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The Work and Life of Journalist Elaine Sciolino - biographical study
Chodil, Jakub ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the work and life of American journalist and writer Elaine Sciolino. In the form of a biographical study, it presents her childhood, family life, beginnings in newspapers, decades of journalistic work in the American media, various awards, and her transformation into a writer. The work also uses specific examples to describe the journalistic genres she pursued and discusses the themes and form of the books she wrote in her later years, as well as how they were received. The thesis utilizes the opinion journalism articles and news writing that Sciolino contributed to such publications as Newsweek and the New York Times, as well as her literary works.
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Literary reportage of Petra Procházková: The execution is a public matter and Adžamal
Marcinková, Veronika ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the literary reports of Petra Procházková The execution is a public matter and Adžamal. Its goal is to analyze both texts and find in them the signs of literary reportage. The work also attempts to outline the reasons that lead to the fact that literary reportage is almost non-existent in the Czech Republic. The first chapter focuses on the characteristics of the reporting genre, its origin and development. It also deals with fiction and objectivity in reportage texts. The second chapter briefly describes the current state of written reportage in Czech print and online media. The third chapter is dedicated to literary reportage, attempts to define it, outlines the phenomenon of the Polish school of reportage and also touches on the current state of literary-journalistic texts in the Czech Republic. The second part of the thesis begins with a chapter on the life of reporter and humanitarian worker Petra Procházková. The fifth chapter focuses on the description of the context of the creation of her literary reports, specifically on the situation in Chechnya (where The execution is a public matter takes place) and Afghanistan (the scene of Adžamal) at the beginning of the 21st century. The last chapter analyzes both reports using theoretical knowledge and is supplemented...
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Literary Reportage with a Focus on the Theme of the Loss of Loved Ones in Selected Works
Nováková, Klára ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This diploma thesis is devoted to selected literary reportages focusing on the theme of the loss of a loved one. The genre which does not properly belong to either fiction or non-fiction has been growing in popularity in recent years, yet it is still a vague term for many. The thesis approaches the phenomenon of literary reportage, characterizes it and presents its main features. It also focuses on the history of Polish reportage as well as the current state of the Polish school of reportage in connection with the authors of selected works. Subsequently, it also provides a theoretical basis for the loss of a loved one using professional publications. In the second part of the thesis, the focus is on an interpretation of selected works - Ganbare! Workshops on Dying (2016, translated in 2017) by Katarzyna Boni, Like Eating a Stone (2002, translated in 2017) by Wojciech Tochman and Two Sisters (2016, translated in 2018) by Åsne Seierstad concentrating on the concept of loss of loved ones, and finally the thesis is devoted to a mutual comparison of three reportages to demonstrate the way of writing about the loss of a beloved person.
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Comparison of poster processing in Czechoslovakia, Poland and Japan - 60s and the present
Dvořáková, Barbora ; Slanec, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of film posters, both contemporary and those from the 1960's. The theoretical part is divided according to individual countries into chapters about Czech posters, Polish posters and Japanese posters of the 1960's and the present day, and discusses the historical development and representatives of poster creation of the given period and country. The analytical part observes the number of occurrences of articles about posters in both selected time periods in all three countries in chosen media as well as monitors the content of these articles.
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Critical and reader response to the diversity in young adult literature
Hetešová, Anna ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the critical and reader response to sexual and racial diversity in young adult (YA) literature. First of all, It tries to define the terms YA literature, diversity and review. It describes the specifics of this literary category and its readers, together with a description of the dystopia and fantasy genres. It also focuses on the diverse representation of race and sexuality in adolescent literature. Subsequently, it analyzes the diversity of the books Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Six Crows by Leigh Bardugh, including their Czech and foreign media coverage. The publications are first described in terms of plot, then the characters and their environment are examined from the point of diversity, and finally reader and critical comments on the topic of representation of selected diversities are taken into account. In this thesis the Czech media scene is represented by the readers website databazeknih.cz, the literary magazines Pevnost and XB-1, as well as the website iDNES.cz. The reader website Goodreads and the literary sections of The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and KIRKUS magazines represent the foreign reviews. Last but not least, the media coverage of the given books is compared. The aim of the thesis is to find out how significant is the response...
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Journalists on Twitter: do they follow traditional norms or new standards?
Němcová, Kateřina ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The thesis aims to examine the way the Czech journalists use the social network Twitter. The thesis concentreates on the difference between the traditional norms under which journalists behave, the roles they play, and how they use Twitter. Firstly, the tweets where divided into the categories based on what kind of tweet it was. The thesis analysed the tweets one by one in the quantitative part, it concentrated on its content, used language and other special characters which could be photos, videos, emojis and other. The thesis showed that the journalists on Twitter behave differently than professional norms sets and that their roles differ. They become gatewatchers instead of gatekeepers and the journalists tend to comment on the topics. They also become the promoters of their work.
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Media reception of Michel Houellebecq's work in Czech media
Brys, Martin ; Čeňková, Jana (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
The thesis presents an analysis of the critical response to Michel Houellebecq's books Elementary Particles (1998), Platform (2001), Submission (2015). In the theoretical part, the concepts of literary criticism and review are defined and the development of Czech literary criticism is described. The next chapter traces the life of Michel Houellebecq, in terms of the personal and professional experiences that shape his authorial pose. In the practical part, a quantitative analysis of published mentions of the books under study is made. Those mentions that are reviews or critiques are then qualitatively analyzed. The range of media studied includes the mainstream media, which normally write about literature in their literary columns, as well as specifically targeted magazines. The range of media studied includes a variety of periodicity and media format. The time period is always set from the first mention of each book examined and ends in August 2021.
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Positive Psychology as a Theoretical Foundation for Constructive Journalism
Vraná, Kateřina ; Vranka, Marek (advisor) ; Maňák, Vratislav (referee)
This diploma thesis tries to provide a theoretical basis and explanation of the interdisciplinary connection between positive psychology and constructive journalism. Constructive journalism involves the application of the tools of positive psychology in order to increase the quality of media content by creating engaging and productive news and journalism. The aim of this work is to verify the theory and methods of positive psychology and constructive journalism through research, which exposes respondents to two articles formulated in both negative (catastrophic) and positive (constructive) frames. The purpose is to find out to what extent framing affects emotions, motivation, attitude or preference and whether constructive journalism is really the right way to raise the level of journalism as such.
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