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Docementary photography: Life with Alzheimer disease
Arltová, Martina ; Géla, František (advisor) ; Silverio, Robert (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on life at the Retirement home with a special regime in Břevnice for clients with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia during one year, which was captured by documentary photography. The institution is located near Havlíčkův Brod. About twenty clients in different stages of dementia and Alzheimer's disease live there. A team of nurses and an activation worker take care of them. The thesis pursues evolution and ethical problems of social photography, in which documentary from institutional environment belongs. It introduces selected authors of world-class and Czech social documentaries. In the following part, this thesis inquires under which conditions can be taking photographs of mentally ill people ethical. Eventually, it explains the usage of photography in relation to mental disorders. It describes the creations of the photographers who suffer from mental illnesses, the usage of photography during diagnostics of patients in mental hospitals, and photography as a method of art therapy. The main, practical part of the thesis is a photo book containing a set of documentary photographs portraying the everyday life of the clients and personnel at the retirement home. Those photographs are accompanied by images captured by one of the seniors from Břevnice.
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Interactive methods of TV presenting (plasma,full graphics) and their usage in ČT24 news prgrammes
Gastová, Tereza ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
In this thesis the author deals with the phenomenon of broadcast presentation with the help of graphic accompaniment, which is displayed on a large-format background during the studio performance of a news anchor. This thesis focuses on what the preparation and production of these articles entails, how they are handled and how various members of the television crew are involved in the whole process. This is achieved through interviews with several employees of the ČT24 news channel. Individual phases are represented by three selected programs produced by ČT24. Their broadcast throughout one specific day is then examined by the method of qualitative analysis of the content and describes which forms of interactive contributions were applied. The introductory part of the thesis offers basic theoretical background. It introduces the general concepts associated with the researched phenomenon and consequently deals with digitisation, the characteristics of ČT24 broadcast studios, and lastly, the role of the news presenters and news graphics.
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Media coverage of terrorist attacks in London in 2017: Comparison of news portals Aktuálně.cz and The Guardian
Dorňáková, Tereza ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
This thesis is focused on the media coverage of four terrorist attacks that happened in London in 2017. The subject of the research are photographs which were published after the attacks on Czech online news media Aktuálně.cz and British online news portal The Guardian. The coverage on both media is in the case of each attack followed for one week. The aim of this thesis is to describe which photographs both media published, with the main emphasis on certain technical and content variables. Furthermore, the difference between visual representation in Czech and British media is also a subject of this work.
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Czech presidential elections 2018 on the spokesman's Twitter
Ryšánek, Adam ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
The subject matter of this thesis is to analyse the content of the twitter account @PREZIDENTmluvci of Jiri Ovcacek, spokesperson of the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman. Theoretical part includes the definition of political communication and its brief history. Furthermore, the work describes the modern practice of political communication. The theoretical part of the thesis also contains a chapter discussing the social network Twitter and offers a detailed look at Twitter accounts of the president of the United States Donald Trump and the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The practical part of the thesis deals with the analysis of the profile of Jiri Ovcacek on the social network Twitter. The period chosen for the analysis was from 12 December 2017 to 12 February 2018, a month before and after the first day of the first round of the 2018 Czech presidential election. A sample of 358 posts was defined on Ovcacek's Twitter account. The profile is first characterized in general. Subsequently, the tweets of spokesperson Jiri Ovcacek are divided into basic categories. In the last part of the thesis, the 2018 presidential elections are subjected to analysis and further categorized.
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Photojournalism and artificial intelligence
Kubín, Michael ; Géla, František (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
This thesis focuses on the use of artificial intelligence in photojournalism. Its goal is to explore which tasks could be performed by this technology and how it could streamline journalist's work. The research method is grounded theory that was formulated based on findings from research - practices of pressrooms and their attitudes towards technologies. The initial part of the paper therefore examines specific tools and tasks that artificial intelligence could do in practice. This is done by collecting data from representatives of the largest Czech media houses, technology journalists, press agencies and representatives of photo banks. Secondary sources for research were academic work as well as popular-science resources. From these areas, the discussion proceeds to investigation and analysis of findings about the possibilities of working with images, from managing photo archives and video archives and automatic data retrieval, to machine vision or even generating of an original illustration photo based on selected parameters. This provides a foundation for further discussion on a set of upcoming tools that could make journalists' job easier, especially with regard to the ever-increasing demand for speed, accuracy and quality of news reporting. With that, the paper proceeds to analyse management...
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Documentary photography: Contemporary circus
Mikolandová, Anna ; Géla, František (advisor) ; Láb, Filip (referee)
The main topic of this bachelor thesis is contemporary circus. This type of dramatic art combines elements of the traditional version of circus with performing arts like dance, music or fine arts. The thesis focuses on the Czech version of contemporary circus mainly through photography. The theoretical part analyses the photography of performing arts and how to capture them with a documentary approach. Part of the thesis is an interview with documentary photographer Bohdan Holomíček.
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Czech documentary photography focused on environmental issues
Kotvalová, Lucie ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is primarily concerned with environmental photography. The theoretical part frames the presented thesis mainly through the history of Czech documentary photography which is focused on environmental issues, but it also deals with the definition of the genre of documentary photography, moreover it articulates how photography affects the perception of the world around us. The practical part of this thesis represents environmental photography through a set of documentary photographs, which aimed to capture the current state of the Czech countryside. The ensemble acts as a testimony to the daily routine of the locals on a family farm in the village of Krchlebská Lhota in the district of Kutná Hora. Through the photographic collection, the author of this thesis tried to document what was left of the traditional village life. These photographs show regular tasks - cater for animals, feeding and killing of animals, work in the garden, repairs on the holding or work in the workroom. The photographs further document not only relationships between the locals, but also relationships between humans and animals. Overall, the presented thesis might be considered to be a contribution to the realm of environmental photography.
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Photographs of Children in the Media during the Syria War
Benešová, Stanislava ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the subject of images of children in the war in Syria. It does so by analysing photographs of children, ranging from toddler years to teens, doing different activities. The methodology used is image analysis and compositional interpretation which enables to inspect the images in more depth. The images are compared in the context of contemporary war photography. For this reason history of war photography is discussed as well as recent years of this genre. Following up, are chapters regarding the Syrian War itself, as well as children in war images in the history and the ethics side of this issue. The whole text is accompanied by notes and inside information from Reuters photoeditor Russell Boyce.
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