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Disinformation on Czech Fake News Websites during Covid-19 Pandemic
Schneiderová, Soňa ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Končelík, Jakub (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "Disinformation on Czech disinformation websites during the covid-19 pandemic" studies the content published on the disinformation media Ac24.cz, Sputnik, Aeronet and Parlamentní listy during the covid-19 pandemic and examines it in the context of the false news phenomenon. The goal of the thesis is to analyze articles on the mentioned websites, find out what topics the articles were about and how they were changing over time. At the same time, this thesis also examines the format of the articles, the presence or absence of clickbait headlines and if their authors were anonymous or not. In the theoretical part of the thesis, the concept of false news is explained first, together with its division into misinformation, malinformation and disinformation. In the following subchapters, disinformation is discussed the most, as well as the risks connected to it, its authors and the disinformation media. The thesis also deals with the topic of legislation and the regulation of disinformation and the disinformation media. In the second part of the thesis, the research including the methodology is introduced. The research is based on a quantitative content analysis, supplemented by a qualitative content analysis. The research sample consists of a random selection of ten articles published...
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Manual for Journalists: How to Work With Disinformation
Novotná, Barbora ; Poljakov, Nikita (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
This Bachelor's thesis focuses on disinformation and ways how to tackle it. In the beginning, the theoretical part introduces definitions of the fundamental terms, such as disinformation, misinformation, malinformation, and fake news, whose knowledge is crucial when working with this matter. Further, it describes the Czech disinformation scene in contrast to analyzes of the code of ethics of Czech mainstream online media, which are compared with a code of British public broadcasting company BBC. The theoretical part is also dedicated to the key topics for its practical part. Among those is knowledge of disinformation of Czech journalists and cognitive functions of the human's brain which have a significant influence on sharing false information. The practical part consists handbook for junior journalists which, apart from the theoretical part, is based on interviews with more than ten Finnish journalists, and experts on disinformation and media education. This handbook is divided into ten chapters, alias ten commandments, which brings journalists theoretical knowledge as well as practical tips for work with disinformation. A part of this handbook is also a working sheet designed for high school, which can be used during classes of media education, accompanied by an auxiliary sheet for teachers, and video of...
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Theory of Hoax and its examples in Czech presidential election 2018
Hobzová, Ilona ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
The topic of the bachelor thesis Theory of hoax and its examples in the Czech presidential election 2018 is the theoretical definition of the term hoax and its practical analysis in connection with the election of the president of the Czech Republic in 2018. The theoretical part first deals with the very concept of hoax - its definition and origin. The chapter History of the hoax is divided into two subchapters. The first one is related to the world history of hoax - it describes six hoaxes from different historical periods in detail. The second subchapter deals with one of the oldest misinformation that appeared in connection with Czech history. In the chapter Phenomena related to hoaxes, the work deals with concepts that are closely related to hoaxes - Propaganda and Conspiracy Theories. In chapters Development of hoaxes with the development of the Internet and The most common types of hoaxes, the work focuses on hoaxes shared via the Internet. The chapter The most common types of hoaxes divides and describes the most known forms of hoax, which are created and shared in digital media. Very important part of the theory is the last chapter How to recognize a hoax. This is a list of characteristics that are typical for hoaxes. They are described by experts who monitor hoaxes and disinformation, but...
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