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The influence of the medial image of first ladies Olga and Dagmar Havel in the Mladá fronta Dnes on the overall perception of president Václav Havel
Paruchová, Adéla ; Lovaš, Karol (advisor) ; Novotný, David Jan (referee)
The goal of the hereby presented master's thesis is to provide a novel view of the person and personality of Václav Havel, the first post-November president and dramatic. The author does so through medial images of his two wives, Olga Havlová and Dagmar Havlová, performing their function as the first ladies. A specific periodical was chosen for purposes of the conducted analysis - Mladá fronta DNES. The theoretical part of the work aims to present the life and work of Havel and both of his wives, while also providing a definition of the role of the president and the first lady in the Czech Republic. A generic profile of the investigated periodical is also briefly discussed. Lastly, the theoretical part contains a description of the research method consisting of qualitative and content analysis. In the practical part of the presented thesis, texts concerning the president and his wife were chosen based on previously stated criteria. The focus was put on their foreign state visits, charitable activities, or private life of the pair. The author investigates the differences in the medial images of both first ladies and their effect on the image of president Havel in various time periods. The variety of topics discussed concerning a particular first lady was also an object of interest. The final...
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Comparison of tabloidization trends of czech journals Blesk and Aha! in 2006-2012
Snížková, Markéta ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Wolák, Radim (referee)
Diploma thesis "Comparison of Tabloid Trends in Czech Daily Tabloid Press Blesk and Aha! in the period of 2006-2012" focuses on tabloid trends of two Czech tabloids Blesk and Aha! in the period of 2006-2012. One of the goals is to compare the degree of tabloidization in both daily press throughout time in respect of defined tabloid features. The study clarifies and defines tabloid features and how they change in time through quantitative content analysis. The quantitative part is completed with qualitative case study which compares the tabloid aspects in tabloid press Blesk and broadsheet Lidové noviny. The results of the analysis say that some tabloid trends, for the most part visualization, are more intense, on the other hand some presumptions are not confirmed, for example big titles or short texts in the articles. Czech tabloid daily press is characterized by dominance of home news and soft news, this proportion did not change through time. The results of case study about death of former president Václav Havel in 2011 indicate that Blesk and Lidové noviny refer about the same topic in a different way in the beginning. After a few days the way of referring about death of the former president is more similar in terms of tabloid trends. However, tabloid press Blesk is more concentrated on the...
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Václav Havel, Politician and Intellectual: The Idea of Non-Political Politics
Jelínek, Jiří ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
Non-political politics, ergo an alternative approach to the classical politics of power engineering, is one of the major philosophical themes of Václav Havel. Havel is placing this concept against the communist post-totalitarian regime, which forces the society to live in ideological lies. This post- totalitarian regime claims the absolute control over the society, its behavior and thinking, by which it suppresses natural identity of every man. Solution to this situation is the life in truth, integral part of the non-political politics. The life in truth is a defence against lies of the regime and it allows people to preserve their identity. Post-totalitarian regime in its core seek to control everything and cannot ignore such existential mutiny. It attempts to suppress it and thus making dissidents its political oposition. Dissidents only declare truth by which they obtain respect of western countries and consequently some influence over the communist regime. Havel is further developping this concept since 70's into separate approach to the politics in general, which makes it still current even nowadays. Although the possible naivety, this concept definitely played its role as we can see on Charter 77, which became the first swallow of freedom in the normalization Czechoslovakia.
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Presidents of the Czech Republic - Medial Representations of Václav Havel and Václav Klaus
Šimáček, Jaroslav ; Kubišová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hogenová, Anna (referee)
Jaroslav Šimáček - Diploma Thesis Abstract The diploma thesis "Presidents of the Czech Republic - Medial representations of Václav Havel and Václav Klaus" analyses media images of presidents of Czech Republic Václav Havel and Václav Klaus in magazine Týden. After delimination president's role in czech political system and introducing to concrete heads of the state in the biographical part, author deals with media's role and function in contemporary world. At the same time he brings out medial communication manners and generation media images. Consequently he examines new technological possibilities in medial world plus procedure at media content analysis, which is chosen as main method. In methodology part author links hypotheses, concerning with media images of czech presidents, also describes concrete working methods and characterizes choice of medium. Select experimental period is the second presidential term of both presidents. In practical part author tries to prove or disprove given hypotheses. The research proceeds first of all in the internet archive of magazine Týden, that contains data since 1994 and is relatively well - aranged. The aim of this diploma thesis is creation of media images of Václav Havel and Václav Klaus in chosen medium. Key words: president, Czech Republic, Václav Havel, Václav...
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Ethical aspects in the New Year's speeches by Vaclav Havel
Kovářová, Klára Marie-Anna ; Ovečka, Libor (advisor) ; Lorman, Jaroslav (referee)
The thesis "Ethical aspects in the New Year's speeches by Vaclav Havel" interprets and evaluates the content of the New Year's speeches by President Havel in the light of civil and political ethics. In the study part first deals with the theoretical background (the areas of ethical consideration; relationship of ethics, politics, freedom) and also represents Havel`s ethical and philosophical dimension (the philosophical roots and sources of inspiration - the ideas, personalities). The core of thesis analyzes the ethical content and the development of the main ideas New Year's speeches, as well as their contribution to value creation on the road to moral autonomy and a more mature political culture. From the perspective of a new relation and in the context of the former regime, the last chapter reflects on Havel's considerations of ethical topics that are necessary for meaningful functioning of person in society with regard to civil and political ethos. Keywords Vaclav Havel, New Year`s speeches, ethics, political ethics, truth, love, conscience, liberty, responsibility, morals, morality, values, democracy, totality, civil courage.
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Picture of Václav Havel in Czechoslovak press in november and december 1989
Vosáhlo, Jakub ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Šírová, Tereza (referee)
Bacelor thesis analysis medial reflection of Václav Havel in czech press in the time of "November 1989". Analysis is focus on changes in presentation of disident and "persona non grata" on medial scene, that changed in very short time to public leader and then president od Czechoslovakia. Thesis first introduces czechoslovak press in specific time of social change, and then analysis, how this change influenced presentation of Václav Havel. For analysis vere chosen influential czech daily papers, that covered whole spectra of opinions on Václav Havel. Medial contents were primarily analysis qualitatively, separated on timelines, to recognition developing tendencies. Then contens of these media was compared in quantitative study, that has analyses differences in relationships to Václav Havel in dependence on events of "November 1989". Thesis acknowlidges same known facts about medial presentation on Václav Havel, but in other parts it openes a new themes and questions, that has not been so much explored to this times. For example ambivalent relationship of daily paper Mladá fronta.
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Leaving of Czechoslovak democracy giants; comparison of media images of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Václav Havel death and funeral in Czech Press
Pavelková, Kateřina ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Sekera, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis "Leaving of Czechoslovak democracy giants; comparison of media images of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk's and Vaclav Havel's death and funeral in Czech Press" aims to compare the media images of the presidents' death and funeral in broadsheet and tabloid newspapers of that time. In this matter, media analyzed the lives of these great personalities, their work, political views, their acceptance and renown abroad, their merits and their critical reception as well. The study itself is divided into two main parts. The first one being the theoretical part informs about the political and social context of the time in which Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Vaclav Havel lived and worked and it discusses their personalities in more details. Furthermore, the methodology used in the thesis is included in this section as well, representing and explaining the method of the media research. In the second practical part, the thesis provides the characteristics of the chosen broadsheet and tabloid newspapers - Lidove noviny, Poledni list and Blesk. By using qualitative analysis the thesis seeks to determine how media presented the presidents at that time. On one hand it attempts to illustrate the parallels that linked these two personalities, on the other hand it endeavours to describe how their images differed....
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Czech State Funerals
Preininger, Matouš ; Chlup, Radek (advisor) ; Pehal, Martin (referee)
This paper describes and compares funerals of three presidents, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Klement Gottwald and Václav Havel. They were all iconic characters of their time and their funerals reflect presidents'unique position. In the speeches of politicians and in the newspapers, the deceased presidents turned into supernatural beings, heroes, who gave their lives for their country. As a response to this "sacrifice", oaths of loyalty to their legacy were sworn and people committed to follow the path the presidents established. Theories of Maurice Bloch and Edmund Leach permit to show how the death of the head of the state, potentially destructive event, is transformed by the ritual and helps further strengthen the unity of society.
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Andrej Krob
Jančálková, Petra ; Topolová, Barbara (advisor) ; Jiřík, Jan (referee)
Dissertation work Andrej Krob follows Krob`s remarkable journey to theatre from meeting Vaclav Havel during his military service in 1957, through Krob`s arrival to Divadlo Na zabradli in the early sixties of 20th century and especially his collaboration with director Jan Grossman, next to who Krob gradually work his way up from stage technician to the director. From the numerous Krob`s productions is the attention paid to the very first one, almost unknown directorial act, student production of Kral Ubu, presented on chateau Breznice in 1964, however this dissertation is mostly dedicated to the selected and key Krob`s productions of Vaclav Havel`s plays. Meeting this author was for Krob personaly as well as for his directorial poetics progress entirely fundamental. That`s why this work describes and analyses in detail semi illegal production of Havel`s play Zebracka opera, presented by Krob in Horni Pocernice in 1975, which has became establishing production of Divadlo na tahu, as well as Krob`s production of the same play from 1995. Separate chapter of dissertation has been also dedicated to Krob`s video production of Havel`s play Pokouseni from 1988 that brings unique opportunity of artistic performance observation. This dissertation determines at the very end, based on in-depth analysis of the...
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