|
|
Media Presentation of Kosovo Ethnic Conflicts in 1980s
Janů, Adéla ; Králová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
This thesis analyses media coverage of Kosovo conflict in The New York Times and Rudé právo from March 11th, 1981 to June 26th 1990. Using critical discoursive analysis as main methodological concept, this paper will focus on typology (aggressor and victim) of Kosovo actors and its explanation. First part of the paper will introduce theoretical framework a brief historical circumstances of Kosovo event in 1980s. This will be followed by empirical part - linguistic and discoursive analysis of three selected actors in newspapers. Thesis will also argue that examined printed media, selected according to their location in bipolar world, reflected Kosovo actors very differently.
|
|
|
The train transports of Germans from Cheb region in 1946
Jaška, Petr ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kučera, Jaroslav (referee)
Thesis addresses the expulsion of Germans from Cheb region in 1946. Aim of my work was to map out the process in the region and compare its dynamics and parameters with countrywide numbers. I focused on expulsion trains were dispatched from the Cheb region into American and Soviet occupation zones. When mapping the process I used mainly archival materials SOKA Cheb and Cheb chronicle of the years 1945 - 1947. This work is a compilation of historical description and analysis. Based on the sources I was able to describe the whole process, although the accuracy of the numbers decrease at the end. This is mainly due to the lack of documentation to transports to the Soviet zone in the summer of 1946. Despite this deficiency that I found out that the process of expulsion from the Cheb region has been slowed compare to the countrywide numbers. Expulsion of Germans from the Cheb region culminated in the late summer and early autumn, so in a time when main wave of displacement of the German population in the whole country ended. Facility and equipment of transport trains have been according to standards set in the directives governing local authorities but manage and elaborated by the Ministry of the Interior. The main findings of the work is the fact that the expulsion of Germans from Cheb region had...
|
|
|
Analysis of Czech and German secondary vocational education
Smetana, Jiří ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kunštát, Miroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Analysis of Czech and German secondary vocational education" deals with the educational systems in both countries, focusing on secondary vocational education. In the first part of the paper, educational systems of both countries are presented in relation to the legislative framework as well as to the political debate on their possible changes. In the second part of the thesis, both systems of the secondary vocational education are thoroughly analyzed. The third part of the thesis consists of a case study that describes the collaboration between the company Gerresheimer Horšovský Týn and the Vocational School Domažlice. This cooperation leads to the adoption of some elements of German dual education system (Duale Ausbildung) into the Czech system of vocational education. At this point, the analysis is accompanied also by the examination of the reflection of this activity in the local newspaper called Domažlický deník. Based on the analysis of educational systems and vocational education in both countries, it is concluded that there are significant differences between the Czech and the German approach and that these differences cannot be overcome due to the current Czech legislation. However, the recent developments on the political scene in the Czech Republic are suggesting that some...
|
|
|
Rise of Renewable Energies in the Government of Gerhard Schröder 1998-2005
Lohnertová, Daniela ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
The aim of this work is to analyse the causes leading to the German 'green energy revolution'. The elections to the Bundestag in 1998 brought a significant change to the German political scene. By creating a coalition consisting of representatives of the social democrats and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, the sixteen years old coalition of CDU / CSU and FDP was interrupted. This break was the result of a long-term societal development and the impact of the anti-nuclear movement, which started its forming at the beginning of the 70th years. This phenomenon is described in the first chapter of this work. The red-green government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder enforced promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources and the gradual restriction of nuclear energy. The historical turning point in the conception of the Energy Policy brought the Renewable Energy Act, which sets fixed feed-in tariffs for electricity from renewable sources. It entered into force in the year 2000. The intensions that led to this decision are examined in the second chapter. A new concept of financing the social security system by implementation of an ecotax (Ökosteuer) and the development of innovative technologies designed by German industry count to the main reasons. Despite initial disagreements between the...
|
|
|
The Trial with the Protectorate Government
Havelková, Lenka ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kučera, Jaroslav (referee)
This thesis is focused on medial presentation of the trial with the protectorate government. On the case of this process I try to show how this historical trial was depicted on the pages of the periodical press Rudé právo, Lidová demokracie and Svobodné noviny. On the background of this analysis of the historical press I intend to picture the character of the afterwar years which had been characterized by groundbreaking changes within the czech society and the state. From this reason I pay attention to the question of the impact of the war on the exil london government's plans for the reconstruction of the postwar Czechoslovakia. Regarding the connection with all the postwar changes I try to picture the background of the origin of the retribution, both from the czech and foreign point of view. In consideration of the fact, that the retribution itself was a kind of means of coping with the past and starting a new period of existence, I also try do depict the political background of the trial with the protectorate government. Particularly I focus on the attempts to influence this trial and discussions, that had been circulating regarding the guilt and punishment of the defendants. The interests of the political representation were related to the media, which kept providing lots of information about...
|
|
|
German Media Houses on Polish Press Market
Rydlová, Lucie ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
Lucie Rydlová: German media houses on Polish press market Abstract This thesis examines the activity of the German media groups Axel Springer AG and Verlagsgruppe Passau on the Polish press market. These German publishers have taken advantage of the transformation and liberalization after 1990 and have massively invested in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In Poland, dailies were published by both of the aforementioned groups. Axel Springer AG produces the tabloid daily Fakt and between 2006 and 2009 the group produced the semi-tabloid Dziennik. Verlagsgruppe Passau has owned a variety of regional dailies (now merged under one umbrella and published only a few times a week). With regard to the historical burden on the relationship between Poland and Germany, the position of a German publisher in the field of opinion-forming media is rather difficult. This thesis compares the operation of the two aforementioned publishers on the Polish press market, with the focus on how they entered the market and expanded their business, on the influence of the publisher on the editorial slant, on the controversies with the Anti-Monopoly Office, and on their attitude towards their competitors and the Polish political representation. Activities beyond publishing and standards imposed in the parent and subsidiary...
|
|
|
First Generation of RAF in Selected Media
Janatková, Tereza ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Picka, Ondřej (referee)
Bachelor thesis "First Generation of RAF in Selected Media" focuses on the doings of the first generation of the terrorist group Red Army Fraction in years 1970-77 a its reflection in the Czechoslovakian press. First part pays attention to historical development of German society in 60's and to the student movement of 1968. One whole chapter is than dedicated to biography of the first generation leaders. Following part describes then the activities of Red Army Fraction from its start until the death of the first generation members in Stammheim. Briefly will be also mentioned in this chapter the second and third generation of RAF and its final seize of activities. Final part analyses the level of information about activities of first generation in Czechoslovakia, in particular in daily journals "Rude pravo" and "Prace". Further will be also discussed the development of Czech press since 1948 and its evaluation.
|
|
|
The Media Agenda of Daily The Times Prior the Invasion of Iraq and the Influence of Rupert Murdoch
Pavec, Jan ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Media agenda of daily The Times prior the Iraq War and the influence of Rupert Murdoch", using a content analysis, examines the nature of The Times reporting on Iraq prior the 2003 invasion. It also looks into an overlap of the coverage of the newspaper and the publicly declared opinions of its proprietor, Rupert Murdoch. Using historical analysis, we examine his influence on the paper. First chapter presents the theories of role of media in the public space and its relations with politics. Second chapter describes the influence of Rupert Murdoch on British politics since his entry of British media market in 1969 until the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Third chapter depicts the historical events prior the military action with special focus on British politics, the reaction of British media and public opinion. Fourth chapter contains the content analysis with the description of British media landscape, the depiction of examined daily and the content analysis method and its results. The conclusion presents the results of the content analysis, connects it to the theories of media- politics relations, depicted in the first chapter, and interprets them.
|
|
|
The Potsdam Agreement in the Reunited Germany
Lipenská, Dana ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with the document that determined the form of Central Europe after the Second World War. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first one is about the legal nature of the Potsdam Agreement, particularly if it can be considered as a valid international treaty, effectual for Germany. The core of the second part lies in the effect of this document on forming relations among Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia, later only the Czech Republic. As far as Poland is concerned (the crucial was particularly the change of boundaries and their anchoring in the Oder-Neisse line. Regarding Czechoslovakia the most important article is the article XIII, where it was decided to transfer German inhabitants orderly. Germans from Czechoslovakia established a Sudeten German expatriate association in Germany which just in time after the unification of Czechoslovakia began to develop an activity that was an essential element in the formation of official relations. There are different legal opinions, political documents and international treaties which the above mentioned states had concluded.
|
|
|
Discourse Analysis of Representation of the Greek Crisis in Wall Street Journal
Ešnerová, Eva ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
This thesis analyzes media representation of Greek crisis in the Wall Street Journal at the time of parliamentary elections in Greece in June 2012. Using the method of critical discourse analysis the thesis characterizes the specific representation, while focusing on the representation of key actors, their relationships and the economic program called austerity. This thesis argues that the representation reflects the discourse of neoliberalism, it demonstrates that it legitimizes the austerity plan and it identifies the means of argumentation, on which the discourse draws.
|
guest ::
RSS feed.