1. Cultural and social consequences of the invention of book-printing for the modern society, the beginnings of printed periodicals in Europe
2. The beginnings of journalism in the context of society modernization (the origin of public sphere)
3. Periodical newspapers and journals and their readers in the17th, the18th and the 19th century in the advanced European countries and the U.S.A.
4. Alterations of journalism during the 19th century (from the development of mass press in France, England and the U.S.A. through the first news agencies to the Northcliff revolution)
5. Development of periodicals on the territory of the current Czech Republic (up to 1918)
6. Technical and social conditions of transmitting media origin (telegraph, telephone, radio broadcasting)
7. Political, economic and also cultural role of media in 1918-1945 in Europe and the U.S.A.
8. Development of the Czechoslovak media in the interwar period and in the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
9. Political and social changes in the position of media in the second half of the 20th century on the example of selected countries
10. Character of changes in the structure of the Czechoslovak media development (1945-1968/69 and in the period of normalization in 1970-1989
11. Transformation of media and media system at the beginning of the nineties of the 20th century
12. The beginnings of new media and a shift in the position of mass media, trends in their development (the influence of globalization, co-modification, commercialization, concentration of ownership)
2. The beginnings of journalism in the context of society modernization (the origin of public sphere)
3. Periodical newspapers and journals and their readers in the17th, the18th and the 19th century in the advanced European countries and the U.S.A.
4. Alterations of journalism during the 19th century (from the development of mass press in France, England and the U.S.A. through the first news agencies to the Northcliff revolution)
5. Development of periodicals on the territory of the current Czech Republic (up to 1918)
6. Technical and social conditions of transmitting media origin (telegraph, telephone, radio broadcasting)
7. Political, economic and also cultural role of media in 1918-1945 in Europe and the U.S.A.
8. Development of the Czechoslovak media in the interwar period and in the period of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
9. Political and social changes in the position of media in the second half of the 20th century on the example of selected countries
10. Character of changes in the structure of the Czechoslovak media development (1945-1968/69 and in the period of normalization in 1970-1989
11. Transformation of media and media system at the beginning of the nineties of the 20th century
12. The beginnings of new media and a shift in the position of mass media, trends in their development (the influence of globalization, co-modification, commercialization, concentration of ownership)