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War propaganda in Islamic State's videos
Štíplová, Jana ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the circumstances of origin of the terrorist organization Islamic State in its theoretical part. It focuses on the religious context of the ideology of the Islamic state and the origins of the organization. The so-called Islamic State can currently be considered one of the most acute security threats of the 21st century. The war with the so- called Islamic State is also a media war, a war taking place in the media and global cyberspace. An important mean of this war is propaganda. The work is also focused mainly on the propaganda of the so-called Islamic State with a focus on video production. With the influx of brutal videos from IS production, the question arises which way media should handle this material. Obviously, the videos were designed for media, among others. To be distributed and viewed by as many recipients as possible. In the practical part selected videos from the IS production are analyzed and their example shows what topics are present in IS video production and how the Islamic State propaganda works with the video.
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Period printed media reaction to the allied air raids on Pilsen area in spring 1943
Helikarová, Petra ; Suk, Pavel (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with media coverage of two allied air strikes against the Pilsen Region in the spring of 1943. The bombing was carried out by the British RAF on the night from 16 to 17 April 1943 and from 13 to 14 May with the objective to hit the Škoda Works in Pilsen, the most important arms factory in the Protectorate. The strikes were not successful from the Allies' perspective. In the April strike, Dobřany, which is 11 km away, was hit instead of the Pilsen factory complex when the pilots mistook the local mental asylum for the Pilsen Škoda Works. The May strike was more successful. The Škoda factory was hit but not in a way that would paralyse its production. In addition, it also hit civilian targets. The essay opens with an overview of the situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the printed periodic media of that time and the system of censorship, followed by a brief introduction to Pilsen's history at the time of the Protectorate as well as a description of the actual air strikes by a current historian. In terms of the actual analysis, the essay focuses on a two-week period immediately following the bombing, i.e. from 17 April to 1 May and from 14 May to 1 June 1943. The material used in the work contains four groups of periodicals - nationwide legal (Večerní České...
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Otto Šling and his propagandistic campaign ,,Youth lead Brno''
Zemenčíková, Karolína ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Junová, Magdalena (referee)
The subject of the Bachelor thesis are the life fates of Otto Šling and his family. In the beginning the interpretation of Šling's life is centered on his motives to organise the propagandistic action "The Youth lead Brno". Following in the text there is mediated a reflection of pro communist campaign in selected Czechoslovakian media of that time. While in the observation period between May 1st, 1949 and June 2nd, 1949 the action was publicly supported, after Šling's arrest in October of the following year on the contrary it was condemned by the communist functionaries. Based on concrete medial announcements and accessible professional literature changes of the moods of the society are presented that took place in dependence on the fabrication of the political trials in the fifties of the last century. This fact is closely specified in the third part of the thesis which concerns itself with the role of Otto Šling in the Trial of anti-state conspiracy centered around Rudolf Slánský and his impact on the lives of Šling's closest relatives.
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Media review of invasion of Soviet union in the protectorate's press
Hadaš, Jiří ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Suk, Pavel (referee)
Napadení Sovětského svazu nacistickým Německem v červnu roku 1941 znamenalo velký průběhu 2. světové války. Německá agrese označovaná jako "Operace Barbarossa" byla prolomením stavu, který nelze přímo označit za spojenectví, ale určitou Je tak otázkou, jakým způsobem bylo informováno v protektorátním tisku o průběhu válečných operací proti Sovětskému svazu (z počátku vítězných) a zejména pak, jaké bylo "ideologické" zdůvodnění nastalého obratu vzájemných vztahů v podobě prolomení Molotovova paktu, který určoval sféry vlivu a zejména vzájemnou dohodu o neútočení mezi Německem a Sovětským svazem. Je zřejmé, že v Protektorátu nebyla možnost svobodného způsobu informování. Naopak. Tisk nzuře příslušných říšských orgánů a institucí. Lze dále předpokládat, že obsah zpravodajství byl sestavován zejména oficiálními říšskými agenturami a zpravodajství tak bylo tvořeno úředně schválenými zprávami. Přesto je třeba očekávat přínos zpracování rámci této práce bude představena komparace způsobu informování ve - České slovo, Lidové noviny a Národní politika. Současně bude vymezen způsob informování v době před útokem a po útoku v až k obratu při obléhání Moskvy v Ke komplexnímu zpracování tématu je pak potřeba náležitého historiografického vhledu, který představí dějinné události a konotace, včetně přehledu způsobu...
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Russian methods of influancing foreign policies of post-soviet states
Presl, Dominik ; Kofroň, Jan (advisor) ; Kuľková, Miroslava (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to analyzing the topic of influencing the foreign policies of post-soviet states by the Russian Federation. Specifically, this research is based on case-studies of two states, Georgia and Belarus, which are being examined using the comparative case study research method. While studying both examples, the focus is put on Russian soft power used to support the main foreign policy goal of Russian federation in the context of these states - preventing a NATO membership of Georgia and Belarus. The theoretical background to this thesis has been mainly provided by the works of Joseph Nye and other international relations scientists who worked on the topic of soft power. As it was the core part of this thesis, we've their take on its use in international relations and the question of its effectivity. We analyzed which soft power methods have been used in both cases, regarding security, political and economic matters. Furthermore, how effective they were, what was the final outcome of their application and whether Russia used hard power in these cases as well or not. Then we proceed to compare both cases, analyze results of these methods and in case that the results differed, we try to provide the answer why. Subsequently we construct our own theory based on this comparison and...
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The Reflection of the Exclusion Crisis (1678-1683) in Contemporary Literature
Hoblová, Kristýna ; Nováková, Soňa (advisor) ; Kolinská, Klára (referee)
The Reflection of the Exclusion Crisis (1678-1683) in Contemporary Literature Kristýna Hoblová abstract This work of literary history analyses the reflection of the Exclusion Crisis (1678-1683) in contemporary literature across genres. It is based on the theory of the rise of the public sphere by Jürgen Habermas and on the theory of Michael McKeon, understanding the ideology of the late Stuarts as a last remnant of aristocratic ideology. The Exclusion Crisis is presented here as a period of unsettling negotiations between the declining Stuart ethos and the Whig ideology of the rising mercantile classes. The interpretation of chosen texts serves to discover creative transformations of the political discourse of the newly emerging political parties of Whigs and Tories, stressing the negotiations between genres, individual authors and political ideologies. The first chapter offers a brief overview of the socio-historical context, Habermas's theory of the rise of the public sphere and Michael McKeon's conception of aristocratic ideology. It also introduces the Tory political theory defending the Stuart divine right of kings on the basis of Robert Filmer's patriarchal household-state analogy and the Whig defence against absolutist tendencies of the Stuarts through asserting the priority of Law over the Royal...
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The Kremlin's Program for Patriotic Education and Russian War Movies (2000-2010)
Mazzali, Francesca ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Duta, Mircea Dan (referee) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
This dissertation considers films to be double-sided mirrors that absorb political and cultural content from one side, with filmmakers filtering and elaborating the content between the two surfaces, and then transmitting the elaborated points to the audience. The elaboration of political content can be performed in an educational and propagandistic way, depicting and supporting specific political ideas. This dissertation analyses the first two programs of a Russian government program, Patriotic Education for Russian Federation Citizens (2001- 2005 and 2006-2010) (hereinafter, 'Patriotic Education'), and identifies six political priorities that can be observed and analysed in eleven Russian war movies. It will first be explained how the movies serve as propagandistic and educational tools in the context of Patriotic Education, projecting its political priorities to the audience. Second, it will be explained how a continuity with the Soviet past is displayed in the content of war films and the way they depict some of the elements promoted by Patriotic Education.
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