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Reflection of the TV series Holocaust in the selected print of the West Germany
Gerstnerová, Dominika ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is the television series Holocaust and its reflection in the selected German press in the period from January 15 to February 5, 1979, when Holocaust was introduced on German television for the very first time. Because of the fact that the series confronted German viewers with a sensitive and serious topic from the near past, and was processed in a very commercial way, it caused commotion all over the world and the series became the main subject of controversial public debates. On the occasion of the premiere in Germany, local periodicals widely contributed to the discussions and published an unexpectedly large number of articles in which they discribed both general information on the storyline, the course of broadcasting or the growing viewership, and opened more serious topics about the greater meaning of the series and its effect on the public. It should be noted that in the late 1970s, when the television product was introduced, Germany was divided into two separate states: the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). This thesis analyzes exclusively the reflection in the West German press, which is represented here by the weeklies Der Spiegel, Stern and Die Zeit, and aims to analyze in detail the main issues...
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"Oi! Warning" and "Dazlak - Skinhead" - Skinheads as a threat for German society?
Koryntová, Eva ; Lizcová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Zelená, Alena (referee)
This thesis deals with the German skinhead subculture in the 1990s and its presentation in the contemporary films Dazlak - Skinhead and Oi! Warning. Firstly, the theoretical part describes the origin and attributes of the skinhead subculture in Great Britain and its evolution in Germany. Afterwards, it focuses on the two films, puts them into the context of the history of the skinhead movement in Germany and introduces their storyline and characteristics. Furthermore, the presentation of skinheads in these films is analysed. The basis of the analysis are four theses, which the specialist literature defines for the skinheads characteristic: tendency to right-wing extremism, violence and aggression, the working-class origin and specific lifestyle characterized by listening to skinhead music, drinking alcohol and attending parties and concerts. Most of these statements are confirmed by the two films. However, both of them present the subculture in a different way. The black and white film Oi! Warning does not focus on the issue of right-wing extremism but on violence, aggression and skinhead lifestyle. For its overall aesthetics, tragic ending and the negative character of the "real" skinhead Koma, it can be argued that this film presents the subculture in a negative way. Dazlak - Skinhead tries to disprove...
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Jörg Haider's impact on the Austrian Free Party (FPÖ)
Floder, Daniel ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the impact of Jörg Haider on the development and changes of Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) mainly in the time of his chairmanship of the party on the federal level between the years 1986 and 2000, when the small party, troubled by infighting between the German-nationalist and the liberal wing, gradually transformed into a practically unified right-wing populist party. The aim of this thesis is to define the influence Haider had on his party given the party's exponential rise in popularity, a trend that culminated in the federal election of 1999, where the FPÖ won a staggering 26,9 % of votes. The research therefore focuses on Haider's personality and party governance, which includes his way of making decisions within the party, pushing through his ideas, dealing with the opposition of his party colleagues, and, last but not least, his political and ideological directing of the party. Haider's behaviour within the party, and in public, is also analysed in the thesis, with regards to the behaviour of the other members of the FPÖ. The thesis also deals with other time periods of Haider's life and the FPÖ's existence. One of these periods is the time before Haider became the chairman of the FPÖ to bring a better contextualization and understanding of the ideological...
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The Role of Investigative Journalism in a Democratic Society on the Example of Günter Wallraff
Hubeňáková, Monika ; Šmidrkal, Václav (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the topic of investigative journalism in a democratic society, on the example of Günter Wallraff, a pioneer of German investigative journalists. His work and methods are controversial and questioned, so I focused on what ethical and legal obstacles his two selected works had to overcome. I chose two reports - Informationen aus dem Hinterland and Ganz unten, from the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century. Both reports were filmed with a hidden camera and were therefore not accepted by the public at first, but after the Federal Constitutional Court's decision, the hidden camera search method was just recognized if it leads to the detection of misstatements. To answer the research questions, I worked with period archival articles and secondary literature. I have connected concrete information from the articles with the knowledge from secondary literature. Reconstructing the link between the two works, the motive of the whole work was journalism as the fourth power in the state, which ensures respect for human rights and freedoms and thus contributes to the maintenance of a democratic society.
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The Importance of two German-Czech European Battlegroups with regard to German-Czech Relations
Žemla, Daniel ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
The goal of this Bachelor thesis was to examine the importance of two German- Czech European Battlegroups with regard to German-Czech security relations. This thesis is concerned with the mutual security cooperation of both countries since 1990. It reveals a dynamic development in the bilateral relationships, especially a conciliation with the past, which has been a precondition for later successful cooperation. Differing historical experience projected into an attitude of both states towards their armed forces, which is noticeable until the present day. The thesis further analyzes the German role during the NATO enlargement in 1999 and discusses the military cooperation of the Czech Republic with the Federal Republic of Germany both in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union. The main emphasis is placed on the concept of European Battlegroups and its practical realisation in four particular examples: Czech-Slovak (2-2009), the first German-Czech (2-2012), the first Visegrad (1-2016) and the second German-Czech (2-2016) European Battlegroups. The thesis does not marginalize current developments and therefore in its conclusion focuses on the planned creation of the second Visegrad (2-2019) and the third German-Czech Battlegroups (2-2020). The data mainly comes from numerous...
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Asymmetry in Czech-German relationship and dealing with it in the sphere of economic co-operation
Bučková, Marie ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
The study deals with Czech-German economic relations during 1991 - 2016, viewed from the perspective of the theory of asymmetrical dyads. The Czech-German relationship can be perceived as asymmetrical on the basis of inequality between the political-economic possibilities of Czech Republic (CR) - the weaker and Germany - the stronger. Despite this, there are many common aspects such as foreign policy orientation and the nature of the economy. CR and Germany are in many respects compatible with each other and economically complementary. They have similar culture, are geographically close and there are many transactions between them. At the same time, they are connected by a common past and by overcoming conflicts issues. Despite many qualities of Czech-German relationship, the Czech side has traditionally addressed securing its security, freedom and prosperity. After the fall of the "Iron Curtain", Germany engaged in the political-economic transformation of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, which turned into a democratic system with market- oriented economy. The development of Czech-German economic relations for the CR meant chance for economic growth, access to technology and, within the framework of business cooperation, to global markets, in addition to the identical institutional context of NATO...
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Czech-German Future Fund as an Agent Sui Generis
Bráchová, Adéla ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
The thesis evaluates the work and the meaning of the Czech-German Future Fund as one of the key players in the role of deepening and hardening the Czech-German relations. The institution is characterized by the concepts of the soft power and of the reconciliation. The sources of the soft power are directly connected with the concept of the reconciliation. Namely it works with the sources of the foreign policy, the culture and the political values. These are connected with the prolongation of the Fund, Czech-German Journalist Prices and the announcement of the Topic of the Year. The Czech-German Fund was established on the basis of the Czech-German Declaration and its time of existence was initially restricted to 10 years. However, since its establishment in the year 1997 its existence has been extended twice already. The main aim of the work is to characterize the Czech- German Future Fund as a unique organisation of its kind on the background of the evolution of the Czech-German relationship. Besides the main concept of the soft power the work uses the concept of the reconciliation. Especially the four phases of the institution evaluation after the model of Lily Gardner Feldman: circumscription, growth, consolidation, revaluation. In the work, the both concepts are connected and examined closely...
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Analysis of the media representation of the Hungarian border barrier construction
Mildorfová, Michaela ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Lizcová, Zuzana (referee)
Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá analýzou mediálního obrazu výstavby pohraniční bariéry na maďarsko-srbské hranici. Text se částečně věnuje kontextu a politickému rozměru události, hlavní částí je rozbor mediální reflexe události v období červen - září 2015 ve třech českých denících, Mladé frontě DNES, deníku Právo a Hospodářských novinách, volba titulů má za cíl pokrýt různorodost zpravodajské scény. Výzkumná otázka je koncipována jako komparace oficiální reprezentace výstavby maďarskou stranou a reflexe události v českých zpravodajských denících - zda mediální obraz odpovídal oficiálnímu způsobu komunikace, popř. jaké jiné způsoby reprezentace převládaly. Pro vypracování byla zvolena kvalitativní metoda kritické diskurzivní analýzy dle přístupu T. Van Dijka, která umožnila definovat základní aktéry události a způsob jejich reprezentaci, na základě toho jsou definována nejtypičtější schémata komunikace, reflektující pozici Maďarska, mezinárodní reakce, podporovatele a odpůrce rozhodnutí a v neposlední řadě reprezentaci imigrace a uprchlíků v rámci tématu. Práce reflektuje mediální diskurz, který se týká problematiky bezpečnosti a ochrany státu a současně způsob reprezentace imigrantů v rámci specifické výseče v širokém spektru témat migrační krize.
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Cultural relations between Czechoslovakia and Germany in the 60's
Lizcová, Zuzana ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee) ; Handl, Vladimír (referee)
This dissertation deals with the role of culture in international relations and cultural interaction between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s. The first chapter contains the description of methodology, literature and resources retrieval, exact time and territorial definition of the topic, analysis of the term "culture" its role in the international relationships and a brief overview of differences between the realistic and liberal international relation theory approches to the problem. The second chapter describes the global situation in the given period, political and cultural development in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany and formation of their foreign policy towards the opposing cold-war camp. The third chapter summarizes the progressing political, economical and cultural contacts between the two countries and briefly mentiones the impact of existence of the German Democratic Republic and West Berlin on mutual relations. The fourth chapter elaborates on the Czechoslovak-Westgerman contacts in the field of film production and visual arts. In the last chapter the author summarizes her previous findings.
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