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Populism in political communication of political movement Úsvit přímé demokracie Tomia Okamury
Janáková, Barbora ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
The main goal of this master's thesis, which is written in the form of content analysis, is to elaborate political communication of the Dawn of Direct Democracy of Tomio Okamura movement which is led by Tomio Okamura. More specifically, the aim of this academic work is to find populist elements in its discourse. In the theoretical part the concept of populism is defined. Also, different interpretations of populism are mentioned, namely, populism as ‚thin- centred ideology' or for example the style of political communication. Moreover, in the theoretical part the origin of populism is briefly discussed. Als, the features of populism, which are determined for this master's thesis are explained. The concept of populism is also examined with Jan Charvát, a political sicentist. Furthermore, the concept of political communication with the focus on political online communication is explained. During the interview the spokesman of the Dawn of Direct Democracy of Tomio Okamura movement Jan Zilvar explains how political online communication of the party functions. In the practical part, the methodology which was used during the collection and subsequent processing of source is mentioned - i.e. quantitative content analysis. Subsequently, the master's thesis briefly summarizes the source: the blog of Tomio...
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Critical literary discourse and its media coverage on example of Vladimír Novotný
Janáková, Barbora ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Czech critical literary discourse has been formed for many centuries. Its development was affected by movements in artistic styles and political changes, development of technological environment and was shaped by mediatization in last two decades. Typical representative of current critical literary discourse is Vladimir Novotny. This work would be able to describe current critical literary discourse and also outline its future development, by analyzing literary criticisms written by Vladimir Novotny and comparing his work with essays of other critics. This work will also compare two other present literary critics. First one is Josef Chuchma who has been managing section Culture in daily news MF DNES for eighteen years. Martin C. Putna is famous Czech literary scientist, philosopher and religionist. The aim of this thesis is to compare of essays of Josef Chuchma and Martin C. Putna to find mediatizating tendencies and describe their influence on critical literary discourse. In the section of the annexes is comprehensive interview with Vladimir Novotny which shows that literary critics realize tendencies of mediatization in critical literary discourse. Literary critics are not able to name them properly, but they can express them.
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The Legacy of the Japanese Pacific Empire within the Cold War
Janáková, Barbora ; Hnízdo, Bořivoj (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
From the early twentieth century, Japan has been central to any conception of the Asia-Pacific as a region. In the build-up to and during the Pacific War this found expression primarily in the abortive attempt to impose an economic empire by force. After 1945 Japan emerged as the most dynamic economic centre of the region within a strategic and economic order established by the United States. The idea of a 'Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere', an attempt to legitimize the Japanese military and political drive for supreme regional power over all the Asia-Pacific in the 1930s and the early 1940s, was launched in early 1941, and signalled Japan's further expansion to the south after the capture of Indochina. Apart from the military and geopolitical aspects of Japanese territorial expansion southwards, the creation of a regional sphere under Japanese supremacy was intimately linked to Japan's growing need for raw materials following the rapid industrialization in the Meiji and Taishō eras. The 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' may be said to have been the first modern attempt to create regional political and economic integration in the Asia-Pacific. It is noteworthy that the geographical extension of the 'Co-Prosperity Sphere' in the early 1940s comprised almost exactly the same region as the Japanese economy came to...
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