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Media Representation of Celebrities in Late-night Talk Show Format
Cerna, Arina ; Novák, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Charvát, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the media representation of celebrities, as it is designed within the framework of the adopted American television format of the late-night talk show. In the first part of the thesis, attention is focused on problems of understanding of the phenomenon of celebrities by various authors, as well as on the development of the late-night talk show itself and its characteristic features. The theoretical starting point is the theory of representation (Hall), three levels of representation (Trampota) and social construction of reality (Berger, Luckmann). The method of critical discourse analysis is chosen for the research and the four principles for the analysis are described: commoditization, infotainment, personalization, congeniality. The practical part presents an analysis of the typical representation of celebrities due to the principles mentioned above in selected talk shows which were broadcast in English and Czech languages in 2015-2016, namely American The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Czech Jan Kraus Show. Keywords: Celebrity, Late-night Talk Show, Media Representation, Personalization, Congeniality, Infotainment, Commoditization
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Secondary liability and disqualification of a member of the board of a limited company as consequences of his breach of the duty to avert imminent damage
Novák, Vojtěch ; Černá, Stanislava (advisor) ; Josková, Lucie (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyse the directors disqualification provisions (SS.63-67 BCA) and wrongful trading provisions (S.68 BCA) and to provide their comparison in the light of British model regulation. First chapter is introductory and provides a brief introduction into the topic. Second chapter deals with the law & economics aspects of the regulation. More specifically it introduces various stakeholders in company and their interests and incentives. Third chapter focuses on the relationship between the director and the company. Further attention is paid to the managerial contract, the duty to avoid insolvent liquidation, the duty of care and the business judgement rule. Fourth chapter deals with the director's liability towards the company. Fifth chapter relates to the directors disqualification. In this chapter grounds for disqualification are dealt with as well as temporal, personal and territorial reach of the directors disqualification. Further attention is paid to the consequences of disqualification and consequences of a breach of the disqualification order. Sixth chapter looks at Company Directors Disqualification Act and finds similarities and differences in both regulations. Seventh chapter looks at the wrongful trading provisions contained in the BCA. Adequate attention is...
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The Change of the Image of Photojournalism in Digital Era
Novák, Vojtěch ; Kera, Denisa (advisor) ; Vilgus, Petr (referee)
We will discuss here the issue of manipulation in the digital era of photojournalism. At first we will describe the relation between photography and its referent inculding its ability to represent the reality. Depicting the contrast between analogue and digital photography we will point out the independent position of digital photography from its referent, which is creating better possibilities for manipulation and decreasing the credibility of photography. Then we will analyze the text The Dusk of Photojournalism? that is reflecting these perspective and offering the solution increasing the position of the relation between photography and its referent. By contrast we will analyze the text called Photojournalism is dead, long live photojournalism. Why digitization can increase the credibility of journalistic photography? which considers this perspective as obsolete and offers us the new perspective of the relation between photography and its viewers, that could increase the credibility of photography in photojournalism. According to these two major perspectives we will point out whether it is possible to consider this option of photography - viewers relation as a relevant alternative. Based on these conclusions we will point out the major point of credibility of journalistic photography and imply...
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Determination of the stress state in a clay massif using deformation measurements in an adit
Novák, Vojtěch ; Mašín, David (advisor) ; Ježek, Jan (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to determine the original stress state of a clay massif in the town Brno. Stress state of rock mass is generally expressed by an empirical relationship of coefficient of earth pressure at rest K0. This coefficient can be determined by numerical methods, laboratory tests and also using inverse numerical analysis. This diploma thesis deals with the determination of the original stress state in rock mass by means of numerical modeling. Excavation of an exploratory adit R2 has been selected as a case study for the backanalysis. It was excavated for the purpose of engineering geological survey within the construction of Královopole tunnels. The numerical model was developed using geotechnical software Plaxis 2D and 3D using two advanced hypoplastic models. These models did not consider stiffness anisotropy. The results of the presented diploma thesis are the values of the coefficient of earth pressure at rest K0, obtained using four different types of numerical analyses. In addition, overconsolidation preassure of a natural clay was determined using empirical relationship by Mayne and Kulhawy (1982) and using oedometric compression tests on undisturbed samples of brno clay.
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Collapsible soils in the Czech Republic
Novák, Vojtěch ; Boháč, Jan (advisor) ; Kostkanová, Vladislava (referee)
The present thesis deals with potentially collapsible soils in the Czech Republic. Collapsibility is one of the dangerous phenomena of soils and in some cases it causes extreme deformation of structures. Hydrocollapse may happen especially at quaternary sediments - loess and in the made ground - spoilheaps. Loess is present at a large part of the Czech Republic and the risk of collapsibility may therefore be considerable. First, in the state of the art an overview of soil collapsibility is provided and the regions where the collapsible soils are present are identified. The main part of the thesis deals with the evaluation of the collapse potential and assessing the degree of collapsibility. It is concluded that in the Czech Republic only slight to moderate degree of collapsibility should be expected in natural soils. With respect to the made ground the fresh lumpy clay fills may exhibit a substantial degree of collapsibility if the macro-voids (high intergranular porosity) are retained until sudden saturating. Finally the possible methods of soil improvement to minimise the collapsibility of loess deposits are briefly summarised.
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