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The Beginnings and the Image of Propaganda Through Chosen American Literary Works and Newspapers at the turn of the 19th Century
Bílková, Monika ; Malý, Radek (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis observes selected American literary works written at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries from a bit different angle. While we usually associate the term "propaganda" with totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, fiction presents a way of entertainment. However, every literary work, whether consciously or subconsciously, still reflects the particular period. Especially the second half of the 19th century was a very turbulent era full of different changes and paradoxes. How have then the generally acknowledged notions and beliefs, as well as the harmful and challenging social norms, which have been ironically emerging even in the democratic "land of infinite possibilities" and values such as freedom and equality, been reflected in works that are respected and read to this day? Have the authors and the heroes of their stories managed to confront, and eventually escape the merciless social dictate or have they succumbed to it under the ambient pressure? The theoretical part of this thesis will introduce the definitions of propaganda as well as the general historical context. The practical part will then characterize and analyze the individual literary works. What do they say about the society at that time, and to what extent do they oppose or support it?
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Framing of Mental Illness in Selected Media Outputs Focused on Destigmatization
Nováková, Barbora ; Vranka, Marek (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The dissertation called 'Framing of Mental Illness in Selected Media Outputs Focused on Destigmatization' explores how the documentary series 'Life Behind the Wall', online documentary series 'You are not alone', an audio documentary series 'My therapy' communicate the theme of mental health. The work aims to find out how selected journalistic projects framed the issue of mental illness. The theoretical part of the work first deals with mental illness, the concept of stigma and the role of the media in its transmission. It also focuses on destigmatization and defining the most important destigmatization approaches. The next part presents the theoretical basis of concepts such as the influence of the media, agenda-setting and framing. The analytical part presents 10 frameworks, which have been identified using the method of grounded theory. The results are summarized in a discussion, where found frameworks and their limits are being evaluated and compared with best practices based on manuals for journalists and professional publications on mental illness.
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The Image of Children's Choirs in Czech Press before and after the "Kulínský Case"
Vrbová, Eliška ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
This thesis focuses on a media image of children's choirs influenced by the so-called "Kulínský Case". The aim of this thesis is to find out how and how often the Czech press informs about children's choirs and if the aforementioned case somehow changed the presentation of this content. The term "Kulínský Case" refers to the controversial case when choirmaster Bohumil Kulínský was found guilty of sexually abusing underage girls. First part of this thesis covers the media theories such as the news values and also describes the concepts linked with choir singing. In the research part, the results of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of three Czech daily newspapers Mladá fronta DNES, Lidové noviny and Právo are presented and interpreted. The analysis is focused on the content published in Prague editions of these three newspapers in two selected time frames. These time frames had been selected in accordance with the development of the "Kulínský Case". The research focuses on the frequency of the published texts, on used genres, newspaper sections and on the meaning and quality of the texts. Afterwards ensues the comparison of the two selected time frames. Furthermore, the last part of this research is focused on the media coverage of the death of Bohumil Kulínský by the online news...
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The voice of youth in contemporary Czech and French literature and its critical response
Kutnarová, Kristýna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Malý, Radek (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with two literary debuts, the novel by the French writer Édouard Louis Ending with Eddy B. and the novel by the Czech author Lucie Faulerová Lapači prachu (The Dust Catchers). First, it deals with the phenomenon of art criticism as such and tries to describe various theoretical approaches to it, which can then be used in the practical analysis of critical texts. It then analyzes and attempts to interpret each of the works and analyzes their critical acceptance. In the case of Édouard Louis, these are both reviews published in Czech cultural and news periodicals and selected (most important) English-language critics published in the American, British and Irish media. In the case of Lucie Faulerová, the work deals only with Czech criticism, offering an almost complete overview of major texts evaluating Dust Catchers. The work tries to capture the different approaches of critics to both novels and to the role of the art critic as such. At the end of the work there is a comparison of works and their critical acceptance.
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Elements of American War Propaganda in the film adaptations of Captain America comics
Vosyková, Lenka ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The character of Captain America is undoubtedly the most patriotic superhero in the comics world. Just the date of market launch in March 1941 sugests, that there was an intention to support the effort of U.S. Army during the World War II. He managed to highlight american national ideas and patriotismus, so it encouraged men to join the U.S. Army and for other people to buy war bonds to finance military operations. In the beginning of the new millennium the Marvel comics universe have been restored. The first Captain America movie was released in 2011, followed with another two sequels. The whole trilogy is quite in favor of the public. In the theoretical part of my theses, there is a description of different kinds of propaganda and its common use in public. I also ilustrate significance of pop culture and development of Marvel Studios to put it all in the wider perpective. After that follows depiction Captain America as an example of tradional hero displayed with a stereotypical charachteristics. As for the practical part of the theses, I am trying to demonstrate the american propaganda used in movies. In the next chapter I would like to determine if the viewers are able to percept it and respond to it. Part of the research was also to capture the diference in their perception due to their...
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The Big Bao book series produced by the Baobab publishing house and its media image in the Czech media between the years 2004 and 2019
Doksanský, Adam ; Halada, Jan (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The bachelor thesis The Big Bao edition in the production of the Baobab publishing house and its image in the Czech media between the years 2004 and 2019 follows up the Big Bao edition published from 2004 to the present days by the Baobab publishing house that focuses on children's literature. The edition is made of novel genre books for older children's readers. The goal of the thesis is to critically analyze the edition's content, graphic design and to identify the edition's position amid the rest of the publisher's production. The thesis also focuses on the edition's image in the Czech print, online and audiovisual media. The thesis is divided into two separate parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part, the author describes the Czech children's literature and it's history. He also focuses on Czech children's literature's illustration. In the practical part author pursues the Big Bao edition itself, characterizes it, describes its individual titles, authors, and graphic design. He further pursues the Czech media image of the edition between the years 2004 and 2019. The main conclusion of the thesis is that even thou the edition is not a completely comprehensive and lacks a stable media coverage, it fits really well into the rest of the Baobab's production and continues the...
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Historical reenactment as a cultural phenomenon
Svoboda, Ondřej ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
The goal of this bachelor's thesis is to present the author's journalistic documentary Historical reenactment as a cultural phenomenon. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on defining the journalistic document as a genre, methods used during its making and a short introduction into the history of the perceived phenomenon. The practical and main part of the thesis is the documentary itself. Many of us have at least once bumped unto people dressed in historical costumes on the subway, on the bus or in the streets. If we discount fans of fantasy books and movies going to their meetings, it might have probably been a historical reenactor. A person, who dedicates their free time to reconstruct historical events and we usually meet them at city fairs. Most of their events, however, are closed to the public. Even though their original purpose was to break stereotypes and enjoy medieval times in the way it really felt. Every piece of costume, every weapon or tent are hours upon hours of work, searching in archives and sewing. The motivations of these people are the topic of this film. It also encounters their stances and hobby with experimental archaeologists, who are thanks to their jobs very close to the matter.
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News Comics as the new form of online reporting on ČT24 website
Králová, Helena ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis concerns News Comics, which online journalists from Czech Television have published on the ČT24 website since 20th May 2019. This format connects comics and television news and its main purpose is to attract a young audience to the content that Czech Television produces. The concept of News Comics consists of journalists choosing television news reports from broadcasted news programs and transforming them into multi-paged comics. This bachelor's thesis practically covers the process of producing News Comics, which has accelerated considerably because of using mobile application. Furthermore, I mention all of the staff members who are involved in the process of production and I describe what topics News Comics cover. The main purpose of this thesis is to confirm whether or not the targeted young audience is truly reading News Comics. Additionally, I ask if the artists behind the comics are meeting the central values of the news alongside their artistic freedom. This thesis explores the different aspects of the two genres. Another part of the bachelor's thesis includes a brief history of comics and the transformation of Czech Television news content towards digital media with the growing presence of technology.
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