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Media image of Jan Hamáček during two political events
Kubant, Vít ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Jirků, Jan (referee)
Jan Hamáček experienced two events in one year that led to his end in high politics. Firstly, at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, during his tenure at the Ministry of the Interior, he positioned himself as a minister who, through his contacts in China, was able to secure sufficient amount of medical supplies. A year later, after the resolution of the involvement of Russian agents in the Vrbětice ammunition depot explosions, Seznam Zprávy published information that the ČSSD chairman wanted to exchange this finding for Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines and a presidential summit in Prague. The thesis analysed how Hamáček's media image was portrayed in these situations and how it varied in four Czech newspapers.
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Populism as a discursive strategy: an analysis of the communication of selected populist actors in the Czech political arena
Křovák, Jan ; Charvát, Jakub (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
This paper analyses the concept of populism as a discursive strategy. Therefore, it uses the view of populist discourse as discussed by Ernesto Laclau and other authors in their works. The author analyses the communication practices of four selected Czech political actors on social networks (Facebook and Twitter) in the period before the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in October 2021. For the analysis, the author chose representatives who are commonly labelled as populists, i.e. former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, far-right populists, i.e. Tomio Okamura, and then two politicians representing mainstream parties - Markéta Pekarová Adamová from TOP 09 and Vít Rakušan from STAN. In the theoretical part, the author describes in depth the phenomenon of populism on the basis of expert literature, and in a comprehensive way points out the relationship between populism, social networks, media and political communication. In the practical part, the author conducted a so-called critical discursive analysis of posts of the politicians on the above-mentioned social media and then compared their dominant communication practices. The author then places the data and results of the research in context of the populist narrative described in the theoretical part of the thesis.
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Perception of the "culture wars" concept in American media
Šimek, Jan ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Charvát, Jakub (referee)
American society is going through an era of deep social and political divisions. At the forefront of this deepening divide are the so-called culture wars, an umbrella term for a set of narratives around cultural and social issues that both sides of the conflict use to advance their political goals. This thesis aims to determine how much space culture wars themes occupy in the production of selected American media outlets, how these themes are projected onto their audiences and how this influences the audience's trust in the mainstream media. The first part of the thesis presents the methodology used in collecting and evaluating the data used in the research for this thesis. The theoretical section also defines concepts and terms related to the topic of the thesis. The practical part of the thesis will then focus on the evaluation of the data from the questionnaire survey conducted among American media consumers between May and June 2023.
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Bipartisanship of US journalism on the example of media coverage of the 2022 midterm election
Strnad, David ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Charvát, Jakub (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the relationship between American media and politics, particularly the partisan leaning of mainstream US media towards Republicans or Democrats. General media and political theories are introduced and then applied to a specific framework of the development of relationship between US media and political systems. It was necessary to include terms from political theory for completeness of the studied phenomenon which in itself is influenced by both media and politics. The thesis also draws on the hypothesis presented in Four Theories of the Press arguing that media reflect the social and therefore political system in which they operate. Hence, terms as media bias, agenda-setting or framing are accompanied by descriptions of a two-party system or the study of a general relationship between politics and the media. The thesis also offers overviews of the historical development of American politics and the media's relationship towards partisanship. The division of mainstream US media to two groups based on their appeal towards one of the parties is demonstrated not only by describing current analytical projects but also by own research. A quantitative content analysis with qualitative elements analyses and compares the thematic and genre representation of the online...
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Media Image of Deputies in Czech Daily Press
Sůsa, Richard ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Charvát, Jakub (referee)
1 Abstract Diploma thesis Media Image of Deputies in Czech Daily Press focuses on the identification of factors influencing the media image of certain Czech high-profile politicians. A three- year research period analyses the depiction of all members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Four Czech daily newspapers with the highest readership figures are chosen for the analysis, the sample is selected via the constructed weeks method. For clarity and to avoid the possible influence of strong media attention directed at the members of government, only the deputies who do not hold such executive office are included. The opening chapters provide an overview of a theoretical approach to political communication development and studies, as well as international research on politicians' media visibility. An extensive chapter depicts the establishment of an original Czech parliament-the Czech National Council-as well as its role in the establishment of the Czech Republic and the position of the Chamber of Deputies in the country's current political system set by the Constitution. As it holds a slight significance for the way politics is presented in the media, an overview of the electoral system and its main influential reforms is also included in this thesis. The...
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The influence of the presenter's personality on a news podcast Vinohradská 12
Balcárková, Eliška ; Lovaš, Karol (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
From March 2022, the Czech Radio news podcast Vinohradská 12 has a new host. The former host of the show, journalist Lenka Kabrhelová, left with her team for Seznam Zprávy and has been replaced behind the microphone by a long-time Radiožurnál reporter Matěj Skalický. On the basis of this unique and specific event, the thesis examines the influence of the personality of the host on the news podcast and reflects on it mainly from the perspective of the listeners. The theoretical part focuses on the role of the public service medium and its news service, the phenomenon of podcasting as a new way of spreading information not only by the media, and the uniqueness of hosting on the radio. Based on interviews with both presenters - Lenka Kabrhelová and Matěj Skalický - the author presents two different approaches of the Vinohradská 12 podcast teams and in the interview with Ondřej Suchan, the News Director at Czech Radio and editor-in-chief of Radiožurnál, also the non-public selection procedure of a new host. The research was conducted by means of a quantitative questionnaire survey, with the help of which the graduate student presented the audience's view of the personality of the news podcast host or the motivations and reasons for listening to the public service show.
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Ukraine War Through the Eyes of Czech Reporters
Levíčková, Žaneta ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with war reporting from the war in Ukraine and its specifics through the eyes of Czech reporters who were present in the country themselves. The objective is to look at the work of journalists in this armed conflict from their viewpoint because they are the most knowledgeable on the topic and they deal with war reporting long-term and comprehensively. Based on the data obtained, the work aims to clarify what obstacles the reporters encountered during reporting and what caused them. The research - semi-structured in-depth interviews - was analyzed using the grounded theory method. In the form of interviews, the insights of six reporters who reported on the war in the period of February- August 2022 are put into context. At the end of the work, the main obstacles that journalists encountered while reporting on this war are stated, as well as the proposal of possible solutions of how they can be eliminated in the future.
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Media image of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in selected Czech media
Koubková, Dana ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the media image of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in selected Czech online media. The aim of the work is to compare changes in the form, frequency, and presentation of the conflict in three specific time periods: February 24 - March 24, 2022, April 24 - May 24, 2022, July 24 - August 24, 2022, i.e. the first, third and the sixth month of the invasion of Ukraine. The theoretical part of the work is devoted to reporting on war conflicts, the theory of peace journalism, and describing the context and events of individual months. In the analytical part, I am devoted to describing and interpreting the results I achieved through content analysis. In conclusion, I summarize the quantitative and qualitative research results.
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Media image of the Czech European Union membership referendum
Kouklová, Kristina ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
The diploma thesis entitled Media Image of the Referendum on the Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, is devoted to the point of view of three Czech newspapers on the historically first referendum held in the Czech Republic, which took place on June the 13th and 14th of 2003. The aim of the thesis is to describe how the newspapers Mladá fronta DNES, Lidové noviny and Právo reported on the referendum of Czechia's accession to the European Union. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and analytical. The theoretical part places the events in the political development of the Czech Republic, describes the context of the integration process, presents the referendum on the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union and the eastern expansion of the European Union by ten member states. Based on theoretical starting points through a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses the analytical part monitors which topics were associated with the referendum about the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, which position the examined newspapers held towards the vote, and which arguments were for and against the membership of the Czech Republic in the European Union media stated. The results of the analysis are presented in the final part of the thesis.
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Media image of Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar in selected press from the period of split of Czechoslovakia
Matějková, Kristýna ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Charvát, Jakub (referee)
Czechoslovakia underwent a challenging transition from a communist regime to a democratic system in the 1990s. Some Slovak citizens perceived this period as their chance to seek emancipation. This desire, nourished by some political figures, started the division process of the Czechoslovak federation, which resulted in a series of bargaining between the two national prime ministers, Václav Klaus and Vladimír Mečiar. The citizens of the federation were waiting to see how their protracted meetings would unfold. And the only intermediary that could regularly bring them information, were the media. Nevertheless, through its important role of informing the public, the media also has a considerable power to influence what people consider important and what they think about. The way in which the media covered all events that led to the breakup may have had an effect on the public opinion on the existence of Czechoslovakia. This diploma thesis offers a view on how selected Czechoslovak press in 1992 portrayed the main characters of the final split of Czechoslovakia, focusing on the perception of Václav Klaus in Slovak media and Vladimír Mečiar in Czech media.
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