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Narrative structures in Indiana Jones film series
Jeřábek, Jan Lucián ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on identifying narrative structures which can be observed throughout the Indiana Jones film series from the first episode (1981) to the fourth episode (2008). It analyses the film reviews and focuses on the way in which their authors have reflected the narrative structures. The thesis also aims on the analysis of the relationship between the positive or negative nature of the reviews and the overall success of each of the films of the series. Beyond that, the thesis deals with the presence of the myths in the film series Indiana Jones and evaluates to what extent it is being reflected in each of the reviews and in the reception of the audience. The qualitative content analysis of the reviews published in journals that specialise in the coverage of film news has proven the existence of a specific narrative structure that is present throughout the Indiana Jones film series. The analysis and subsequent comparison of the reviews has shown that the film critique consensually agrees that the specific narrative structure was respect in each of the films of the series. The analysis of the reviews has also proven the existence of a direct relationship between the nature of the reviews and the overall success of the films of the series.
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Piracy in the Horn of Africa Region
Jeřábek, Jan Lucián ; Makariusová, Radana (advisor) ; Tesař, Jakub (referee)
The diploma thesis is a case study, which focuses on the identification of the key aspects influencing the presence of maritime piracy in the Horn of Africa region and the birth of Somali piracy. In accordance with the research questions, the thesis analyses the main factors that are influencing the birth of maritime piracy and the piracy itself the most. In the historical context, the thesis focuses on the causes for the piracy in the Horn of Africa region, as well as on the similarities between the historical and modern maritime piracy. The thesis also contains a detailed description of all measures taken against the Somali pirates. Based on the evaluation of the engagement of different international actors in the fight against the Somali pirates, the thesis analyses their role in association with the suppression of maritime piracy in the Horn of Africa region, including the legal enforceability, both in the historical context, and the international law, more precisely the national law, possibly international agreements. The analysis conducted in the boundaries of a case study has undoubtedly proven the advantage of an international cooperation while dealing with global issues, even if there are, seemingly insuperable, structural limitations. The thesis concludes that the international...
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Use of the Czech Press Agency for the purpose of propaganda
Jeřábek, Jan Lucián ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Trunečková, Ludmila (referee)
Diploma thesis Use of the Czech News Agency for the purpose of propaganda analyses the relationship between the Czech News Agency, state and its executive in seven time periods from the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 to its dissolution in 1993, when it got replaced by two separate states - The Czech Republic and The Slovak Republic. The aim of the thesis is to delimitate the status and mission of the Czech News Agency in relation to the state and its executive, considering the legislation, in each of the seven chosen periods by conducting a qualitative content analysis of particular news issued by the Czech News Agency. With the use of the delimitation of the status and mission of the Czech News Agency in relation to the state, and the subsequent qualitative content analysis of the news, I demonstrate how this relationship was reflecting on the news content. For this purpose I use the critical discourse analysis in light of the discourse-historical approach. Besides the analysis of seventy news stories from newspapers, this thesis also includes a comparison of the two analysed periods of Prague spring and perestrojka at the end of the 80s. The comparison focuses on differences or similarities of the way in which the Czech News Agency was used for the purpose of propaganda by the state and its...
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Use of the Czech Press Agency for the purpose of propaganda
Jeřábek, Jan Lucián ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Trunečková, Ludmila (referee)
Diploma thesis ,,Use of the Czech press agency for the purpose of propaganda" analyses the relationship between the Czech press agency, state and its executive in seven time periods from 1918 - 1993. Theoretical aim of this work is to delimitate the status and mission of the Czech press agency in relation to the state and its executive in each of the seven chosen periods, based on the official legislation. Practical part focuses on an analysis of ten randomly chosen news stories concerning government's activities from three different journals in each of the seven periods. Each analysed story contains one of the keywords government, party, minister or state. Each story is also produced by the Czechoslovak/Czech press agency. Main target of this work is to delimitate clearly the relationship between the Czech press agency and the state, then subsequently demonstrate, using qualitative analysis, how was this relationship reflected in the content of agency's news. For example, how was the communication between the Czech press agency and the state changing and how was the communication between the state and the public through the Czech press agency changing in each of the analysed periods. This work contains a comparison of two chosen analysed periods (prague spring and perestrojka). It compares...
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