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Comparative analysis of the visual component in the magazine Reportér and project Echo24
Weingartová, Michaela ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The main goal of this thesis was to determine how projects Echo24 and Reporter work with journalistic photography using comparative analysis of their visual content. Both projects were found in 2014 as a reaction to a dramatical change of ownership of the Czech media. These changes also had an impact on journalistic photographers, because the new owners tend to save their costs on photography. This is also one of the reasons why I chose to analyze projects that started in 2014. To explain the broader context, in the first part of this thesis I describe the context of journalistic photography and the Czech media market development from the year 1989. In this work, I also describe other projects similar to Echo24 and Reportér. In the second part of the thesis, I use quantitative content analysis to describe the usage of the photographs in the printed version of Echo24 and Reportér. I also compare the collected data with answers from questionnaires with members of the editorial of the projects and photojournalists. In this paper, I found out that the project Echo24 represents the opposite approach towards photography than Reportér. Echo24, like other media, tends to save their cost on photography. Reportér on the other side can be defined as the protector of journalistic and photojournalistic values....
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2017 Czech Govenment Crisis in Czech Daily Newspapers
Marek, Michal ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
This master thesis is focused on evaluating media content connected with 2017 government crisis and the influence of media ownership on that media content. The thesis analyses five major daily newspapers. Two of them were owned by Andrej Babiš, one of the two main characters of the crisis, before he put them into the trust fund. The content is analysed by quantitative metrics which are further interpreted. The result of the analysis is, that the influence of media ownership can be observed. MF Dnes and Lidovky are overall more critical to Bohuslav Sobotka than to Babiš meanwhile for example Denik is much more critical to Babiš.
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Commentaries in Czech daily newspapers dealing with the Czech government crisis taking place in April and May 2017
Hrubý, Dominik ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The thesis Commentaries of Czech daily newspapers dealing with the Czech government crisis taking place in April and May 2017 analyzes opinion texts published in daily newspapers Hospodářské noviny, Právo and Mladá fronta DNES from 27th April until 26th May 2017 dealing with government crisis ongoing at that time. Theoretical part of the thesis analyzes, among other things, the phenomenom of media ownership and its concentration. It pays attention also to transformation of Czech political party systém in last years, which is indisputably a relevant circumstance for the political journalism too. The methods of qualitative and quantitative content analysis are used in the thesis, which researches frequency of media coverage of the observed issue and mainly a dominant attitude of commentators of particular daily newspapers to three main characters of the government crisis - the Minister of Finance Andrej Babiš, the Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and the President Miloš Zeman. Results of the analysis is put into context of ownership of particular daily newspapers, mainly with emphasis on the fact that genuine owner of Mladá fronta DNES is, through the private trusts, actually Minister Babiš.
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The crisis, mergers, changes in ownership and cosolidation - the economical development of czech media companies in years 2009-2013 and cosequent change of the ownership
Beránek, Jan ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Benda, Josef (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the significant change in media ownership in the Czech Republic which occured during the Global crisis in 2008 - 2013. In this period almost all foreign owners sold their media to the local enterpreneurs, who took over almost all media houses. This shift happened under generally less comfortable matket conditions, which have hit mostly the printed media. The local enterpreneurs are naturally much more interested in local politics. This text describes these changes and uncovers the economic reasons that led to it, including the extensive research into publicly available, yet not analysed annual reports of media companies. The conclusion is that the foreign owners generally earned well in the Czech market and that they have decided to use the crisis as a good moment to sell. The arrival of new domestic owners caused worries about their possible interference with kontent and by 2017 there are some hints suggesting that they may use the media against the opponents. But there is a fact that may prevent them: the thesis proves how worth the position on the market is. And this should at least limit these efforts.
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Transformation of the czech media ownership structures in the early 21 century
Vojtová, Magdaléna ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Benda, Josef (referee)
The primary goal of this master thesis was to analyze the development of ownership of daily newspapers in the Czech Republic in the period 2008 - 2016. The development of media ownership in the monitored period was analyzed in the context of the long term structural problems of media sector, which were intensified by the economic crisis beginning in 2008. In addition to the economic context, the thesis also deals with the historical context, specifically the changes of the Czech daily newspapers market after 1989. In connection with the transfer of ownership of the Czech publishing houses to the hands of domestic businessmen, often with direct links to politics, thesis also deals with the issue of ownership concentration and the relations between media and politics. I also mention the phenomenon of emerging new, alternative media projects by the journalists in reaction to ownership changes threatening pluralism and freedom of speech. In the end, I also compare the development of ownership of the daily newspapers in the Czech Republic with the development of ownership in other countries of the CEE region, such as Slovakia, Poland, Hungary or the Baltic States.
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The development of advertising in the daily newspaper Mladá fronta DNES between the years 2012-2016
Samšuková, Jana ; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza (advisor) ; Soukeník, Štěpán (referee)
The diploma thesis The development of advertising in the daily newspaper Mladá fronta DNES between the years 2012-2016 analyzes the development and possible changes of advertising in the Czech daily broadsheet Mladá fronta DNES of the publishing house Mafra, a.s. between the years 2012-2016. In particular, this thesis aims to describe the trends in the concentration of advertisements, the ratio of original content and advertising, the interconnection of advertising with the graphic or thematic side of the editorial content of the journal, or the development of advertising formats and topics. These findings are attained by quantitative content analysis, namely so-called emergent coding. In the addressed theoretical Framework, the aspects of the economic functioning of the media are addressed as well as the theory of advertising, the phenomenon of advertising in the press or its legislative anchoring. The author also devotes several pages to the phenomenon of media commercialization, as well as its appearance in the Czech media environment. Part of the work is also devoted to the presentation of the daily broadsheet Mladá fronta DNES, its history and its current position on the Czech media market. In the second half of the thesis the methodology of research is presented, as well as both its design...
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Analysis of the contents of the weekly magazine 5+2 days between 2012 and 2013
Hradiský, Jakub ; Klimeš, David (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
Abastract The thesis called Analysis of The 5+2 Days Weekly Magazine between 2012 and 2013 in its empiric part looks into the contents structure, its preferred topics and ratios of stories and cases from the defined parametres point of view throughout the period beginning the foundation of the magazine to the parliamentary elections held in October 2013. The analysis deals with the issue of presentation of the Agrofert holding as the magazine is its part and Andrej Babiš from his position of an owner and chairman of a political movement ANO he led to the snap parliamentary elections in 2013. The analysis examines if the fact that its owner is an enterpreneur, owner of one of the bigest Czech companies and a high-ranking politician has any impact on the contents of the magazine. The method used to analyse the contents is quantitative contents analysis. In its theoretical part the paper deals with basic social roles and functions of the media, concepts of free speech and independence of the media. This part of the thesis sees these concepts mainly from the ownership of the media point of view and the ownership's impact on their contents and function. The theoretical part also presents a review of the Czech media environment development after 2008 from the change of the ownership point of view.
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Czech Republic and three models of media systems
Rapošová, Veronika ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
This paper deals with the inclusion of the Czech media system into one of three models of media systems according to the theory D. C. Hallin and P. Mancini, according to their study Comparing Media Systems in 2004 (published in English under the title Comparing Media Systems). Czech media system is therefore examined according to 4 criteria: in terms of its development, even the ownership structure, which is essential for the functioning of the media market, political parallelism, professionalism and professionalization of journalism and the role of the state in the media system. Then I compare it with the countries of models of media systems and based on this comparison, I try to put Czech media system into one of these models. Performed analysis concludes that the Czech media system shares the characteristics of both north-central European and Mediterranean model, and ranges, therefore, on the border between them. This classification, that provides an overall view of the Czech media system enables to identify areas in which deficiencies (esp. in the media poorly covered spectrum of opinions of particular groups in society, underdeveloped professional identity of journalists), and at the same time and considerable scope for further development of the media system in the Czech Republic as a whole....
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Ownership and massmedia: A comparison
Rapošová, Veronika ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
This work deals with the ownership of print media institutions and their effect on the activity of newspapers. For better understanding of the nature of the ownership structure and its influence we have to look at this issue on the basis of the following criteria: size of media market, ownership concentration, ratio of domestic to foreign owners, number of titles and whether the owners involved in some way in the political process in the company. The second part of this work focuses on the description and comparison of the current development status of the ownership structure of daily print (according to the criteria above) in states of Central Europe after 1989 - the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Keywords: media ownership, Central Europe, media concentration, media pluralism
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Analysis of the political instrumentalization of the periodic press Mladá fronta DNES in the period before elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2013
Dobrovodský, Martin ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
The diploma thesis Analysis of the political instrumentalization of the periodic press Mladá fronta DNES in the period before elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2013 examines, if leader of the political party ANO Andrej Babiš used his position of the owner of the media group MAFRA to influence media content in the periodic press Mlada fronta DNES during the period before elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2013. Theoretical framework briefly describes the basic concepts of political communication and geopolitical division of the models of political communication including the Czech media scene. Focus is primarily on the development and possible ways of instrumentalization of printed media operating in the Czech media market after 1989. Results of quantitative research showed that four other political parties gained more media attention then political party ANO which ended up second in the election. The title pages of the Mlada fronta DNES therefore was not used to increase promotion of Andrej Babis and his political party. The final part of the research interprets the results of quantitative analysis regarding the possible instrumentalization in terms of political topics presented on the front pages of the...
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