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The role of proofreading in modern media
Platil, Daniel ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
Bachelor's thesis "Proofreading and its role in today's media on the example of the magazine Respekt" consists of two parts. The first theoretical section mainly focuses on the definition of key concepts, proofreading work, conventions, and rules concerning interventions into the texts. It also attempts to put the change of the profession into the historical context, which is mainly related to the rapid technical development of the polygraphic industry. The practical section subsequently analytically verified readers' satisfaction with the level of linguistic competence of the magazine Respekt through a questionnaire. Following the results of the questionnaire that indicated worsening quality proofreading of ten selected issues from the years 1997, 2007 and 2017 was made to assess whether there have been any changes concerning the level of linguistic competence. This thesis attempts to put uncovered shortcomings both into the context of the era and the editorial work of the analysed media. On the occasion, language editor Petra Švehlová directly from magazine Respekt was approached - she attempted to interpret and evaluate the acquired data. Proofreading that was made did uncover certain misconducts, however, did not confirm the initial hypothesis itself that was supported by the research mentioned...
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Editing news by anchormen of the Studio ČT24 programme
Šedivá, Tereza ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
This thesis is focused on the position of anchors in Czech television's newsroom and on the way they use their experience in broadcasting. Nowadays, the job of news anchor in public service TV stations no longer only consists of reading a script off of a teleprompter. It is required to show knowledge during two-hour broadcasting section. Following Bachelor thesis evaluate degree of adaptation of headlines and leads as well as degree of following the broadcasting scenario through in-depth interviews with chosen anchors of Studio ČT24 programme. The issue will be illustrated with exaples of parts of ČT24 broadcasting from the spring 2018 - the author will evaluate how anchors can do interviews (primarily in person, additionally over the phone). Public service media place high demands on anchors and the interviews will reveal anchors' general overview and preparation. Last but not least, the thesis focuses on naturalness of anchors' presentation. It also looks at anchors' ability to improvise and to handle unexpected situations. The aim of the thesis is to discover how big impact the anchor has on the final form of broadcasting, which parts are directed by him.
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