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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Pipková, Linda ; Slavíček, Daniel (advisor) ; Švantner, Martin (referee)
The theme of this diploma theses is surveillance capitalism. Its aim is to provide comprehensive insight into the key aspects of this phenomenon that has a significant impact on the global economy and society as a whole. The first part of the thesis deals with the topic of information society and its transformational effect on the economical sphere and surveillance system. It reveals some of the key issues following this new state of society and postmodern surveillance practices as well. The second part of the thesis aims to define what is meant by surveillance capitalism, to uncover the principles and the economic imperatives that dominate various stages of the development and finally to outline the threats and ethical problems this new logic of assimilation has brought in.
The analysis of three selected public libraries services in chosen cities of Brazil
Pipková, Linda ; Nekolová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The Bachelor Thesis analyses and evaluates the quality of services for adult users in three chosen brazilian public libraries of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza. In the theoretical part there is the introduction of historical development followed by the current politics of brazilian librarianship and its contextualization into the political and social situation of the country. The practical part of this thesis shows the analysis of chosen libraries along with the results of qualitative research conducted in direct interaction with users in the form of semi-structured interviews. The results of the research demonstrate the actual state of libraries and the satisfaction of their readers with provided services.

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