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Concert photography and photography of music in a communication of Czech bands on social media
Flídrová, Šárka ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This thesis concentrates on concert and music photography and the ability of Czech bands to apply these photographs into their communication on Instagram. Thus, the thesis focuses on three major topics of growing popularity, which are photography and the visuality itself, music, and self-promotion on social media. First part the thesis introduces history of concert and music photography and also mentions some of the current trends in this specific photographic genre. To better understand the interpretation of the practical part of the thesis, the work also focuses on introducing Instagram's history, its functional features and ways of self-promotion through the visual social media site itself. The last part of the thesis is focused on the research itself. This part the thesis will examine specific ways of self-promotion of Czech bands on Instagram and will focus on differences and similarities of their communication through photography.
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Instant photography on social sites
Valentová, Marie ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This thesis concentrates on Instagram, social network wich follows on tradition of Instant photography as well as on content of this network. Instagram globally has expanded very widely in quite a short period of time. It is a phenomenon wich affects objects of photography, redefines the pictureworthy and overall aesthethics. The number of photos uploaded on Instagram increases by millions everyday and photographs here acquire specific functions and follow specific trends. This thesis defines the network itself, its genesis, principles on wich this network works, Czech enviroment of Instagram and types of users. To help with definition of this networked photography Instagram here is anchored in the history of technical evolvement of photopraphy. Secondly this thesis exmines content of Instagram both on general basis and practicaly. With the method of content analysis this thesis determines the most common objects of Instagram photography and it follows with defining general aesthetics with quantitative method of research.
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Printed DIY media in information age: how Web 2.0 influenced culture of fanzines
Hroch, Miloš ; Turek, Pavel (advisor) ; Švelch, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis aims to explore changes in the production of music fanzines brought about by the advent of new media. Fanzines are defined as nonofficial magazines published independently in compliance with the code of DIY ethics. The theoretical part of this work focuses on the history of fanzine production as well as on concepts of alternative media, which is necessary in order to examine the current state of the aforementioned alternative media sphere. Furthermore, the theoretical part describes fans' behaviour, as they are the most prominent representatives of active audiences. This behaviour is a key to understanding the motivation behind fanzine production as well as the nature of media communication in the cyberspace, where boundaries between producers and consumers of media messages disappear. The main part of this work analyses interviews with ten figures from the Czech community of both pre-internet authors and those of post-internet era, the latter being used to internet communication. Described discursive patterns reveal the existence of two separate worlds: traditional fanzine community and online environment, coexisting in mutual awareness. Yet the former strives to guard its boundaries, protecting its products from the internet, albeit oftentimes entering the virtual space in search for...
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Visual memory of Knížecí Pláně
Novák, Ondřej ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
In this bachelor thesis, I will attempt to describe and document a very important sociological issue in modern Czech history: expulsion of the German population from Czechoslovakia after the Second World War. The main method that I will be applying is visual sociology. Obtained knowledge from the research are classified in the historical and sociological context overlapped to the present. I have chosen specific time and place so that I can demonstrate issue of the expulsion of German population from the Czech borders area. I realize the extent of this issue and also that it is not possible to analyze the issue as a whole on dozen of pages. Still, I think that based on the findings of this research, readers will be able to imagine conclusions in a broader context and that this knowledge reader will be able to create an image of this issue in the present and its impact on the landscape and society. For the main part of this thesis I consider my photographs of the place, on which this work reports. On the basis of the theory of visual sociology, I consider these pictures the most important part of this work. On the basis of these photographs, the reader (or viewer) stores the information that is absorbed and his subjective perception of these images creates feel and the views of the problems with real...
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Concept of popular music studies for the Czech academic context - contribution to the development of Czech media studies
Pospíšil, Michal ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee) ; Opekar, Aleš (referee)
The topic of popular music has not been granted much attention in the Czech academic environment so far. Even less attention has been given to popular music in the Czech study of media. When analyzing media, the role of popular music is routinely neglected and its effects overlooked. The thesis surveys arguments that support music as a relevant subject for Czech media studies and determines whether the current exploration of popular music could provide useful knowledge for expanding the coverage of existing media studies tradition in the country and possibly for improving it. In its core, the thesis provides a picture of Czech musicology (especially on its popularization edge, sensitive to popular music) and the Anglo-American tradition of the study of popular music, popular music studies. It identifies and critically assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each area with regards to the study of media. In conclusion, the thesis confirms the need for the Czech popular music studies as a necessary component of the study of popular culture in the context of media studies. It suggests areas for further research and highlights its potential pitfalls - especially problems with application of Western theories in local context, the romantic ideology of rock and disproportionate focus on the exceptional....
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Transformation of VICE media company in the context of global changes in the media environment
Písačková, Kateřina ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The thesis deals with the gradual transformation of the American media company VICE media, originally a magazine of marginal interest, into a major global media corporation. The case study describes sequentially each stage of such transformation and describes how the overall change in the company's organization influences the media content produced by the company. The thesis also deals with the aspect of mutual relationship of the marketing section of the media, the target group and the content. The aim of the thesis is to describe the mechanisms behind the recent successful expansion of the brand VICE media. Since this transformation could not take place without deeper changes in global audience, which is company's target group, especially the current young generation, I am also describing phenomenon of so-called Generation X and Generation Y. Regarding the fact, that this whole transformation is happening on the background of more essential changes in the whole media landscape after the dot.com revolution, these aspects are being discussed as well. Towards the end I am focusing on the operation of the Vice Czechoslovakia branch of the media.
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Medium in the process of change:photography from smartphones and other mobile devices in the context of professional photojournalism
Králová, Pavla ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis Medium in the process of change: photography from smartphones and other mobile devices in the context of professional photojournalism analyzes the use of smartphones and smartphone photography in current professional photojournalism. In the first part of the thesis, the main focus is mainly on theory. It describes the pictorial turn, current trend in vizualizing information and the retreat from text n behalf of visual information. The second part is devoted to the description of the historical approaches to photography and the ganges of the photography from analog to digital to smartphone photography. The third part of the thesis focuses on description of smartphones and tablets and it also focuses on the description on smartphone and tablet applications for editing and sparing of pictures. The fourth part analyzes the use of smartphones and smartphone photography in media by media professionals. It focuses on the use of smartphone photography by war photographers and by other professional photographers in distant countries, natural disasters or at sporting events. The last part is devoted to detailed interviews with professional photojournalists Tomáš Tesař and Milan Jaroš who have professional experiences with smartphone photography.
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Myths and stereotypes in advertising photography
Bušková, Helena ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis Myths and stereotypes in advertising photography (Týden and Elle magazines) focuses on meanings carried by advertising photographs and on ways used to connect these meanings with products. The aim of the thesis is to find out, how these images show stereotypes and myths shared in society. The theoretical part of the thesis concerns first of all the theory of representation and theory of signs in semiology. It focuses especially on how these signs work in advertising photography and how the meaning is transferred between displayed objects. Furthermore, it introduces the theory of myth in the work of Roland Barthes and possible involvement of ideology and stereotypes in advertising photography. The analytical part examines advertising photographs in Týden and Elle magazines, using the semiological method. The aim of the analysis is to find out, how the concepts and ideas in advertising photography differ between a serious and a lifestyle magazine. It points out the main stereotypes and myths, that appear in the photographs, with an emphasis on gender stereotypes, which prevail there. The analysis focuses on the ways men and women are pictured in terms of activity and passivity, a role in life, expected characteristics and profession. In conclusion, the thesis compares the two...
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