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The U.S. War in Iraq: Motivation and Impacts
Beková, Tereza ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This thesis analyses media coverage of the My Lai Massacre and the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal in American daily newspapers The New York Times and The Washington Post published in the period from November 12, 1969 to December 12, 1969 as for the My Lai Massacre, and from April 28, 2004 to May 28, 2004 as for the Abu Ghraib Scandal. The methodology of the thesis is derived from the principles of content media analysis. The thesis uses the method of comparison of the above mentioned incidents from the Vietnam and Iraq War, respectively, to examine the impacts of the transformation of the US policy towards media on the quality of the reported information. This thesis verifies the hypothesis that the goals of the restrictive measures taken by the US government against media during and before the Iraq War, have not been met in every aspect and that some controversies which were to be kept classified came public in consequence.
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Building Southern Identity through Reading: The Role of the Works of Southern Writers in Promoting Specific Cultural Values
Beková, Tereza ; Olehla, Richard (advisor) ; Hanuš, Jiří (referee)
This thesis examines the relationship between Southern literature and socio-cultural realities of the Southern region of the United States of America. Analyzing works of five distinguished Southern writers, this thesis examines the reflection of specific Southern culture features in literature of the region in the period from the end of the American Civil War to the second half of the 20th century. The thesis oppose the opinion that the primary goal of Southern literature was to promote Southern identity and its cultural superiority above the North. The central hypothesis, that is being verified by this thesis, is that despite the indisputable contribution of highly recognized Southern writers to building of Southern identity, these authors expressed in their works also often sharp critiques of the social conditions in the South.
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The U.S. War in Iraq: Motivation and Impacts
Beková, Tereza ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This thesis analyses media coverage of the My Lai Massacre and the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal in American daily newspapers The New York Times and The Washington Post published in the period from November 12, 1969 to December 12, 1969 as for the My Lai Massacre, and from April 28, 2004 to May 28, 2004 as for the Abu Ghraib Scandal. The methodology of the thesis is derived from the principles of content media analysis. The thesis uses the method of comparison of the above mentioned incidents from the Vietnam and Iraq War, respectively, to examine the impacts of the transformation of the US policy towards media on the quality of the reported information. This thesis verifies the hypothesis that the goals of the restrictive measures taken by the US government against media during and before the Iraq War, have not been met in every aspect and that some controversies which were to be kept classified came public in consequence.
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