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Photography in the Service of Journalism: A Social Semiotic Analysis of the Winning Pictures of Czech Press Photo (2006-2015)
Patáková, Veronika ; Řehořová, Irena (advisor) ; Fišerová, Michaela (referee)
This thesis deals with visual communication in the form of photography. Explaining the theories of Roland Barthes and Vilém Flusser we point out the tight relationship of this medium with reality that obscures its constructive character. The witness role of photography seems to be essential in the context of journalism, where we are offered a story by the pictures that is however mistaken for reality itself. The thesis tries to present practices of media discourse that make us perceive an event as newsworthy. It draws on the theory of news values and the methods of social semiotic analysis and applies these to the winning photos of the contest Czech Press Photo (2006-2015). We highlight the semiotic resources used in the meaning-making process in relation to each picture. The results show that the preferred constructed news values are negativity, aesthetic appeal, proximity and personalisation and that the winning photographs mostly strengthen their semblance of being strictly informative.
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The Comparison of News Values within text concerning handicapped and non-handicapped sport
Kulíšková, Anna ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Halada, Jan (referee)
Presented in this bachelor thesis is a qualitative analysis that is focused on the comparison of news values, in relation to athletes with a disability and athletes without a disability, in articles published in Mlada Fronta DNES (a Czech newspaper) at the time of the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing. In addition, the further analysis will be done, of the news values that are given to Olympians and the values given to Paralympians, and whether these preferences are reflected in the overall presentation of both groups of athletes. It can be concluded that the articles about the Paralympics are shorter, more vague and overall of a much lower standard than their Olympic counterparts. Indeed the reader does not have to get full picture of how the games went, who won, who lost, and why and how the athletes lived in Beijing. The Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing are the most recent top athletic events that can be compared in terms of news coverage. It is on purpose that the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver (2010) are overlooked, as even though they are more current, there are major differences between the numbers of athletes and sports, which, in terms of news coverage, make them incomparable. The thesis further examines and compares the information about Olympic...
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Last play of Thomas Bernhard "Heldenplatz" and its picture in contemporary austrian press
Marešová, Petra ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Ježková, Tereza (referee)
My bachalor thesis offers analysis of medial coverage of the indignation caused by publicizing and staging of Thomas Bernhard's play Heldenplatz. Through qualitative content analysis, I compare newspaper articles published before and, also, after the opening night of this play in particular newspapers of temporary Austrian press. With the help of articles published in the Profil, Salzburger Nachrichten and Neue Kronen Zeitung, I present how mass media are able to stir deprecating reactions and how they develop technique of scandalization, how they use stereotypes to influence public opinion, or, how they reflect upon each other. I also take a deep look into several concepts, which gradually became a part of discourse in mass media and society. In the first place, it is a piece of rhetoric "Freiheit der Kunst", meaning "art freedom / freedom in art", next, calling the author "Nestbeschmutzer", at the time a popular label, and calling the director with the humiliating expression of "Piefke" and "Schuft". A number of newspaper articles which were published after staging Heldenplatz was far smaller than a number of articles published prior the opening night. Scandalousness of both Bernhard's drama and its later first performing was still deepened by the Neue Kronen Zeitung tabloid. However, the Profil...
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Information or Manipulation? Czech Media and the Catholic Church."
Kolaříková, Lenka ; Matějek, Jaromír (advisor) ; Štica, Petr (referee)
The thesis "Information or Manipulation? Czech Media and the Catholic Church." characterizes ethical principes of media news, which include truthfulness, impartiality, transparency and verification of information and their relevance to society and respect for human beings. It monitors how media ethics is specified in church documents and professional code of ethics of journalists. Ethical values then compares with news values contains topicality, cultural and geographical proximity and negativity. The work also deals with issues of media manipulation and its methods, including placing of lies and half-truths, myths and stereotypes, abuse, manipulation with the authority and objectivity. Retrieval method was then engaged in the Czech media reporting about the Catholic Church. It refers to issues that raises the news of Česká televize, and which in turn fails. Analysis of the media handling of specific events - the World youth day in Madrid, visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Germany and pilgrimages to St. Wenceslaus in Stara Boleslav - assess the content in terms of the previously stated ethical criteria. The work concludes that the Czech media news about the Catholic Church borders between manipulation and unprofessionality, it prefers the criteria of negativity, conflict, creating an artificial...
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Media representation of civil society organizations
Hartová, Tereza ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Trampota, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis introduces media representations of civil society organizations (CSOs) through quantitative content analysis of four dailies (HN, LN, MFD and Právo). The aim is to analyze and describe CSOs media representations in relation to media elements that characterize these representations, as well as through space and priority, organizations and actors that are associated with. The selected method allows the comparison of media representations for particular newspapers. The study builds on a social-constructivist paradigm, focusing on the agenda-setting theory, gatekeeping and news values. Thesis also discusses specifics of the CSOs and non-profit logic in relation to media and journalistic logic and their influence on the final CSOs media representations, including potential nonprofit dilemmas. The media representations are strongly determined by regionality and relationship with other sectors. CSOs are presented through positive and uncontroversial theme of good deeds. Regionality is together with social themes the most frequent topics associated with CSOs.
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Criteria for selection of reports from the European Parliament in the Czech dailies
Šponerová, Klára ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
Master Thesis "Criteria for selection of news from the European Parliament into the Czech media" deals with the factors that affect the classification of reports about events in the European Parliament in the Czech print and online journals as well as defining characteristics that are typical for these reports. In the theoretical part presents political and media communication and logic and goes to the main concepts of news production, such as agenda setting, framing and priming. This Thesis is also about media and intermedia agenda and presents the information already known concerning the relationship between the European Union and the media. Research is a part of practical section. It's aim is to map by content analysis the characteristics typical for reporting about the European Parliament as a specific institution of the European Union. Further aim is the verification of assumptions based on previously conducted research abroad focusing on the theme of the EU. Trying to better determine what characters show mass media content which is to the Czech public the main source of information about European structures by large extends. The Thesis also tries to answer the question often discussed the lack of presentation of the European agenda in news media agendas, the communities of the European Union...
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Construction of Media Reality during Mirek Topolánek's Resignation Period
Renovica, Vera ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
The thesis Construction of Media Reality during Mirek Topolánek's Resignation Period analyses a total of 294 instances of media output published or broadcast between 20th March and 1st April 2010 and dealing with Mirek Topolanek's resignation from his positions within the ODS in the context of his statements for LUI Magazine. The interview dealt with the Jewish faith, homosexual orientation or the voters of the ČSSD. The theoretical part of the thesis elucidates themes related to the construction of reality as described by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, media routines, which can contribute to this phenomenon, and the creation of myth according to Roland Barthes. The research part of the thesis uses the propositions of Critical Discourse Analysis with an emphasis on Critical Linguistics, to isolate discourses, which were used to establish a connection between Topolánek's statements for LUI Magazine and his exit from the ODS and politics in general. A partial analysis also notices how the linguistic tools of tabloid and non-tabloid media were brought closer together. Finally, the Semiotic Analysis focuses on the caricatures of Mirek Topolánek and identifies myths which served as a basis for perceiving his image and the possibility of his further political career.
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Format of news programme Horizont ČT24 and its transformation
Bartošová, Linda ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Lokšík, Martin (referee)
The object of this work is to analyze the international agenda Horizont CT24, particularly its new form, in which the program is broadcasted from autumn 2013. In its theoretical part, the text will define the foreign news in the relation with the audiovisual media. The theoretical segment will also include a basic specifics of audiovisual work, which will be also applied in the practical part of this thesis. This bachelors thesis will also implant the foreign news into the context of television broadcasting, it will briefly describe its meaning, origin, and the specifics of its evolution in the broadcasting scheme of the Czech television. The core of this thesis is to analyze the program - the author will focus on how it was created, which technologies were applied, the reporting methods, genres and the content and form. The author will also examine sources of the reports, namely the ones from foreign correspondents from the Czech television and the reporters placed in headquarters in Prague, who use the available foreign news agencies. The aim of this thesis will be, apart from analyzing the agenda, to describe the most important changes which the format has passed in the last year and a half of broadcasting. Using quantitative analysis, the thesis attempts to capture these changes within a given period -...
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Media image of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship in Liberec: the analysis of the regional newspaper "Liberecký deník"
Tajčmanová, Anna ; Trampota, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kraus, Jiří (referee)
The aim of the bachelor essay "Media image of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship in Liberec; the analysis of the regional newspaper "Liberecký deník", is to uncover the WSC 2009 image created by the journal. The primary examined question is whether the journal represents holding the WSC 2009 as beneficial to Liberec and the region. There has been analysed all the articles publicated during the key time periods in the WSC 2009 preparation that dealt with the WSC 2009 theme, events and people connected to this subject. Attention has been given especially to the space the journal provided to this subject, its development in time, also the articles' location, representation of the individual themes, and participants and the order of their importance, and furthermore the rating appearing in the articles. Also the information on the actors' privacy has been watched, whether the journal popularized the theme or not. In the first part of the essay are defined the media conceptions connected to the studied subject - the construction of the social reality, agenda setting, gatekeeping, and the news values.
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Media Coverage of Rytiri Kladno Ice Hockey Club During Two Extraliga Qualifications
Keimar, Jaroslav ; Chladová, Marta (advisor) ; Macková, Veronika (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the media coverage of Rytiri Kladno ice hockey club during two extraleague qualifications. The qualitative research is based on concepts of framing and news values. The sample contains four online news websites in two seasons. Three of these websites are parts of large media houses, one of them is focused solely on ice hockey. The aim of this thesis is to describe, how media outputs related to Rytiri Kladno were framed. The frames are described in analytical part, that is concluded with summarization of its findings. Conclusion summarizes the framing analysis results and compares the findings with current academic knowledge of framing and sports journalism in general.
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