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Vaclav Klaus and "nature"
Dvořák, Ondřej ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
Thesis is based on the views of authors of sociology of knowledge (Berger, Luckman, Bourdieu) and authors of discourse analysis (Foucault, Fairclough). The central assumption is that knowledge is socially constructed and that this construction has its strong ideological and hierarchic aspects. Author is analyzing books and texts of Vaclav Klaus using the critical discourse analysis. Author is convinced that Vaclav Klaus has a substantive influence on public opinion in Czech Republic. Also author is convinced the struggle in the discussion over environmental topics is based in different basic assupmtions of discussion participant. Thus author decided to analyse the Vaclav Klaus's basic assumptions for the notions of nature and environment.
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Rainbow Movement?s knowledge interests
Rolcová, Lenka ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Slačálek, Ondřej (referee)
(English) The thesis deals with the knowledge interests and identity of environmental non governmental organization Hnuti Duha (Rainbow Movement). The aim is to identify the ideological concepts, values and interests represented by Rainbow Movement, by using cognitive approach to social movements. In addition, my goal is to thematize cognitive approach to social movements in the Czech Republic. I believe that it offers a valuable perspective for studying social movements, organizations and the civic sector. In the first part, I compiled the theoretical basis. I first concerned with the issues of civil society and NGOs, and then I introduced the cognitive approach and aspects of the environmental movement. In the practical section, I applied the cognitive approach to the analysis of the identity of the NGO Rainbow Movement. I used a qualitative research strategy - an analysis of interviews with employees of the Rainbow Movement. I described the motivation and basic dimensions of knowledge interests (cosmological, technological, organisational) of the Rainbow Movement. I tried to involve the current focus of the organization to influence political processes and to spread a positive vision that is perceived as a positive reform within a democratic society in order to move towards greater discretion...
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Framing nature in Lifestyle Magazines
Hausenblasová, Jitka ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis is a content analysis of lifestyle magazines Elle and Esquire. Through combining two basic approaches to content analysis (qualitative and quantitative) the thesis shall answer the question how the nature is depicted in Elle and Esquire magazines. The study is based on the theory of framing. Qualitative frame analysis leads to identification, description, definition and interpretation of the frames of nature that occur in surveyed content of magazines. Quantitative content analysis is instrumental towards quantification of the frames. It helps to explore what are the most frequent frames and which of them are not present at all. The analysis is preceded by a broad theoretical part. This part specifies the issues of different perception of nature, media and common concepts of nature. The frame analysis comes after. Particular depictions of nature have been organised into categories that represent nine frames of nature. At first, these frames are identificated right in the content and then interpreted. The analysis concerns not only on particular depictions of nature in the textual and visual part of the content, it takes into account wider context as well. And more than that, it gives special attention to advertising part of the content analysing the way how the advertisements depict the...
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Protected landscape areas appraoch to biking
Řešátková, Kristina ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Čermák, Daniel (referee)
In my graduation thesis I've researched how mountain bicycling in today's era is viewed in areas with increased level of nature protection. Subject of my interest are actors who influence form of this growing free time activity that takes place in protected landscape area of Krivoklatsko countryside. My thesis is based on theories of Social construction of nature and Actor-network theory. Based on these theories I could approach the researched area as a system of human and nonhuman actors that create junctions between nature and our society. With qualitative analysis of interviews and documents I've discovered actor's interests and their mutual connections. I've also participated in discussions about main topics of mountain bicycling in protected landscape areas: tracks and trails that cyclists benefit from. My findings are used for final conclusion about possible development in case of declaring Krivoklatsko as national reservation park.
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Portrayal of Economic Growth Value (content analysis of chosen czech daily newspapers).
Doležal, Jan ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Hladík, Radim (referee)
Diploma thesis on Portrayal of Economic Growth Value is a content analysis of chosen czech daily papers. It is engaged in questions of economic growth (and gross domestic product) and its significance in daily papers Blesk, Hospodářské noviny, Mladá fronta Dnes and Právo. The aim is to discover value dimensions of economic growth portrayal. The study come out from those authors who has criticall approach to the problems of economic growth, mind its negative social and environmental effects, and dispute its desirability and legitimacy. Also there are presented findings from media studies, which are related to the role of media when the acceptable picture of world is beeing established. The critique of economic growth and the reflections of media role when the current social order is reproduced are connected in one question: what is the way in which the media participate on common acceptance of economic growth through portrayal of its value dimensions. Through application of content analysis method the study try to answer the question if economic growth is pictured in a positive or negative way and which picture is prevailing. The study answer the question if there are rather those pictures which shows that economic growth is a positive value, or those which refuse or dispute economic growth or point out that...
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Greens versus greens. Radical ecology - the comparative analysis of social ecology and deep ecology.
Novák, Arnošt ; Rynda, Ivan (advisor) ; Ortová, Jitka (referee)
The thesis presents comparative analyse of two streams of radical ecology - social and deep. This comparative study uses the hermeneutic method to select essential themes of the dispute between social and deep ecology. The essential themes are: the concept of nature, racioniality, the causes of ecological problems, the vision of environment as garden or wilderness, overpopulation and the ecological policy in action. The result of this comparative analyses is that synthesis of social and deep ecology isn't possible because of fundamental dissagreement. Despite this the discussion between both ecologies is needed. The social and deep ecology grow close by the critics of contemporary capitalistic and industrial society and awareness of necessary change.
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Resistance strategies in individualizated, commodified and consum society: Food not Bombs Prague
Stašová, Adéla ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Slovák, Ľuboš (referee)
The thesis offers an analysis of the Prague Food Not Bombs collective using the optics of the newest social movements as defined by Richard Day. Based both on theory and qualitative research, it enquires whether and how the group resists individualization, commodification, and excessive consumption in society. Using her experience of several years of field work, semi-structured and informal interviews, and her field notes, the author describes the collective in question, maps out its mechanisms and internal organization, illustrates the attitudes and tactics of the activists, and exposes the troubles and hurdles they face. She surveys the activists' attitudes to such concepts of the newest social movements as direct grassroot action, solidarity, decentralization, anti-authoritarianism, consensus, and pre-figurative politics, to see if the activists employ them in their resistance strategy. In more general terms, the author attempts at a (so far missing) insight into the Prague collective as a social resistance group and a chapter of the worldwide Food Not Bombs movement. Key words Food Not Bombs, newest social movements, individualisation, commodification, consumption, protest
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