latvia
CSc. Prague School of Economics, Czech Republic
Ph.D. Prague School of Economics, Czech Republic
M.A. Prague School of Economics, Czech Republic
M.F.A. Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
M.S. Northwestern University,US
B.A. University of Michigan, US
M.A. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
B.A. State University of New York at Empire State College, USA
LLB University of Sydney
B.A. Pennsylvania State University
B.A. Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. in Sociology, Charles University in Prague
Mgr. in Gender studies, Charles University in Prague