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Representation of nuclear power in media in the period before and after the accident in Fukušima
Podzemná, Lucie ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Hájek, Roman (referee)
"Representation of nuclear energy in media in the period before and after the accident in Fukushima" This master's thesis examines media representation of nuclear energy within one year before and one year after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. The sample of news was selected from the print edition of the two main Czech dailies - MF Dnes and Právo. The method used in the thesis is content analysis. In the first part, some of the main theories of media studies (agenda setting, stereotypes, framing, and moral panic) and mechanisms which single news are constructed by (news values, access to news, primary defining, and gatekeeping) are introduced. In the second part, shift in both the focus of the media on the issue of nuclear energy and utilizing of the selected mechanisms of construction of the news is examined. In conclusion, the thesis identifies how the representation of the nuclear energy is constructed in the above said dailies over the period given before and after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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Trade unions - driving force or a brake of the Treadmill of Production?
Jirovská, Lea ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis is dealing with types of discourse of the Treadmill of prduction, that are used by Czech confederation of trade unions. In the first part of the text is the description of the theory of the Treadmill of Production and of the roles ot the three acters of the so called growth colaition, which are Labour, Capital and State. In the following part of my work I defined three types of discourse of the Treadmill of Production. The first two are dominant and I named them Competition discourse and Solidarity discourse. They both support the Treadmill of production. The third discourse uses less, it is called Revolution discouse and is used to opose the Treadmill of production. Those three types of discourse are applied in topics of teh flexibilization of work, the technological change, and the environment.
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"Activists Still Hanging from Branches": The Media Image of Environmental Activists. A Case Study of anti-logging protests in Šumava National Park in 1999 and 2011
Vamberová, Pavla ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Hladík, Radim (referee)
This diploma theses attempts to find answers to the question: How does the media represent environmental activists? Using the anti-logging protests in Šumava National Park that resulted in blockades in 1999 and 2011 as an example. The author tries to capture the background of the affair, and the view of Czech society towards environmental activists, which is significantly influenced by the media. The analytical part combines qualitative and quantitative research methods based on content analysis of two selected daily news sources (Mladá fronta Dnes and Právo). Emphasis is given to the dynamics of the affair, which is why longer time periods are analyzed, comprising one year before and two years after each blockade. Key words: Šumava, media, environmental activists, blockade, content analysis
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Representation of Animals in the Czech media - Blesk, MF Dnes
Kratochvílová, Jana ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the relationship between humans and animals in contemporary society. Formerly animals were a part of everyday human life but with the advent of modern society, the relationship between man and animal weakens. Today the situation is such that people increasingly form the relationship with animals only through the media. Therefore, the aim of practical research was to determine how and in what context animals are represented in the Czech media, specifically in two selected newspapers - Blesk and MF Dnes. To achieve a comprehensive view on the subject, the work combined two basic approaches to research - qualitative and quantitative. Main method is a qualitative frame analysis during which frames of representing animals that occur in these two newspapers were formulated, described and interpreted. To complement and quantify the information gathered in qualitative analysis, quantitative content analysis was also made. Among others, the results offer us a reflection how we currently think about animals and what role they play in our lives and in life of the whole society.
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Šumava as an esthetic problem
Pundová, Kristina ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Pařízková, Kateřina (referee)
In space of National Park of Šumava happened in last years several bark beetle calamities, in result of it came extensive disputes about form of management in protected areas with society-wide impact. The shape of forests in Šumava in strickened places had changed and caused extensive discussion, which, besides other things, bear on human behavior and at the same time opened up the question, which form of forest is required in the present days . I decided through of qualitative strategy of research to discover the realtion to the nature of those, which took a part in discussion about National Park of Šumava and how they percieve it taking it into consideration of forest. I was interested in their relationship to symbolic dimension of forest, which question is pivotal in perception of forest and which form of management in protected areas they prefer. Key words: Šumava, aesthetics of forest, relationship to nature, disintegration of forest, symbolic dimension of forest
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Natural World as a World of Many Faces
Nováková, Iva ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Lapka, Miloslav (referee)
The main goal of this Diploma thesis was a description of fact which way people understand the nature and identify main factors and their influence on construction of natural picture in contemporary society. I managed to approach the attitude to environmental issues and therefore I used the comparison of two main groups who are living in this locality and concretely group of resident people and crofter's group. For this research it was chosen the place Lipka and Michlova Huť such a place where are living this two main groups of people together and where are some rules about protected areas of Sumava. I observe the difference of these two groups in the natural picture construction and environmental issues. Key words: nature, factors, natural picture construction, environmental issues
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Responsible individual consumption as the first step out of the environmental crisis
Hosnedlová, Alena ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Kala, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis deals with the problem of global ecological crisis caused by the overconsumption of material goods particularly in countries of so-called rich North. In the theoretical part is individualized consumer embedded in the system of modern society, which indicates conditions of his existence. Then I discuss alternative options for environmentally-friendly lifestyle, especially its consumer component. I demonstrate several concepts of consumption mode conceived in terms of reducing the volume of material consumption. I discuss a way out of the ecological crisis through the internalisation of values leading to responsible and moderate consumption, the way of change from "bottom". The research was conducted through interviews with eco-consultants, who deal with consumption, as potential "opinion leaders" in this case. Key words Ecological crisis, consumption, consumerism, modernity, individualization, values, responsible consumption, modesty, environmentally friendly way of life
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Environmental ethics in practice - Research on ethical thinking and perceiving nature by the animal rescue stations staff
Kopáčková, Radka ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Hošek, Michael (referee)
2 ABSTRACT The thesis deals with ethics-relevant thinking and attitudes of workers at animal rescue stations, with the way they perceive nature as a phenomenon, and aims at discovering the various reasons that lead to the workers' choice for their job. Animal rescue stations are an example of protection of nature via voluntary work; thus, discovering the attitudes of workers at these facilities might lead to better understanding of their motivations for this job. The theoretical part of the thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter introduces concepts of environmental ethics focused on ethical behaviour of humans towards animals. The second chapter discusses the approach to nature, presented in the book Contested Natures by Phil Macnaghten and John Urry, together with that of environmental psychology. The last chapter is focused on animal rescue stations themselves and their activities. The practical part of the work presents a research on the topics above that took place at animal rescue stations and was done by interviewing their staff. The data acquired from these interviews are set in a theoretical framework, accordingly elaborated on and further categorized. It can be seen how the statements of the respondents correlate with the concepts presented in the theoretical part. Key words: animal...
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