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Media Portrait of Enrique Peña Nieto in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times
Vicková, Tereza ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Perutka, Lukáš (referee)
This Master's thesis is analyzing the media portrait of Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto in two American newspapers - The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. In this thesis, you can find the quantitative and the qualitative analysis of the image of Mexican president in the newspapers since his election in 2012 until the end of 2017. Peña Nieto is a member of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) which was in power from 1929 till 2000. Peña Nieto is the first president after 12 years break who brought this party back to power. American presidential elections also took place during his administration and Barack Obama was replaced by Donald Trump. The thesis focus on three topics which are for many years the most critical parts of the U.S.-Mexican relationship: illegal immigration, the war on drugs and NAFTA. The analysis shows that Peña Nieto's image is portrayed in two opposite ways depends on the topic. He is presented as a competent leader in the questions of illegal immigration and NAFTA renegotiation. On the other, his leadership failed in the matter of drug issues in Mexico. The analysis also shows that Peña Nieto's image in the NY Times and the LA Times changed after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential elections. The difference of his image between the NY Times and the LA Times...
Academic Boycott of Israel. Focused on movement United States Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and movement BDS Movement
Vicková, Tereza ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
1 Abstract This thesis focuses on the academic boycott of Israel in the United States of America. There is special focus on two movements, United States Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) and BDS Movement. This thesis includes a basic description of these campaigns, their activities and also their supporters. Analytic part is dedicated to explanation of concept of academic boycott. They are presented the main arguments in support of boycott compared to the opposing ones. The main research question of this work is if USACBI and BDS Movement do have a real impact on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The result of this analysis is that they do have influence on the conflict even if they do not have a many impact on finding the solution. USACBI is the major supporter for opening a democratic debate about this issue. It also supports freedom of speech and giving space to professors who disagree with official policy of USA. BDS Movement is creating a pressure on Israeli government that could be a useful tool for solving the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

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