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Television in the lives of contemporary children and teenagers
Hadrbolcová, Jana ; Miessler, Jan (advisor) ; Römer, Lucie (referee)
Today's children and teen-agers were born and grew up in the world where the digital media are standard part of. They represent a generation called "digital natives". So-called old media, as for example television backs away to the background, but at the same time tries to keep up with the time. Television was just recently the most popular and the most watched media. But today, its influence and activity according to some researches, gives space to the new technologies. Now the young generation is the one, for whom is television in its original form the old medium. In past, row of scientists were concerned about television influence on children and teen-agers. Today, television is partially regulated by law, relating to content and the way of broadcasting. Especially then Czech television, as a public institution is also directly involved in production for children and teen-agers. In this work I am concerned about the influence of television on today's children and teen-agers along with digital evolution and changes in society, which it brought along, and also about development of Czech television in production for children and teen-agers, and its success with these viewers. Thanks to the interview with the dramaturge of children's channel of Czech television, I try to find out the current...
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The influence of value system on the leisure time activities of high school students
DUFKOVÁ, Petra
Just as the inner values influence people´s leisure time, so does the leisure time have effect on people´s value system. The aim of this bachelor´s thesis was an effort to find the relation between the value orientation of today´s high school students and their leisure time. The thesis consists of two parts. In the theoretical part the basic areas of interest, i.e. leisure time and values, have been characterised by means of definition, function and other influences. Further, the youth and period of adolescence have been specified. The practical part is devoted to the high school students´ value system. The figures have been gained via questionnaire investigation held among students of high schools, secondary schools and vocational schools. The content and amount of their leisure time have been monitored and compared.
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Genesis of University Students' Freetime Activities
BAREŠOVÁ, Eliška
In this bachelor thesis called "Genesis of University Students' Freetime Activities". I deal with a development of the university students´ free- time activities. This theme has become very important in last years. In the present we can see a lot of children and teenagers who spend their free-time with electronic appliances and it can be sometimes a pathological problem. In the theoretical part I deal with a development of a free-time and alterations of a society. The part elucidates a meaning of the word "free-time". I also mention a function of a free-time, a leisure activity and its meaning. I also describe a subject and a function of an out-of-school education, factors that influence a free-time, free-time institutions and participants of free-time activities. In the practical part I perform the research among the university students from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia. The results from the questionnaire inquiry are written down into the individual graphs. Thanks to these results I find out a development of free-time activities of the contemporary university students from their compulsory school attendance to their university study. The questionnaire inquiry that was under way among the university students verifies three determined hypotheses. The first aim of this bachelor thesis is retrospective comparison of free-time activities of the university students and the second aim is the specification of active and passive free-time activities of the university students during their school attendance and university study. The bachelor thesis output helps to create a conception of free-time activities with an accent on prevention.
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Japonské komiksy v životě českých teenagerů
DRAŽILOVÁ, Lenka
The purpose of this bachelor thesis "Japanese comics in the life of Czech teenagers" is to describe a Japanese comic books phenomenon in current Czech environment. The theoretical part presents a summary about Japanese comics, its development and specifics, which makes it a distinctive genre. Another part focuses on the Japanese comic books published in Czech language and on a community of Czech readers. The practical part consists of qualitative research, which aims to bring the role played by Japanese comics in the lives of young Czech readers.
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The leisure time of high schools students in Třeboň
PROVÁZKOVÁ, Eliška
The thesis deals with the subject of regular free-time activities of 15-to 19 year-old teenagers in Třeboň. The theoretical part characterizes teenagers, their leisure activities and their attitude to free-time activities. The theoretical part also deals with function of free time, options how teenagers can spend their leisure time, development of free-time activities in human life, factors which effects leisure time, possible problems of free-time activities, influence of family on leisure activities. This theoretical part also characterizes teenagers at high school and possible influences on their free time, their peers and how their peers spend leisure time, also influence of mass media and lifestyle on leisure activities of teenagers at high school. The thesis also deals with the relationship of teenagers to sport. The practical part of this thesis focuses on meeting with institutions and places where they offer free-time activities for young people in Třeboň. This part contains activities which teenagers in Třeboň do but also obstacles which affect teenagers participation or non-participation in these activities. This part includes research focused on regular free-time activities which teenagers in Třeboň like and do the most.
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Impact of Subscribed Instagram Content to Self-acceptance and Self-reprezentation
Petráková, Kristýna ; Zezulková, Markéta (advisor) ; Miessler, Jan (referee)
The theme of this master thesis is Instagram - a social networking service and its impact on self-acceptance and self-promoting of teenagers. In the first place, theoretical part aims to describe concepts, that are linked with social networks, such as prosuming, participative culture, and Web 2.0. Furthermore, general approach regarding the impact of social networks on teenagers is introduced. The main subjects of this research are contextualized in the field of social networks. The thesis strives to introduce following topics: the presentation of a distincitve identity on social media, the self-reflection under the influence of the subscribed content, and the marketing exploitation of Instagram influencers. There are three main goals of the dissertation, as stated in a hypothesis part. Firstly, how are the participants of the research influenced by the subscribed content. Secondly, whether is the information stream they are following being reflected in their own Instagram presentation. And finally, what is the impact on the participants of the research in case of advertising activity represented by the Instagram influencers. Qualitative research is focused on girls at the age of sixteen. This is a moderate deflection as the original hypothesis was aiming to involve wider research group of...
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Child overweight and obesity in Czechia: development and trends during the transformational period
Řihošková, Nikola ; Spilková, Jana (advisor) ; Kratěnová, Jana (referee)
According to the World Health Organisation, obesity is an epidemic of the 21st century. It is most certainly a serious risk to the health of the individual in question, markedly lowering their quality of life. The Czech Republic is the fourth most obese country in Europe, with 5-10 % of child obesity present. This paper explores the development of child obesity and its potential root causes that might contribute to it. The analysis is supported by data from a study by the State Health Institute, which was carried out over 4 phases in 18 cities in the Czech Republic. Quantitative research was used in the analytical part of this paper. The data was processed within the SPSS programme, using the method of statistical analysis of contingency tables and binary logistical regression analysis for testing previously established working hypotheses. The results of the analysis have shown that the rate of obesity grew across the four phases, except only in the youngest group of participants. An analysis of the various contributory factors to obesity has highlighted age and place of residence as being the most influential. The highest number of obese children was found in the regions of Karlovy Vary and Ustí nad Labem, which could be due to the socioeconomic and environmental factors in these areas. In...
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YouTubers and their influence on teenager's values in the Czech Republic
Dvořák, Marek ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The thesis "YouTubers and their influence on the values and development of teenagers in the Czech Republic" aims to determine the influence of people producing and presenting their own videos on the video-sharing website YouTube, the so-called YouTubers, on the social and educational development of teenagers. YouTube is a phenomenon of today's young generation which spends much more time on social networks than in front of television or print media, so the impact of this media on young people is considerable. The YouTubers have become within a very short period of time, approximately five years, idols of adolescents and they are influencing their values, way of expression, clothing style or their opinions on the events around them. However, for many adults this phenomenon is completely unknown or misunderstood. That is also why one of the objectives of this work is to clarify the phenomenon of YouTubers. The work focuses on the analysis of the Czech YouTube scene, its production and content. The first part is devoted to defining concepts which are important for adolescence, and theoretical bases for value creation or socialization. The second part aims to analyze YouTube as a powerful media which influences socio-cultural environment of teenagers through the videos uploaded by YouTubers. This...
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Fights of Roma Teenagers Cultural Models of Violence
Trachtová, Zuzana ; Bittnerová, Dana (advisor) ; Abu Ghosh, Yasar (referee)
This thesis focuses on the meaning of violence within groups of Roma youth. It discusses questions regarding how they understand, verbalise and reflect on violence. Answers to these questions presented in the work are based on long-term communication with Roma teenagers visiting a low-threshold club, where I worked. Afterwards, the research was carried out outside the club, in their private space and also in a boxing club. The Roma teenagers formed a fixed group, identifying themselves with a particular Prague district. The dialogues revealed an interesting topic of "fights" among Roma groups coming from different Prague districts. The aim of the thesis is to provide answers to the questions what teenagers are actually saying when they are talking about "fighting" one another, how they assess such behaviour and what meanings it carries for them. The theoretical part presents definitional frameworks concerning the term of violence as well as the concept of physical violence appearing in different socio-scientific contexts. In literature, violence is often referred to in connection with young people, gender, masculinity, social exclusion and honour. Furthermore, this part concentrates on defining the Roma minority and outlining their situation in Prague and the Czech Republic. The theoretical and...
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Facebook and Instagram as a part of teenagers' lifestyle - Qualitative study on how teenagers use social networks as a part of their daily lives
Svobodová, Lucie ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Švelch, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis focuses on social networks and the role they play in the lives of teenagers. My aim was to provide insight into teenagers' worlds on Facebook and Instagram. The first part provides a theoretical basis for my research and summarizes foreign research on this topic. The second part describes the research methodology that has been performed in this thesis, in addition to the sample who participated in this research. Finally the results of this research are compared with research of foreign authors. The main research question was "What are the motivations of teenagers to use social networks and how do teenagers represent themselves in these surroundings?" The next research questions focused on privacy concerns and whether teenagers take their own safety into consideration when using Facebook and Instagram. My research demonstrates that electronic social networks are primarily used by teenagers as a means of maintaining contact with their peer group rather than making new social connections. Though social networks such as Facebook and Instagram play a primary role in teenagers' social interactions, there are many privacy risks that are not easily accessible to teenagers and present long-term challenges for their electronic presence. It is important to emphasize that the results of my research...
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