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Open Data and their use in Czech Data Journalism
Krawiecová, Nela ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
The fundamental source of data journalism, which has established itself in the Czech media landscape in recent years, is the availability of usable data sets. However, academicians have so far neglected the topic of data openness and its importance in journalistic discourse. Simultaneously, data journalists are often the first to make data available to the public. An integral part of the thesis is mapping the historical development of data journalism, including the phenomenon of open government with a focus on Czech and European legislation and obtaining information with the help of the Freedom of Information Act. The aim of the thesis is, based on in-depth interviews with Czech data journalists, to identify the data sources which they frequently often use in their editorial routines, to evaluate the quality of these sources and to present the main limits that journalists encounter. In the conclusive part of the thesis the author transfers the focus to analysis of the availability of data sources provided by the Ministry of Health and the Institute of Health Information and Statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 and outlines the process of acquisition, cleaning, analysis, and visualization of information by journalists.
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News Programmes Události and Správy RTVS during Covid-19 Pandemic
Vizváryová, Barbora ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
The master thesis deals with major news programmes of Czech television and RTVS during the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The objective of the paper is to reflect the form of the programmes Události and Správy RTVS during two selected time periods. The goal is also to map how organization and system of the work were changing in both newsrooms during 2020 and how it affected preparation and realization of the programmes. Theoretical part of the work describes the specificities of the news focused on television news and informing about breaking news and emergency situations. This chapter also recapitulates the events in 2020 in the context of the pandemic and demonstrates some of the impacts of that on different types of media. The second chapter characterizes both researched media and their major news programmes in the context of their competitive televisions. The analytical part of the work describes the used methodology and provides with the results of both parts of the research. Quantitative content analysis and semi-structured interviews were used as methods to obtain the set objectives. The results refer on how extraordinary situation affected both newsrooms which had to set up the precautions to protect their staff and to keep the broadcasting on. These new rules included some changes in the...
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The media image of the Czech team at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava 2019
Borková, Iveta ; Macková, Veronika (advisor) ; Chladová, Marta (referee)
The thesis focuses on the research event, the World Para Ice Hockey Championships, which took place in 2019 in Ostrava, and on its media representation in online news media (Aktuálně.cz, iDnes.cz, Deník.cz and iSport.cz), in live broadcasts of ČT sport and in the TV reportage Machři from the 168 hodin TV programme. The basic theoretical concept of the thesis is the media representation of reality and the semiotic perception of the construction of reality on the general level and on the level of sport discourse and the discourse of sport of athlethes with disabilities. The thesis also briefly discusses the context of sport of athlethes with disabilities and para ice hockey in the Czech Republic. The qualitative research method is a semiotic analysis based primarily on the semiotics of Roland Barthes. The main research question asks what was the media image of the Czech para ice hockey team during the aforementioned event, and is answered through subsidiary research questions that focus on the media image of spectator attendance, on narrativisation and narratives, that the media told in relation to the championship, on modern myths, on the semiotic construction of stereotypes, their reinforcement, breaking down or creation, and on the difference in these media constructions between written and...
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Current czech war/crisis newsreporting in local conditions
Svoboda, Štěpán ; Géla, František (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
War, crises or natural disasters are an integral part of everyday news coverage. Contemporary Czech war/crisis journalism in local conditions presents this journalistic genre directly through the eyes of war reporters. The practical part of this presents the specifics of war and crisis reporting through interviews with Tomáš Etzler, Jarmila Štuková, Antonín Kratochvíl and Jakub Szántó. It introduces the main requirements for war journalists and focuses on some ethical dilemmas associated with this profession. The theoretical part of this work can be defined as a factual supplement to the pactical part and includes a brief history of the profession, ethical aspects, including instructions and codes used by war journalists. The aim is to mediate and introduce the readers and viewers to the work of people who voluntarily move unarmed on the front lines.
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Comparison of the hockey reporter's routine in the broadcasting of Czech professional hockey league in seasons 1993/94 and 2018/19
Holubová, Jitka ; Macková, Veronika (advisor) ; Chladová, Marta (referee)
This bachelor thesis will be analysing the routine of hockey sports reporters from Czech television (Česká televize) in the broadcasting of the Czech professional hockey league in seasons 1993/94 and 2018/19. The theoretical part focuses on the history of sports broadcasting and hockey broadcasting on Czechoslovak and Czech television screens. Additionally, another focus of the theoretical part is the work and practice of sports reporters. The practical part analyses three hockey games selected from different seasons of the Czech professional hockey league using semiotic analysis and in-depth semi-structured interviews. The work aims to capture the change in the practice of reporters at hockey games in the selected time period and recognize the change in the process of preparation for their work in the broadcasting of hockey games.
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Reformation of Institutional Child Care in the Czech Republic Following Slovakia's Model
Trajboldová, Tereza ; Macková, Veronika (advisor) ; Lokšík, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the emerging genre of Solutions Journalism. This new journalistic style is first described and then used in practice in two Solutions Journalism online articles about the possibilities of reformation of the Czech institutional care system, focusing on children up to three years of age. The first practical article describes the problems of the Czech institutional care and later showcases already working alternatives in the Czech Republic, mainly temporary foster care. The second article describes Slovakia's solution - professional parenthood. This form of care was first introduced in 1990s and the law today orders to primarily use this form of care for children up to six years of age.
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Chess in schools: theoretical and practical training for teachers
Macková, Veronika ; Kasíková, Hana (advisor) ; Valášková Vincejová, Eva (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of teaching chess in schools. The basic concept of chess as a game is explained, the connections between chess game and school teaching are outlined, and examples of good chess practice as a teaching method abroad are given. Then the theoretical part of the thesis deals with the project Chess to schools and its functioning in Czech schools, the available materials for teachers are analyzed. The empirical part of the thesis deals with the question of who the teachers of the Chess to Schools project are, and what methods they use for teaching. A questionnaire survey was used to examine the question, this quantitative research is evaluated at the end of the work. Keywords: chess, Chess for schools, didactics, game, teacher training
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The Transformation of the Sports Journalist's Job and the Operation of the Sports Newsrooms. The case of the World Ice Hockey Championships
Borovský, Jakub ; Chladová, Marta (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the transformation of the sports journalists work during the World Hockey Championships over last thirty years. The aim of this thesis is to summarise the changes that journalists have adapted to and describe the greatest effect of them. The theoretical part contains the definitions of basic concepts and classifies the influences which, according to the reference literature, significantly affected the journalists' work. These includes mainly digitization, convergence, the inception of the Internet and social networks. The methodological part includes the qualitative and phenomenological research, which is the analytical part based on. The analytical part presents experiences which are gained from the interviews with the sports journalists. The research confirmed the assumptions designed in the theoretical part. Some of them are found to be significant while the others are considered as commonplace.
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Media Coverage of Rytiri Kladno Ice Hockey Club During Two Extraliga Qualifications
Keimar, Jaroslav ; Chladová, Marta (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the media coverage of Rytiri Kladno ice hockey club during two extraleague qualifications. The qualitative research is based on concepts of framing and news values. The sample contains four online news websites in two seasons. Three of these websites are parts of large media houses, one of them is focused solely on ice hockey. The aim of this thesis is to describe, how media outputs related to Rytiri Kladno were framed. The frames are described in analytical part, that is concluded with summarization of its findings. Conclusion summarizes the framing analysis results and compares the findings with current academic knowledge of framing and sports journalism in general.
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Utilization of Artificial Intelligence to Generate Reports in the Czech News Agency
Sýkora, Tomáš ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the use of artificial intelligence tools and automated journalism in the Czech News Agency. Specifically, it deals with the very first use of algorithmically generated news reports, which the agency published during the election in 2018. It compares municipal and Senate elections from this year with the outputs of ČTK news from municipal elections in 2014 and Senate elections in 2016. It uses qualitative and quantitative analysis methods. The diploma thesis also deals with the method how the generation of reports in 2018 worked in ČTK and shows and explains examples of source codes by which the report generator was programmed. It will also offer other ways and areas in which the Czech News Agency uses or is about to use automated journalism and its tools. One part of the thesis is also an interview with the technical director of ČTK Jan Kodera, who explained how automated journalism works in the Czech media environment of the press agency. The author also outlines some scientific disciplines related to artificial intelligence, which are required for the needs of this thesis. At the same time, he will also offer a number of examples of how automation tools are used in other newsrooms around the world.
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