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Strike media at Charles University during the Velvet Revolution 1989
Stuchlík, Jakub ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find all available media published by strike committees at the Charles University and at other universities, to describe them and to compare them with the official daily and each other. Moreover, the publishers of those media should have been contacted with the request for interview. However, after discussion with my supervisor, interviews with publishers and editors were not done, because of complexity and scope of the thesis. The thesis summarizes activities of students during the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and focuses on student newsletters and magazines that were published by student strike committees and other independent student associations during the time of the revolution. Eleven media published in Prague, Pilsen and Olomouc are described. The described magazines are the following ones: Čaje o páté, EM89, Informační bulletin, Nezávislí, Plzeňský student, Proto, Přetlak, Reflex, Růžové právo, Situace 89 and Skoba. In addition, individual journals are compared with each other. Firstly the journals from the Charles University and secondly the other magazines. One subchapter deals with comparison of students' media with the official daily Rudé právo, which was the most read newspaper in Czechoslovakia by that time.
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Media (Re)Construction of Collective Memory: October and November as a Support for the Contemporary Czech National Identity
Vacková, Kateřina ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Štechová, Markéta (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Media (Re)Construction of Collective Memory: October and November as a Support for the Contemporary Czech National Identity" focuses on relation between mass media, collective memory and national identity. In accordance with social constructionism theory, the terms collective memory and national identity are understood as social constructs whereas mass media is considered to be one of the social construction agents. The aim of this work is to analyse a variety of media interpretations on significant Czech history events - October 28, 1918 and November 17, 1989. Analysed are newspaper commentaries published in order to commemorate these events during the eleven- year period from 1998 to 2009. As a resource for the analysis I have chosen three Czech daily newspapers - Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny and Mladá fronta DNES. The research method used is media qualitative content analysis. The work objective is to examine the typical media discourses based on national history which are constructed in a way to support contemporary Czech national identity. Not only does this thesis consist of research, it also includes methodology and theoretical framework.
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Transformation of radio broadcasting in Pardubice after 1989 (in relation to Radio Profil)
Nováková, Anna ; Groman, Martin (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
The goal of this work is to describe (on the basis of archival sources, topical newspapers and magazines, legal enactments and interviews with personal observers) the emergence of the first private radio station in Eastern Bohemia in the beginning of nineties. This is seen as an example of wider transformation processes within the whole Czech media area. The state owned and controlled electronic media were substituted by private (mostly commercial) media and the statutory public-service broadcaster.
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Polish Daily Newspapers' Portrayals of the Events Related to the Velvet Revolution
Chvíla, Jakub ; Rusin Dybalska, Renata (advisor) ; Junek, Marek (referee)
(in English) The aim of this diploma thesis is the discourse analysis of polish daily newspapers' portrayals of the so-called Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in the last days of 1989. I have focused the analysis on every category of newspapers, which were officially published in Poland at that time. The selected questions are analyzed according to methods, which are mentioned in the theoretical part of this thesis, and everything is set into a historical context. Theoretic part is composed of the history of that period, the characterization of the polish media market in the 80s and the theory of propaganda, newspeak and discourse. In the practical part of this thesis there is the analysis which was made by the quantitative and qualitative method. The chief contribution is the determination of the exact quantity of the articles in monitored daily newspapers, the analysis of selected topics and the answers on the selected questions related to the role of propaganda, the differences (state vs. independent media; polish vs. american-polish newspapers; regional newspapers from northern Poland vs. southern Poland) among the articles in selected newspapers and the theme-orientation articles in the newspapers intended for soldiers, Catholics or teenagers. The main intention of the practical part is to...
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The Velvet Revolution's influence on public life in Milevsko during 1989-1990 era
Wimmerová, Lucie ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Petřík, Martin (referee)
The thesis describes the political events initiated on November 17, 1989, which, after 42 years, led to the end of one-party rule and started the long process of democratization in Czechoslovakia. It analyzes the similarities and differences between the Milevsko policy and the national policy from November 17, 1989 to the June 1990 elections to the Federal Assembly and the Czech National Council. It describes how the democratization process, started with the Velvet Revolution in Prague, reflected in the public life of a small town. It answers questions like whether the political, economic and social changes in Milevsko were the initiative of its citizens, or those recommended by the revolutionary center in Prague? What was the attitude of Milevsko citizens towards these changes? Did they request replacement of politicians and municipal institutions as in Prague, or did they have specific requirements distinct from Prague?
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Political and social transformation in Ústí nad Orlicí in years 1989 and 1990
Kodytková, Martina ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Petřík, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on the post-revolution political development in Czechoslovakia in 1989 and 1990 and exemplifies it by the situation in the regional town of Ústí nad Orlicí. It deals with events, which were forming local policy in town at the end of 1989 and in 1990 until the communal election of the municipal council in November 1990. The study also describes numerous problems and projects in town, which started to be dealt with in the new democratic regime and which were being discussed and criticised in the media. The aim of this thesis is to compare the local and nationwide aspects of said period and to assess the impact of the events of nationwide importance on the state of affairs in Ústí nad Orlicí. In the first part of the study the nationwide frame of events from November 1989 to the free election in June 1990 is described. The second part analyses the events in Ústí nad Orlicí, identifies the key political moments in town and relates them to the political events on the central level. The main local political players in Ústí nad Orlicí are introduced.
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Civic forum in Ostrava region
Zipser, Jan ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the process of forming of the Civic forum after 17th November 1989 on the central level in Prague as well as on the regional level in Ostrava. The aim of the thesis is to cover the differences in the process on both levels and characterize the role of the Civic forums in companies in the Ostrava region. It is an important question if the velvet revolution stood a chance of success in the so called iron heart of the republic, it means in the environment of the heavy industry workers, and if this group of citizens participated in the larger scale in the revolution. The thesis concludes that there were differences especially in the discussed problems on each level, e.g. degree of share in power in the centre versus replacement of local political representatives in the region. Concerning activity of workers in the CF the thesis finds out, that their involvement in company Civic forums reached a significant measure. The second part of the thesis studies to which extent the regional problems were perceived on the central level in Prague. This is examined by the analysis of the central electoral program of the CF in the parliamentary elections of 1990 and its following comparison with documents concerning regional problems of Ostrava and its neighbourhood. This implies that only some of the regional agenda was reflected by the central electoral program, but it did not deal with most of the problems and on the contrary, it carried a risk of new difficulties.
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Demographic changes of the Czech Republic as a social risk
KACZOR, Michal
This bachelor's thesis deals with demographic changes of the Czech Republic in connection with social risks, which were caused by these demographic changes. The thesis contains definitions of basic demographic indicators, i.e. natality, abortion rate, marriage rate, divorce rate, mortality, and it describes their development. The main focus of this development is placed on the period after the Velvet Revolution (1989) when the totalitarian regime was overthrown and the Czech society substantially individualized. According to statistical data of Czech Statistical Office the thesis presents prognoses of the demographic development of the Czech Republic till 2100. These prognoses interpret probable trends of the future population development. Important social risks, which follow from the development of demographic indicators, are outlined as well. These selected risks are supplemented with the proposal of measures, which lead to influencing of demographic development of the Czech Republic.
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The Reflection of historical Events in 1989 in Czech novelistic Literature
KITNEROVÁ, Petra
This work is dedicated to the way of the reflection of historical events in 1989 in Czech novelistic literature. Part of this work is devoted to historical events, period context and the context of literature and history. Another part is dedicated to the interpretation of chosen main novels ? Sestra written by Jáchym Topol, Čekání na tmu, čekání na světlo written by Ivan Klíma and Sněžím written by Pavel Kohout. The work proceed from theory of fictional worlds.
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