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Walt Disney's Animated Movies as a Tool of Second World War Propaganda
Křemenová, Aneta ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
This thesis examines Walt Disney's film work during World War II when he collaboratedwith the U.S. government to produce propaganda films that supported the war effort due to the financial crisis and future uncertainty. The use of animation during this period played an important role in promoting national pride, solidarity with allies or encouraging the public to take specific actions. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the concept of propaganda and the role of American animation as a significant propaganda tool during the war. Furthermore, it provides an overview of Walt Disney's life, career, and the various phases of his filmmaking. The practical part examines how the studio disseminated propaganda messages in its films through a qualitative analysis of three Disney films, analysing the conveyed messages, the portrayal of allies and enemies, and the techniques used. Through a study of Disney's wartime production, this thesis aims to contribute to the discourse on the function of film propaganda and the utilization of animation during this critical period in American history.
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Analysis of film and television content referring to the Czech underground produced before 1989
Vančura, Sebastian ; Groman, Martin (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The bachelor thesis Analysis of movie and television content referring to the Czech underground produced before 1989 focuses on the elements of communist propaganda in the nationwide campaign against the Czechoslovak underground in the 1970s. The thesis examines film and television content produced about the underground movement in the 1970s using qualitative discursive and content analysis method. In the theoretical part, I draw on literature and contemporary newspaper articles to add the historical context. I also present events that had an impact on the development of musical genres in socialist Czechoslovakia and the creation of the underground as a way of life. The next part presents a short history of the bands The Plastic People of the Universe and DG 307 and introduces the circumstances of the Kapela event of the clandestine State security. The last chapters of the theoretical part are devoted to propaganda and its use in film. In the practical part of the thesis, the film Atentát na kulturu (Assassination of Culture) and the episode Mimikry from the 30 případů majora Zemana (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman) TV series are analysed. In the conclusion, the most important findings of the analysis are summarized and the propaganda elements of the two analysed films are compared. The thesis aims to...
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Dramox, new VoD service
Benčová, Anežka ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Vodičková, Karolína (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the trend of video on demand services, including the presentation of several examples. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on Dramox, a platform of this type oriented towards streaming theatrical performances. The thesis describes the origin of Dramox, its features and also includes a chapter on copyright in relation to the performing arts. The practical part of the bachelor thesis deals with in-depth interviews with representatives of the theatres involved in the project, their comprehensive view of the platform and the experience gained so far. The thesis does not address the commercial use of this medium and the business case, due to the theatres' and Dramox's disinterest in sharing internal data.
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Media Presentation of Miroslav Zikmund and Jiri Hanzelka in the years 1947-1970
Horký, Petr ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Mikuláš, Peter (referee) ; Hádková, Jana (referee)
Media Presentation od Miroslav Zikmund and Jiri Hanzelka in the years 1947-1969 Abstract Author: Petr Horký Department: FSV UK, Department of Media Studies Supervisor: Prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D. Miroslav Zikmund (1919-2021) and Jiří Hanzelka (1920-2003) were Czech travelers who, in the years 1947-1967, realized two great journeys together with the original plan of circumnavigating the globe. Their motivation was not only to get to know foreign countries, but to present and defend the commercial interests of Czechoslovakia, also to offer Czechoslovak goods and to establish new business contacts for their country. Already during the first journey, however, there was a communist coup in Czechoslovakia (1948) and most of the prearranged agreements were cancelled. However, because they sent engaging reports from their travels, and after their return their books and films received phenomenal success, soon this pair, known by the abbreviation H+Z (or Z+H), became one of the best-known public figures alongside athlete Emil Zátopek. At the time of the Prague Spring, i.e. until 1968, they performed publicly and openly, even some people could Jiří Hanzelka nominat for the presidency of the republic. After 1970, by occupying Warsaw Pact troops, the communist regime did everything to silence the two travelers....
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Perestroika on ČST screens. Transformation of the depiction of political events 1986-1989 in the main news program Televizni noviny
Růžička, Daniel ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Dudková, Jana (referee) ; Hádková, Jana (referee)
1 z 21 UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH VĚD Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky Studijní program: Mediální a komunikační studia Teze dizertační práce Přestavba na obrazovkách ČST. Proměna zobrazování politických událostí 1986-1989 v hlavní zpravodajské relaci Televizní noviny Autor dizertační práce: MgA. Daniel Růžička Vedoucí práce: prof. MgA. Martin Štoll, Ph.D. 2 z 21 1 Téma a cíl práce 1.1 Dizertační práce se zaměřuje na historii československé přestavby v letech 1986-1989 a na roli Československé televize coby hromadného sdělovacího prostředku v tomto období. Práce představuje 23 vybraných politických událostí, které se odehrávaly v Československu a Sovětském svazu a byly pro proces změny stěžejní, a analyzuje, jakým způsobem o těchto událostech státní televize informovala. Na základě této analýzy pak zpětně ukazuje, jakou fakticky ČST roli ideologického nástroje KSČ plnila. 1.2 Když ve druhé polovině 80. let minulého století začala Komunistická strana Československa do své politiky zavádět program přestavby hospodářského mechanismu, nešlo o výsledek marxisticko-leninských analýz nebo vlastních dlouholetých zkušeností a z nich plynoucího rozhodnutí. Podnět přišel ze Sovětského svazu, kde Komunistická strana Sovětského svazu v čele s generálním tajemníkem Michailem Gorbačovem...
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Media construction of a socially major phenomenon of child abuse and related topics in the context of the document V síti
Košelková, Zuzana ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis is dedicated to the media construct of the socially serious phenomenon of child abuse on the Internet in the context of the documentary Caught in the Net. The thesis aims to determine how the media reflect this issue and which aspects are accentuated. In the theoretical part of the thesis, serious social problems related to the phenomenon of child abuse on the Internet are summarized. Furthermore, the topic is placed in the context of new media, and terms such as media discourse or agenda setting are being defined here. In addition to the description of the applicable legislation related to the issue, the theoretical part of the work also contains a summary of previous studies and already implemented research investigations related to the phenomenon of child abuse. The document Caught in the Net is also briefly described. In the practical and analytical part of the work, the effort was devoted to the actual implementation of the research investigation and the subsequent evaluation and interpretation of the data found. The research was carried out using a qualitative method, specifically through content analysis and semi-structured interviews. Grounded theory procedures were used to analyze the articles (Strauss & Corbinová , 1999). Using the paradigmatic model, the following...
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Methods of narration in czech podcasts
Melmuková, Anna ; Groman, Martin (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on methods of narration in czech podcasts. It contains an analysis of podcast formats in the form of drama podcast and documentary podcast in the context of the Czech podcast scene. The main goal of the paper is to define both of these genres, characterize their features and evaluate the ways in which they tell stories. A total of twelve podcasts were selected for analysis, on which the methods of narration will be examined. The selected podcasts are Zkouškový, Stopař, Neklid, Rozchod, Rituál, Hrana, Hranice násilí, Zhasni!, Svatebky, Základka, Pohřešovaná a Anatomie strachu, which will be analyzed on the basis of audionarratological analysis, which is based on verbal and non-verbal signs in the context of the audio medium. The results of the analysis of drama podcasts show that in their case sound design is very important. Primarily in the form of musical undertones and sound effects revealing other levels of storytelling. In all cases, their intention is to provide an authentic experience and build an attractive environment for listeners. On the contrary, the analysis of documentary podcast shows that there are two groups of documents with different approaches. The first group consists of documents based only on statements without much use of sound design, when it is mainly...
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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on streaming services and their users
Měska, Tomáš ; Kruml, Milan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
This thesis examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on streaming services and their users. It aims to shed light on how the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the government measures and lockdowns that stifled social life and locked people in their homes for weeks, affected the use of streaming platforms by their users. This thesis focuses on the main characteristics and types of streaming services, the basic concepts associated with them, and looks at the production of new content as well as their distribution models. The subsequent section discusses the coronavirus and its impact on social behaviour, and then in particular the impact on the film industry in terms of production, content, cinema and film festival operations and of course the streaming services themselves. The final segment of the thesis then analyses and interprets the data collected in the questionnaire survey. Respondents' answers provide the basis for finding solutions to the research questions, which identify which streaming services users use, how many they use concurrently, how much time they spend watching streaming content, what categories of content they watch, or in what ways they use the services, for example in terms of devices or in comparison to other types of media.
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Media Conflicts in the Issue of Calamities in the Czech Forests
Minkovová, Beatriz ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
Forests form an integral part of both the natural and cultural wealth of the Czech Republic. Similar to other countries, these forests are also plagued by various calamities. Various actors comment on these calamities in the media, between whom conflict sometimes arises due to conflicting opinions, attitudes, interests or experiences. It is media conflicts in the issue of calamities in Czech forests that are the subject of this diploma thesis. The introduction is followed by a theoretical part presenting the main concepts of the work, which are forests and harmful agents that cause forest calamities. Since conflicts between actors often have a legal character, the theoretical part describes the legal regulation regarding forests in the Czech Republic. The next part is the methodological part, in which the research questions are defined, which consist in determining the main conflicts, groups of actors and the specification of forests and forest disasters. Quantitative content analysis was chosen to find the answers to the set research questions. The methodological part is followed by the practical part, in which the data is analyzed and the answers are explained. The results are then summarized in the conclusion of the work. Keywords forest, calamity, conflict, actors
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Vít Klusák's films - manipulation or author's originality?
Šipanová, Marie ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Horký, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with Vít Klusák's documentary movies. Klusák is currently among the most prominent documentarists in the Czech Republic and is also a pedagogue at the most prestigious Czech film school, FAMU. Several main characters of his documentaries, social actors, accused him of manipulating them into talking or acting in a way they would not normally perform. In the past, several journalists opened the topic of manipulation of social actors. Moreover, it is also a topic of the commentary section in the Czech and Slovak online movie database (ČSFD) and in Czech Television iVysílání (online streaming platform) discussions. The aim of this thesis is to find out what makes Klusák's work this specific and whether we can claim that he manipulates social actors, or if it is the author's original and unique approach to documentary movies. To describe the specifics of Klusák's work, I will make a qualitative content analysis of six films that he directed or co-directed (Klusák usually co-directs with Filip Remunda). The focus will be on the director's work with social actors as well as theme inspiration, sound work, and others. The analysis will show what features are typical for Vít Klusák and whether any of them can be called manipulation.
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