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Media-facilitated Nation Branding: the Case Study of Brave Ukraine
Kazymyr, Daria ; Švecová, Martina (advisor) ; Jarolímková, Zuzana (referee)
This thesis paper discusses the application of nation branding through the realm of political communication. With the confluence of adept players and global perspectives across the communication, political, and media fields, the prominence of modern-day practices such as nation branding has taken on greater significance. Effective media management tactics also redefined the possibilities of public diplomacy, empowering nations to promote their ideas and beliefs on both national and international scales. The main goal of this research, therefore, is to highlight the pivotal role of countries crafting their public image for foreign audiences and the immense potential of the usage of various communication means and mediums to amplify the impact of their efforts. Another objective is to discuss the role of digital media when setting the country's politically-aligned public image. The case of Ukraine is offered to the readers as a comprehensive analysis of its nation branding campaign Brave Ukraine, encompassing an evaluation of its objectives, content, and execution. The empirical study of the effectiveness of this campaign on its foreign audiences, which was researched through a series of in-depth interviews, offers valuable insights into the interplay between a nation's public image, digital media,...
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Comparison of the communication of Andrej Babiš and Petr Fiala during the election to the Chamber of Deputies in 2021
Friedel, Gabriel ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
The thesis deals with the comparison of Andrej Babiš and Petr Fiala's communication during the election campaign before the 2021 elections to the Chamber of Deputies. The specific subject of the research is the communication of both actors towards each other during the pre- election debates broadcast between August and October 2021. The thesis tries to answer the question whether Andrej Babiš used negative campaigning techniques to a greater extent than Petr Fiala. Thus, the theoretical part describes the key concepts related to negative campaigning. To analyse the actual communication during the debates, a method based on the work of William L. Benoit is applied, dividing both actors' statements into three categories: attack, praise, defence. The content analysis of the rhetoric of both actors in the debates and the classification of their statements into these categories shows that the negative campaign was applied to a greater extent by Petr Fiala and not by Andrej Babiš. Petr Fiala more often used attacks and critical statements, whereas Andrej Babiš was more often defensive in his statements. Thus, the theory of the challenger and the defender was confirmed at the same time. The analysis also showed that Petr Fiala more often than Andrej Babiš used attacks directed at the character of the...
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Populism as a political style: analysis of Facebook communication of selected presidential candidates in the run-up to the 2023 Czech presidential elections
Drahota, Jan ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
This thesis analyses populist content as a political style. Populist content is examined in the Facebook communication of the candidates for the presidency of the Czech Republic in the 2023 elections. The period under study is November 2022, i.e. the pre-election period. Populism as a political style is represented by authors Benjamin Moffitt and the pair Jan Jagers and Stefaan Walgrave, who conceptualize characteristic elements of populism that can be analytically examined. The aim of this paper is to determine whether candidates use these elements in their Facebook communications, and if so, in what ways and to what extent. A secondary aim of the thesis is to determine the relationship of user interaction with each populist element. The theoretical part introduces the concept of populism and its possible understanding in academia. Furthermore, the theoretical part introduces social networks and the functioning of their infrastructure in terms of content dissemination. The practical part focuses on the communication of individual candidates and captures the phenomena under study, interpreting them in detail.
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Analysis of Facebook negative campaigns led by leaders of selected political parties before the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2021
Mrázek, Patrik ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
1 Abstract This thesis deals with the analysis of the negative campaigns run by seven leaders of political entities before the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections. Specifically, it focuses on the content found on the Facebook accounts of Andrej Babiš, Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Ivan Bartoš, Vít Rakušan and Tomio Okamura. Attention is paid to the form and frequency of negative advertisement as it is an integral part of the pre-election period and, in the examined elections, was employed often in the campaign's strategy. In the theoretical section, negative advertising is placed into the wider scope of current trends in political communication and is tied in with political marketing tools. In relation to the unclear definition of the phenomenon, a unifying definition is introduced. Negative advertising is then further separated into subtypes, introduced in the Czech environment, and connected with concepts and theories debating the extent and perception of the use of negativity and emotion in campaigns. The quantitative analysis of content generates statistical data, explaining the method in which negative advertisement is used, its subtypes and affective components. Based on this, it evaluates the extent of negativity present in individual campaigns as well as their emotional tone....
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Internet memes as a tool of popcultural citizenship
Suchý, Marek ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Mňuková, Dominika (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on internet memes as a possible element of political communication. Memes themselves were first investigated by R. Dawkins in the late 1970s. With the rise of the Internet, the concept began to appear under the term 'Internet memes'. The history of the concept of meme, both in its classical and internet form, is included in this thesis, alongside their definitions, as with the concept of political communication, for which I offer different variants of definition. In addition, I also present the Internet homes of memes, i.e. the websites on which Internet memes have developed (and continue to develop) and on which they are disseminated. After introducing the basic categories of memes, I focus on introducing the "Pepe the Frog" meme, as a distinctly unique meme with respect to its history and "life journey", in the context of political communication. Subsequently, I offer other formats of memes, from other categories, that have been used in political communication, but their history is not as deep and significant as Pepe's. There are examples of global memes as well as memes from the Czech Republic. Apart from the internet sources, I have used the book by L. Shifman: Memes in Digital Culture and by Brian McNair: An Introduction to Political Communication and a documentary...
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Populism and persuasive propaganda in Czech party system
Kharisova, Kamilla ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (referee)
This diploma thesis aims to study populist statements that appear in the advertising campaigns of political parties during the pre-election period. The main idea is to examine the discourse of this phenomenon during parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic held in 2017. The aim of the work is to identify and describe the use of populist elements in nine political entities that passed the 5% clause. Our work is based on the theory of populism as a marketing strategy by Winder and Tenscher (2012). Since populism is a widespread phenomenon, we wanted to show that it permeates through every political party, whether populist or not. The diploma thesis uses content analysis of outdoor and television advertisements of political parties. This study concludes that populism is a very popular and well-functioning concept whose elements can be applied by practically any political actor. Key words: Populism, parliamentary elections, political communication, Czech Republic Title: Populism as political communication
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Analysis of political advertisements on Facebook before the parliamentary elections in 2021
Obergruber, Ondřej ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
The thesis is devoted to the analysis of Facebook advertisements, specifically political ones before the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic in 2021. The theoretical part of the thesis is first devoted to political communication in general and its development, from which it moves on to a description of the current age of political communication. Next, the focus is on political communication through social networks and the technical means by which politicians communicate with users. The practical part consists of a quantitative content analysis of individual ads using Facebook's Ad Library tool and SPSS software. The results of the analysis are interpreted and placed in the context of the research, while answering the research questions of the thesis.
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Communication of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic during the coronavirus pandemic on Facebook and Instagram
Preissová, Viktorie ; Jansa, Petra (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
This thesis examines the communication of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic on the social networks Facebook and Instagram during the coronavirus pandemic period from 1 March 2020 to 31 July 2021. It is based on the theory of crisis communication, political communication and political marketing communication on social networks. Using quantitative content analysis, the themes, forms, appeals and emotional frames of the analysed content are examined. The results of the analysis show that the communication of the Ministry of Health within the analysed Facebook posts was mostly devoted to the topic of sanitary and anti-epidemic measures, the implementation and relaxation of these measures and vaccination. In the case of the analysed Instagram posts, the Ministry most frequently addressed hygiene and anti-epidemic measures, the level of risk of contagion in the Czech Republic and the publication of relevant information and contacts providing relevant information. Posts without an appeal and emotional framework were the most frequently published.
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Comparative analysis of the social media communication of Czech political leaders (chairpersons) of selected political parties during campaign before the parliamentary elections in 2021
Kopřiva, Jan ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (advisor) ; Karel, Kryštof (referee)
This thesis analyses the communication of leaders of political parties in the Czech Republic on social media in relation to the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2021. The aim of the thesis was to find out how political leaders communicate on selected social media in the pre-election, election and post-election period. The chosen research method is quantitative content analysis. Three time periods were selected for the purpose of the analysis - the week before the election, the week of the election and the week after the election. The research included leaders whose electoral potential according to the Kantar model was above the threshold for winning a mandate according to the Act on Elections to the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Seven candidates met this criterion. The analysis studies posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in terms of, for example, frequency, communicated topics or interactions. The analysis of individual profiles and the subsequent comparison of the results showed significant differences in the frequency, length and focus of the posts of each leader. For six of the seven leaders analysed, positive presentation of the programme and political views prevailed over criticism of other politicians or political entities. Only a small...
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