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Technological unemployment
Miňovský, Michael ; Vlček, Josef (advisor) ; Lupač, Petr (referee)
(in English): Will robotisation lead to unemployment? What will be the society-wide impact of automation? Will it affect the economy? And what is the general macroeconomic and microeconomic context of such developments? These and many other questions are asked throughout this thesis. On the next 70 or so pages, a detailed overview of changes connected with robotics revolution is provided, while the primary topic is the issue of technological unemployment. Based on the study of historical evidence, there is a proposition pronounced on a qualitative difference between current technology and earlier technological milestones consisting in the ability of the machines to substitute not only routine manual work but the non-routine cognitive tasks as well. This hypothesis is then being developed and analysed through a more detailed examination of the fundamental differences of robotics and the current technological foundation of industry and services. The method employed is a critical analysis of other authors' works, thanks to which it was possible to present impressive results such as the list of probabilities of automating a wide spectrum of jobs in the course of the next few decades based on an extrapolation of the current level of progress in machine learning and data mining. In the end, a synthesis...
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20 years of research in social stratification in the Czech Republic
Karnet, Martin ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
This bachelor thesis summarizes the most important personalities who devoted to the topic social stratification in the last twenty years. In the first chapter, the term social stratification is explained and other important terms are defined. The next part of the work analyses stratification researches in the period of the dominance of the communistic regime in the Czechoslovakia. This period is mainly connected with Pavel Machonin who executed an important sociological research in 1967. The most extensive part of this thesis is devoted to the period after the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic. In this chapter are compared themes that authors devoted to the topic social stratification during several years after the Velvet revolution with the contemporary reflection of social stratification. Key words: social stratification, Czech Republic, Czech society, research
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Men and their lifeworld in beer advertisements
Svobodová, Lucie ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
This thesis deals with the widely discussed topic of gender stereotypes. Most of the attention of experts and also the general public in this area is focused on the issues of stereotypes associated with women's roles. This work attempts to inspect the other - the men's - side of gender stereotypes. The aim is to reconstruct the male stereotypes and their lifeworld in commercials which from this perspective focus on perhaps still typically masculine product: beer. The presence of traditional stereotypes of male and female roles is observed at the same time. The research problem is solved through a content analysis of beer advertisements and reconstruction of the lifeworld of men in them.
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Technological unemployment
Miňovský, Michael ; Vlček, Josef (advisor) ; Lupač, Petr (referee)
Will robotization lead to unemployment? What will be the society-wide impact of automation? Will it affect the economy? And what is the general macroeconomic and microeconomic context of such developments? These and many other questions are asked throughout this thesis. On the next 60 or so pages, a detailed overview of changes connected with robotics revolution is provided, while the primary topic is the issue of technological unemployment. Based on the study of historical evidence, there is a proposition pronounced on a qualitative difference between current technology and earlier technological milestones consiting in the ability of the machines to substitute not only routine manual work but the non-routine cognitive tasks as well. This hypothesis is then being developed and analyzed through a more detailed examination of the fundamental differences of robotics and the current technological foundation of industry and services. Viewpoint of other authors is also included as the objective of this thesis's author is not to be rediscovering well-known facts but to enrich the stint of knowledge in general. Thanks to this, it is possible to present some impressive results such as a list of probabilities of computerization of a wide spectrum of jobs for the next decades based on an extrapolation of the current...
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The diffusion of innovation in organizations
Liebová, Veronika ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Sieber, Martina (referee)
This thesis is concerned with factors of organization which have impact on diffusion of innovation in organization. Fist part describes fundamental areas of innovation diffusion theory with focus on innovation diffusion in organization. Information from organizational theory is used for better understanding of organizational nature. Second part of this thesis is systematic review of studies which describes factors with influence on diffusion of innovation in organization. Based on systematic review, there are six factors with effect on DOI - five of them are organizational factors and external influence. These five organizational factors are: organizational communication, organizational system readiness, organizational culture, individuals in organizational system and organizational structure. All of six factors are closer described within review results. In conclusion of this thesis author suggest three possible ways of future research based on these previous results of systematic review. Keywords: diffusion of innovation, organization, innovation, characteristics of organization, organizational factors
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Self-proclaimed political pundits in the age of social media
Matoušek, Vojtěch ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Sládek, Jan (referee)
(in English): This thesis studies political pundits in the US who utilise YouTube as their main channel of communication. In particular, it studies a possible impact which political pundits in the non-traditional media might have in polarising the public and this in comparison with political pundits in the traditional media. The goal of this thesis is to better understand what makes the YouTube based political pundits different from their traditional news counterparts and which underlying messages we can find in their news reporting. The work uses the theoretical background of the echo chamber theory to utilise the content analysis methods in three major steps. First, categories are being established for predetermined dimensions using an exploratory content analysis of the biggest three traditional news outlets in the US. Using the established dimensions and categories, a quantitative content analysis is conducted on seven chosen non-tradition news outlets based exclusively on YouTube. To further explore the way by means of which these outlets present their messages, a qualitative content analysis is done on selected stories. It has been found that non-traditional media outlets are in general more inclined to talk about policy than traditional news outlets. It also has been found that YouTube based...
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Analysis of the Goverment's Spring Crises in 2011
Rakušanová, Františka ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Sládek, Jan (referee)
The graduation thesis Analysis of the Spring Governmental Crises in 2011 deals with the process of the intermedia agenda setting during the period from April to June 2011. Within the scope of the empirical part, the explicit references of media to other media are examined with use of quantitative content analysis. Television, radio and printed newscasts media including their internet portals were analyzed. The theoretical source of the work is the relationship between media and politics and agenda setting theory of mass media. Keywords: intermedia agenda-setting, spring government crise in 2011, media, politics, content analysis 5
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Contemporary reflection on the relationship of social stratification and consumption
Podsedníková, Klára ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
This bachelor thesis summarizes theories that deal with the relationship between social stratification and cultural consumption. In the first chapter, basic theories of social stratification are briefly summarized. Then the author introduces Pierre Bourdieu's distinction theory and his follower's and critic's contributions. The second part of the work deal with the contemporary theories of social stratification and cultural consumption relationship, focusing especially on the cultural omnivores concept. However, two other basic concepts of the relationship - the homology concept and the concept of individualism - are presented as well in this part.
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The amount of inforamtion in the information society and its social consequences
Kočišová, Eva ; Duffková, Jana (advisor) ; Lupač, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis presents the problematic of quantitative growth of information volume in the contemporary developed societies (with regard to the historical development). It observes the influence of this growth in some areas of the society (particularly media communication, democracy, science and education) and also in a wider social context. It also examines the change of processing information (and its related behaviour) as a form of adaptation to the large information growth.
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