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Gender View on Female Presentation on Wikipedia
Stančíková, Ľubica ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
This thesis examines, characterizes and quantifies how women and men are being presented on Czech and Slovak Wikipedia and further elaborates on their possible differences. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the current state of Wikipedia and media in general and draws attention to gender inequality within its editorial base, which is linked to the general trend in free culture communities, where there is also a visible inequality. Furthermore, the theoretical part of the thesis also deals with the issue of gender in general and summarizes current state of knowledge and methods of studying the issue of gender on Wikipedia. The practical part of this thesis partly replicates the study First Gender, Second Sex: Gender Bias on Wikipedia (Graells- Garrido, Lalmas and Menczer, 2015) using RStudio programme to do basic text mining and quantitative analysis of biographical texts of men and women in both languages, tracking word frequencies from selected word categories, namely Gender, Reference to the opposite sex, Family and family status and Career. Overall, we have analysed 24 510 Slovak biographical articles and 110 866 Czech biographical articles, and our findings have confirmed an imbalance and stereotyping in the presentation of women on Wikipedia in both languages.
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The transformation of urban space in Instagram photographs of areas associated with terrorist attacks
Morochovičová, Eliška ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Koubský, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the influence of terrorist attacks on Instagram content that is shared in the immediate surroundings of locations where the attacks took place. Its primary focus is the transformation of the image of urban space near the Bataclan music club in Paris as a result of terrorist attacks in November, 2015. Using the visual content analysis of user photographs and the theoretical background of the theory of photography, visual studies and memory studies, the author investigates what image of the given place is created by shared photographs in the time before, during and after the attacks. The main conclusion is that terrorist attacks have a significant impact on the Instagram content, but it is rather short-term and their ratio of content gradually decreases over the course of six months. The thesis also presents a comparative analysis of the content shared at the time of the attacks in Paris in 2015 and in Brussels in 2016. It aims to reveal similarities as well as differences in the image of these attacks on Instagram. Above all, this analysis confirms a strong similarity of user content in all locations, but at a more detailed level it also points to their local specifics such as different forms of communication by sharing various mottos and symbols.
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The possibilities and limits of interactive applications for learning a musical instrument
Eliaš, Tomáš ; Kolárová, Marta (advisor) ; Slussareff, Michaela (referee)
The theme of this bachelor thesis are interactive applications for learning musical instruments. The theoretical part focuses on the use of the Internet (web 2.0, web 3.0, music 3.0), information technologies and interactive applications in the areas of modern music education and also describes the current state of use of these applications, which is based mainly on foreign academic journals, articles or studies related to this topic. The main part of the thesis consists of qualitative research with conservatorists studying at selected Prague conservatories. The research was conducted to determine the conservatorist's user experience with these applications and simultaneously verify the potential and real benefits of such conceived applications.
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Young people with autistic spectrum disorder on online social networks
Trojanová, Lucie ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
Online social networking along with computer mediated communication (CMC) has become a crucial part of teenagers' everyday life. Today it is vital to be a member of online peer community in order to stay in touch and maintain friendships. For teenagers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) social networks are undoubtedly a way to create and maintain friendships without the difficulties that come along with the diagnosis. Autism spectrum disorders affect mainly social competencies, communication skills and imagination. The thesis is focusing on how social networking could help to improve social competencies of teenagers with ASD. In order to examine this topic it is important to focus on the connection between offline and online relationships that teenagers with ASD maintain in their peer group. Therefore a quantitative measurement of loneliness and social dissatisfaction was used in combination with semi-structured interviews covering the topics of relationship with peers, using social networks and internet in general. Results of an ASD group were then compared with a group of a neurotypical control group. The comparison between the groups showed that ASD group does not have a great interest in participating in social networking sites, except for online messengers. That could be due to a smaller...
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The effect of touch- screen applications on learning the second language of monolingual toddlers
Macholdová, Linda ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Zadražilová, Iva (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to investigate how effective it is to teach toddlers English with the use of educational applications. This thesis will investigate this topic by concentrating on the use of educational applications, the role of parents and other aspects of learning. It will also investigate how motivated parents are to give their children access to use English speaking applications and whether they think these educational applications will improve their children's English proficiency. The thesis is structured as follows: Research of secondary sources of information (literature) Critical analysis of used literature Formulation of the research question or hypothesis Primary investigation (to be used as a template for further research) Conclusion Discussion of results, comparison with literature, evaluation of limitations of results Motifs for further investigation The scope of this thesis includes primary data collection of the aforementioned topics. Primary data collection serves as a verification of the research method and validity of the investigation. The age group of children studied in this thesis is 1-3 years old. Appropriate methods will be used to determine whether teaching English to toddlers through the use of educational applications is effective....
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The role of randomness in new media art on the example of Zdeněk Sýkora
Poliaková, Karolína ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Šlerka, Josef (referee)
The paper maps the use of the principle of randomness in artistic activity with a focus on visual art and the placement of Czech art into the world context. It examines the hypothesis whether randomness in the hands of the artist becomes an instrument to objectify his or her work and to approach the general principles of the natural world, which, according to the assumption, add novelty and consequently increases its artistic value. The text begins with an etymological interpretation of the concept of randomness, further observes the randomness as phenomenon in various social spheres, and eventually presents the artistic movements and artworks that systematically use randomness. An overview of avant-garde art and abstraction of the first half of the 20th century will allow the author to interpret the principles of randomness used in computer art. The work concludes with a detailed analysis of Zdeněk Sýkora's work, in which, according to the author, the development line of precomputational art is mirrored, along with a breakthrough to digital tools. The conclusion of the work reveals the diversity of the application of the principle of randomness in the art world and finds a common divisor in the objectivizing function, respectively the rising aesthetic value. Through this interpretation, Zdeněk...
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Men and Women Image Construction in Lifestyle Magazines on the Internet
Buchtová, Naďa ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
(in English): This diploma thesis focus of portrayal of man and woman in lifestyle magazines on the Internet and on the social network Instagram. The theoretical part describes history and a role of the image, respectively photography, in the Western world and its development. It also deals with the theme of stereotypes and changes of representation of man and woman in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The next part discusses types of visual analyzes concentrating on qualitative semiotic analysis. This analysis is used for the selected images in the practical part. The practical part analyzes 400 images from selected Czech and American women's and men's lifestyle magazines and their accounts on the social network Instagram. The analysis reveals differences between contributions to Instagram and magazine pages and in the each media itself. It also identifies how women and men are portrayed in the selected media and if the stereotypes described in the practical part have disappeared in the context of the ongoing transformation of the position and roles of men and women in society, especially if the emancipation of women has had any effect.
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The Change of viewers habits as a result of new media and internet era
Šedivá, Pavla ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
(in English): This thesis describes, how the internet and new media change the habits of viewers when watching audiovisual content. In a theoretical part there is briefly described an evolution of television as a medium in its every phase and also are there critically introduced new ways of video consumption. The practical part contains a qualitative sociological research in a form of deep interviews with 23 participants divided into groups by sociodemographic group. The thesis reflects difference in a media praxis between these sociodemographic groups and describes an influence of new media on audiovisual content consumption.
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Genetic genealogy and communities formed around it
Pokorná Ročňáková, Lucie ; Slussareff, Michaela (advisor) ; Malečková, Dita (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to introduce genetic genealogy (the genealogical DNA test analyzes samples of genetic material for genealogy purposes, mostly does not serve as a tool for health diagnostics, or it does not detect genetic predisposition or disorder) and to analyze the online communities around it. The thesis answers the question of the extent to which these groups differ from groups of supporters of the traditional approach (whose main focus lies mainly in archival research). On the example of several specific communities, the author tries to show what aspects are dominant in this new kind of online activities and critically evaluate them.
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