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Strahov Affairs in the Context of Student Movement in the 60's and their Resonance in Czechoslovak Contemporary Press
Svatošová, Lucie ; Končelík, Jakub (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis Strahov Affairs in the Context of Student Movements and their Resonance in Czechoslovak Contemporary Press deals with the spontaneous demonstration of students staying at the college campus of the Czech Technical University in Prague. A demonstration for return of the genuine light and warmth to their halls was held on 31th October, 1967 and became a beginning of the changes in a youth organization that the students have been striving for a long time. The Strahov Affairs are also a milestone of the Prague Spring, which took place in the first half of 1968. The aim of the thesis is to find out how the Czechoslovak press has reported on the events at Strahov, and on the related activities of the young student generation. Two newspapers, Rude pravo (Red Law) and Mlada fronta (Young Front), and two student magazines, Student (Student) and Universita Karlova (Charles University) are subjected to a qualitative content analysis. In the selected press titles, articles were searched not only for domestic but also for foreign students, as there was a significant unrest between the young generation all over the world at that time. One of the partial aims of the thesis is to survey whether there is some parallel between the Czechoslovak student movement and student actions in the European...
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The death of ice-hockey player Luděk Čajka as reported in chosen periodicals
Jurák, Vojtěch ; Trunečka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the tragic death of ice-hockey player Luděk Čajka and especially with media coverage of this incident. Čajka was a talented defender playing for the Czechoslovak club TJ Gottwaldov (TJ Zlín since 1990). His up-and-coming career was interrupted in January 1990 during a league game in Košice when he was injured after slipping on the ice and crashing into the boards behind the goal. His fatal neck injury led to his death in hospital forty days later. This bachelor's thesis aims to find out how Czechoslovak printed media reported about the whole case. Three newspapers were chosen for the study - The Mladá fronta (nationwide general daily), The Československý sport (nationwide sports daily) and The Naše pravda (local general periodical). The contents of all of these newspapers were analysed and after that the ascertained results were compared among themselves. The thesis is made up of three main chapters. The first one focuses on Čajka's career, on the fateful game in Košice as well as later events and also mentions a similar, more than forty years older, accident of Czechoslovak ice-hockey player Vladislav Müller. The second chapter is theoretical and it prepares the background for the following study, discussing the chosen periodicals, research method and initial...
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Reflection of national uprisings in NDR, Poland and Hungaryin the years 1953-1956 in contenporary press in Czechoslovakia, focusing ithe study on daily newspapers Rude Pravo and Mlada fronta
Šafář, Ondřej ; Zamazal, Ondřej (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH VĚD Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky Ondřej Šafář Odraz národních povstání v NDR, Polsku a Maďarsku v letech 1953-1956 v soudobém československém tisku se zaměřením na deníky Rudé právo a Mladá fronta Diplomová práce Praha 2016 Abstract The thesis "Reflection of national uprisings in East Germany, Poland and Hungary in the years 1953-1956 in contemporary press in Czechoslovakia, focusing the study on daily newspapers Rude právo and Mladá fronta" concentrates on the way, how the media reflected uprisings that took place in the 50s in neighbouring countries under the Soviet sphere of influence. The thesis describes the political development in Czechoslovakia from the end of World War II until 1956. The thesis also describes the development, structure and governance of the Czechoslovakia media in this period of time, including the history of the monitored dailies Rudé právo and Mladá fronta. The thesis also focuses on the background and the process of the three uprisings in East Germany, Poland and Hungary. Following part introduces basic theoretical concepts (including ideology, propaganda, hegemony and discourse) as a background for the practical part, which is a qualitative research of journals Rudé právo and Mladá fronta at selected periods of time...
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Media image of czech presidents in the normalization era and in the present
Týcová, Zdenka ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
This thesis, The Media Image of Czech Presidents during the Normalisation Period and Today looks at the visual component of the media image of Normalisation-era president Gustáv Husák and democratic president Václav Havel. The study looks at their visual representations in the newspapers Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Mladá fronta DNES. The theoretical part of the study focuses on defining the role of President in the Czech political system, and outlines the historical context. The research part comprises a quantitative and qualitative analysis of photographs published in the determined newspapers. The study also details the characteristic activities of official presidential photographers and gives an assessment of information acquired during in-depth interviews with official presidential photographers. An interview with a former Czech News Agency (ČTK) photographer deals with the taking of photographs of President Gustáv Husák. An interview with Tomki Němec, Karel Cudlín and Jaroslav Hejzlar focuses on the taking of photographs of Václav Havel. The study seeks to find an answer to the question of whether the president interfered in the activities of his official photographer, and how the work of the presidential photographer differed during the Normalisation period and during democracy. The...
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Picture of Václav Havel in Czechoslovak press in november and december 1989
Vosáhlo, Jakub ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Šírová, Tereza (referee)
Bacelor thesis analysis medial reflection of Václav Havel in czech press in the time of "November 1989". Analysis is focus on changes in presentation of disident and "persona non grata" on medial scene, that changed in very short time to public leader and then president od Czechoslovakia. Thesis first introduces czechoslovak press in specific time of social change, and then analysis, how this change influenced presentation of Václav Havel. For analysis vere chosen influential czech daily papers, that covered whole spectra of opinions on Václav Havel. Medial contents were primarily analysis qualitatively, separated on timelines, to recognition developing tendencies. Then contens of these media was compared in quantitative study, that has analyses differences in relationships to Václav Havel in dependence on events of "November 1989". Thesis acknowlidges same known facts about medial presentation on Václav Havel, but in other parts it openes a new themes and questions, that has not been so much explored to this times. For example ambivalent relationship of daily paper Mladá fronta.
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Depiction of "Bloody Sunday" in the periodical press
Mrázková, Tina ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Francová, Pavla (referee)
This work analyses newspaper articles concerning the conflict between the catholic and the protestant communities of Northern Ireland and the event of January 30th 1972, which is commonly referred to as the "Bloody Sunday". The work is based on articles released by the Czechoslovak periodical press concerning the period between one month before the Bloody Sunday and one month after the event. This means articles released in January and February of 1972 were concerned. More precisely, articles printed in three national daily newspapers at that time were selected for the analysis: Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Svobodné slovo. I will focus on how the Communist press reported about the events in Northern Ireland and place it into context with the political situation at that time on both the domestic and international level. An introduction to the regional history of Northern Ireland and a description of the events taking place on January 30th 1972 are a part of this thesis. Furthermore, I also depict how the Czechoslovak press conducted their activities in the 1970s, a period affected by both social and political changes referred to as the Normalisation. The aim of the analysis of the periodical press is manifold. First of all, I present the official stance adopted by the Czechoslovak Communist regime...
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The death of L. I. Brežněv and it's reflection in czech newspapers
Svobodová, Petra ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Lysoňková, Lenka (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Death of L.I. Brezhnev and its Representation in the Czech Contemporary Press" illustrates the way in which contemporary journals informed the public about the death of Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev in November 1982. Research in this area will include the analysis of three Czechoslovak national newspapers (Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Svobodné Slovo) and one regional newspaper (Večerní Praha). The reference period of the study is November 1982 (from November 1st 1982 till November 31st 1982). The thesis will firstly analyze the way how contemporary journals wrote about Leonid Brezhnev during the time before his death (particularly we will search for any information in media connected to Brezhnev's deteriorating health condition), secondly it will research what kind of information media provided about Brezhnev's death and subsequent burial. Finally it will describe the image of Leonid Brezhnev presented by media in connection with the above mentioned events. The theoretical part of this thesis presents the personality of Leonid Brezhnev, who was the leader of the Soviet Union since 1964 when he was elected as the First Secretary of the Communist Party until his death in 1982 and it portrays his political career and the cult of his personality in the last years of his life. Powered...
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Lockerbie disaster in Czech newspaper
Kodera, Martin ; Cihlářová, Gabriela (advisor) ; Šírová, Tereza (referee)
The Lockerbie bombing, which happened in December 1988, brings an interesting and unique situation to Czechoslovakian newspapers. A US aircraft is destroyed over British territory, causing 270 people, mostly American and British citizens, to die. Both those countries are perceived as hostile in the media, given they belong to the West, whilst Czechoslovakia is part of the East. However, international terrorism is condemned regardless of the political situation. This paper describes how two biggest Czechoslovakian newspapers - Rudé právo and Mladá fronta - covered the subject. Reporting the incident has two major stages. The first one is informing about a plane crash which unveils as a bomb attack over time. The second stage is marked by suspicion that the explosive used was Czechoslovakian-made Semtex and possible links between Czechoslovakia and terrorist is hinted upon. While the first stage is covered without taking any sides, even though the scale of the coverage is much lower as the incident suggests, the second stage is marked by both newspapers taking a defensive stance against these speculations and are daily reporting about the efforts of Czechoslovakian officials to disprove this claim. The largest deviations from the objectivity criteria is a deviation in impartiality and not in facticity.
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Aircraft and Railway Accidents of Czechoslovak operators in 1948-1989 in daily press
Šírová, Tereza ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
Rigorous thesis Aircraft and Railway Accidents of Czechoslovak operators in 1948- 1989 deals with the description, historical context and above all, with media coverage of twenty serious traffic accidents that happened in Communistic Czechoslovakia. The thesis describes and compares the media coverage of these accidents in the sample of daily press (newspaper Rude pravo and Mlada fronta). It shows how the quantity and quality of media coverage has changed and also compares the approach of both newspapers. It aims towards finding factors that might have influenced the media coverage. The aim is, to show the changes of media contents and set the findings into historical, social, political and media- theoretical context.
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The media image of the Bay of pigs invasion of Cuba in the czechoslovakia contemporary press
Applová, Jana ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Skalecká, Veronika (referee)
This Master Thesis is called Media Image of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba in the Czechoslovakia Contemporary Press. Its aim is to show overall picture of how was the Invasion characterized by four contemporary daily newspapers - Rudé právo, Lidová demokracie, Mladá fronta a Obrana lidu. The first part of this thesis describes the historical background of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Invasion itself, relationship between Cuba and Czechoslovakia, what was the media situation, censorship, propaganda and short introduction of the newspapers. Next part analyses the contemporary newspaper articles, which puts together media image of the Invasion. During the Cold War, the Invasion of the Bay of Pigs was the first serious conflict between Cuba and the USA.
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