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Reality Show Survivor: Competition, or Conflict?
Blažek, Jakub ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (referee)
This thesis examines competition and conflict in the reality show Survivor. Its goal is to find out to what extent there are competitive and conflicting situations in the show, how they intertwine with each other, and how does this impact the final form of the show. In relation to this, the work also examines to what extent these interactions take place spontaneously, and to what extent they are constructed by the production of the show. It draws on academic literature on competition, conflict, and reality show, in order to backup the research with suitable theory. The research itself is done through the transcription of episodes of the reality show Survivor, which is then subjected to textual and contextual analysis. This enables subsequent interpretation of the findings. This interpretation shows that both competition and conflict have a central role in the show, and at the same time they are greatly interconnected. There is a lot of emphasis on competition in the show, which is especially noticeable during the challenges, where two tribes compete against each other. These challenges are bounded by rules, and they also offer a goal for which both tribes compete. To achieve this goal, it is neccessary to overcome the opponent's tribe. These situations are completely constructed by the production...
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Young artists and social networking sites.
Smutný, Viktor ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (advisor) ; Průchová Hrůzová, Andrea (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to explain how artists from the generation of digital natives introduced by Dingli and Dylan use Social Networking Sites (SNS). Goal of this thesis is to identify what content do artists share and what they want to achieve with it. There will also be explained what content is not shared and if this is a form of self-censorship or something more in line with certain restrictions to convey desired image. The main theoretical background comes from the concept of self-presentation, which was explained by Goffman in offline space and reworked by Hogan, who introduced the theory of exhibition in online space. This thesis explains that main goal for artists is to create a certain exhibition of their artwork. Exhibition serves as a place, where artists can display their artwork in the best way possible for the audience, which can be used by artists. The use is mostly financial, it can be direct, or someone from the audience can afford them employment, or use their popularity as a motivation for their potential employers. Creation of this exhibition comes with a cost, content focused on anything, but art is either completely absent or employed in a way that is restricted. Certain type of restrictions is used even in art focused content, so the viewer has the best possible...
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Gig Economy: A Literature review of critical approaches
Zhidkova, Ekaterina ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (advisor) ; Svobodová, Tereza (referee)
This work is dedicated to the topic of the Gig economy, its definition, scope and influence in modern society. In the theoretical part, it defines links with more extensive terms from the field of digital economy. The narrative literature review method used in this work was transparently designed to obtain a comprehensive and reliable sample. Based on the analysis, this thesis systematizes and outlines critics of gig economy platforms, alongside with the key features of gig economy, as outlined by scholars in the area. A broader impact of the gig economy is also derived from the papers from the sample. A check for possible inconsistencies in the use of the definition of gig economy resulted in the separation of core features, that are present in the majority of articles in the sample, and auxiliary features, that are unique or contradictory to core features. The significance of gig economy and possible futures of gig work are also discussed.
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Identification and adaptation of members of the Ukrainian minority in the Czech Republic
Gresko, Olesya ; Kozubík, Jan (advisor) ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of integration of members of the Ukrainian minority into Czech society. The work is specifically focused on the experience of Ukrainians who hold Czech citizenship with adaptation to the majority society of the Czech Republic and how they identify themselves. It examines their adaptation to Czech society and culture, how they perceive their position within this society, whether they consider themselves Czechs or Ukrainians and what obstacles they encounter during this process. The first part of the thesis is dedicated to a summary description of the Ukrainian minority in the Czech Republic and also to the previous research on Ukrainians in the Czech territory. It also defines the basic concepts and theories that are used in the thesis. The second part describes the research methodology, methods of data collection and analysis. The data are obtained by qualitative research in the form of six semi-structured interviews with members of the Ukrainian minority. The final part consists of analysis of topics such as beginnings of residence in the Czech Republic, citizenship, language, social contacts, traditions, interest in society's happenings and identification, which resulted from the interviews.
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Sports celebrities in the late modern society
Šigut, Michal ; Numerato, Dino (advisor) ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of sports celebrities in late modern society. Specifically, it focuses on the theoretical grasp and presentation of sports celebrities, as important social figures, who are enjoying increasing public attention with the development of technology and growing media interest. The work also deals with the study of the perception of sports celebrities by young people aged 18 to 30 years. Quantitative research was carried out using an Internet questionnaire, which was then analysed. The results of the analysis provide insight into today's sports celebrities through the eyes of young respondents, explains how these celebrities are perceived and how important they are to them compared to other non-sport celebrities, whether they are life inspiration for these respondents or which aspects they think are most important for transforming athletes into a sports celebrity.
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Intergenerational construction of perception of poverty within families
Jeřábková, Tereza ; Spalová, Barbora (advisor) ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the study of the concept of poverty and its perception across two generations. This is among those who grew up in the socialism and their descendants who grew up after the transformation. The work aims to describe the intergenerational constructions of perceptions of poverty within families, to further analyze whether the concept of poverty differs between two different generations and, if so, on what these differences is based. Qualitative research is focused on middle-class Prague families, where using semi- structured interviews and the method of projective techniques I find out the attitude of respondents in the perception of the concept of poverty and their narratives associated with it. I use the research work of sociologists and anthropologists A. Schütz, M. Buchowski, M. Kreidl and R. Inglehart as theoretical starting points for qualitative interviews. The theory and data are then analyzed by a combination of narrative and thematic analysis. The main finding of this work is the importance of personal experience with poverty, which influences the further formation of the discourse on poverty.
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Impact of using adictive substances on the functioning of the family
Knor, Tomáš ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kolomoiets, Maksym (referee)
This bachelor thesis studies impacts of children drug addiction on family. Family, as a subject of my research, is represented as social unit that is negatively influenced by individual drug addiction of one of its child. On the basis of the change in essential family functions, all of possible impacts on family's wellbeing, which are resulting from the drug addiction, are being researched. This is for example issues relating to social isolation of the family, resocialization of the addicted member, change in the education style, impact on emotional household background or creation of security measurments due to dangerous and unpredictable behaviour. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on defining the fundamental terminology about drugs and about family. The next part of the theory is focused directly on connection of drug addiction in family due to easier understanding of the issue and simpler interpretation of methodological part. To obtain profound and detailed data, which will help me to understand the causalities, I have chosen the method of semistructured interviews with a biographical aspect. The interview was carried out with a member of a family who has been sharing the same household with an addicted member. Thanks to the data analysis and following data interpretation I have...
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