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Semiological analysis of the image of Barack Obama in Time magazine
Růňová, Michaela ; Šafaříková, Radana (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the current media communication, visual image of Barack Obama on the front pages of Time magazine, and the application methods of semiological analysis inspired by Roland Barthes. Semiological analysis is performed on selected front pages of Time magazine. There is always determined and described the method that is subsequently applied at the beginning of each analysis. Utilized concepts are reading the image, denotation, connotation and myth. Attention is also drawn to the concept of photography and the relationship between text and image. The work refers to the use of Barthes theoretical concepts in contemporary visual communication. I also focused on innovation methods semiological analysis using knowledge of social semiotics. The basic reference lines and hypotheses include: efforts to use concepts of denotation, connotation and myth in the analysis of visual images of the known politician, monitoring the relationship between text and image on the front pages. The analysis results are reviewed and supplemented by analysis of trends in the composition of politician image. The work examins the applicability of semiological methods in visual environment and also focuses on the results of the analysis. The image of Barack Obama is a sort of visual communication, where the...
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US Foreign Policy towards Iran: A Comparison of presidents Bush and Obama
Čermák, Michal ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
The topic of the diploma thesis is a comparison of the American activities during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama towards Iran, in regard to the threat of nuclear weapons proliferation. It observes the diplomatic actions in relation to Iran and other actors, who play an important role in this issue, and also some other methods, used by the world's leading superpower to prevent Iran from the development of nuclear weapons. The mentioned topic is situated into the broader context of continuity and change in the US security and foreign policy. The objective of the diploma thesis is to assess what where the differences in the US actions under Obama's administration, compared with the actions during the presidency of his predecessor, as well as how the Obama's administration followed them, and to assess how effective these actions were.
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Use of social media in political campaign : the case study of the Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign
Beseda, Dan ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Bečka, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the role of social media in the U.S. presidential campaign. Media plays an important role in the U.S. presidential campaign. Therefore every new medium comes with a huge expectation on its impact on the political campaign. Thus, we examine the question: What role do social media play in U.S. presidential campaigns? The role of social media is examined in the case study of the Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. The first chapter defines social media and the platform on which they run - Web 2.0. It also presents the most important aspects of social media. The following chapter presents a theoretical background on social media in politics, with focus on aspects that are relevant to the social media and their role in the political campaign. The third chapter is the case study of Barack Obama's campaign. At the outset the case study presents data on the media usage in the 2008 election; thereafter the most important social media used in Obama's campaign are analyzed. The first analysis is of Obama's official website MyBarackObama. Next to be analyzes is YouTube. Following that, social networks, primarily Facebook, are analyzed. The last chapter of this case study is devoted to blogs.
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The individual textual profile: a corpus-based study of idiolect
Leško, Marek ; Malá, Markéta (advisor) ; Klégr, Aleš (referee)
- EN The thesis analyzes the idiolect of the then-presidential candidate Barack Obama in the specific speech situation of the televized debates on the background of the utterances of other candidates in the years 2000, 2004 and 2008. The analysis uses corpus-driven methods to compare the Obama corpus with the reference corpus. The comparison is largely based on the analysis of keywords and their use in context, supplemented by the discussion of their collocations and associated clusters. The results of the analysis, i.e. the principal features Obama's idiolect, are presented in a structured summary, divided into specific areas. Keywords: Idiolect, individual textual profile, Obama, keywords, corpus, corpus-driven
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US and Russia: resetting relations : nternational cooperation from geopolitical perspective
Honzík, Jakub ; Žídková, Markéta (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
This work aims to provide an analysis of the potential for international cooperation between the United States and Russian Federation. It will employ analytical and empirical approach and will introduce a geopolitical perspective on bi-lateral relations between the two nations. It will include an analysis of geopolitical objectives and strategies of the two nations and identify areas where their respective interests converge as well as those where they diverge. Then, it will provide an in-depth analysis of the development of mutual relations during the era of Bush-Putin presidencies and during the era of Obama-Medvedev presidencies, in order to determine the various strategies that these two nations employ in bilateral relations with one another, as well as results of such strategies. This work will focus on the different impact of various policies on relations between the countries from a geopolitical perspective and will refer to geopolitical thinking, strategies and objectives of these two nations while analyzing various political initiatives. The overall purpose will then be to evaluate the potential for international cooperation as well as main obstacles to it. It will also assess the impact of leadership composition on the ability of these two nations to overcome differences in their approach...
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Portyal of Barack Obama in ČTK agency in 2009
Štěpánek, Adam ; Trunečková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the portrayal of American President Barack Obama in his first year in the office by Czech press agency ČTK. The road of Barack Obama as first Afro-American ever to become President of the USA is described in the first chapter. The second chapter describes ČTK as institution with focus on forms of production. The third chapter discourses about how ČTK informed about personality of Barack Obama during 2009 with emphasis on key moments, such as his visit to the Czech Republic. Special attention is dedicated to public researches which explored popularity of Barack Obama. His popularity at the beginning of 2009 was very high. From the previous cases, the popularity usually dropped down significantly. This was confirmed also in this case. The reason for this was in high expectations by public and also by first presidential moves of Barack Obama.
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The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama
Čermáková, Zuzana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama deals with the health care system of the United States of America. The aim is to explore the mechanisms for securing affordable health coverage of the reform proposals of the last two Democratic presidents of the USA, The National Health Security Act and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite a lapse of more than fifteen years the goals of proposals were the same. Both presidents called for reducing the federal deficit and the number of uninsured Americans. Analysis of the bills shows there are many similarities in the mechanisms for ensuring health insurance. Even if President Obama adopted a more conservative approach than President Clinton, both reform proposals were based on the system of managed competition and on the state intervention.
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Comparison of Nuclear Policy: Administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama
Svitková, Katarína ; Ulík, Karel (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Bibliografický záznam SVITKOVÁ, Katarína. Porovnanie jadrovej politiky posledných dvoch amerických administratív. George W. Bush a Barack Obama. Praha, 2011. 57 s. Bakalárska práca (Bc.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut mezinárodních studií. 2011. Vedúci bakalárskej práce Mgr. Karel Ulík. Abstract The topic of the bachelor thesis is a comparison of George W. Bush and Barack Obama`s approaches to nuclear policy issues. The principal argument is based on a presumption that although there are partial differences between the two in terms of rhetoric and instruments used, the two administration`s primary goals are identical, just as the security threats they are based on. A brief characterization of new security environment is followed by a chapter dedicated to President George W. Bush with an evaluation of his nuclear policy steps like international agreements and the relationship with countries which refuse to comply with international norms. The focus is also on the issue of weapons of mass destruction as a pretext to military interventions abroad. The next chapter analyzes the current President Barack Obama`s nuclear policy measures such as the New START Treaty, prevention of fissile material proliferation and, equally as the previous chapter, the approach towards North Korea and Iran....
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Mexická migrace do Spojených států amerických: Srovnání migračních politik Clintonovy, Bushovy a Obamovy administrativy
Böhm, Matěj
This diploma thesis deals with Mexican-American migration issues. The first part of this paper defines the theoretical framework of migration and migration policy and related to the United States the paper examines the concept of national identity and the immigrant paradigm of American nation. Based on the literature review the thesis describes historical development of immigration to the United States while focusing mainly on immigration policy. The case study analyzes Mexican immigration to the United States, specifies the nature of current migration flows and compares immigration policy of Clinton's, Bush's and Obama's administration.
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