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Free speech on the Internet and censorship as a way to protectusers' privacy
Brišová, Jana ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to provide a complex analysis of free speech on the internet, violation of this right and ways how to protect own privacy in cyberspace. It is based on a theoretical exploration of protection of free speech, right to privacy and collision of these rights. Based on this theoretical analysis this thesis seeks to provide a comprehensive analysis of the cyberspace as a space enabling free speech as well as violating the right to privacy. This thesis also explores the responsiveness of the Internet to the users' demands on privacy, violations of the right to freedom of expression, and censorship of the Internet, as demonstrated by the case studies of countries taking these steps. This is followed by a research of ways to circumvent Internet censorship, including the possibility of anonymity on the Internet. Anonymity is also discussed as a tool to protect privacy as well as source of dangers.
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The transformation of Czech version of men's magazine Playboy from the origin until present
Hrůzová, Lenka ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Miessler, Jan (referee)
This work examines the thematic composition and functioning of the Czech Playboy edition, which has been published in the Czech Republic since 1991. Since it is a licensed periodical, in addition to the local mutation, the American title has been analysed, which has been undergoing significant changes in recent years, affecting the composition of the magazine content. For better context, a competitive periodical in the form of the monthly magazine Esquire was included into the research. This magazine is available on local market since the 1996 and with magazines like ForMen or ElleMan they are in fact the only competition in the men's magazine market. The aim is to find out how the content of the Czech Playboy mutation has changed over time, namely since its start-up in Czechoslovakia in 1991 till the year 2018. The method of quantitative content analysis was used for this purpose. Its results were further compared with the data obtained from the analysis of the American origin, as well as the domestic mutations of Esquire. The author drew theoretical information from book and digital sources. However, in the absence of freely accessible information about Playboy's internal operations, she acquired it through interviews with the people who contributed to the launch of the magazine or those who...
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Alena Slezáková and her position in media. Biographical study
Zavřelová, Monika ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Trunečková, Ludmila (referee)
Thesis Alena Slezáková and her position in media. Biographical study deals with career of a journalist, who has witnessed during her activie years in media important events of Czech and Czechoslovakian history. Since the year 1964 she worked in Lidová demokracie, Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES and magazines Naše rodina and Týden. In the year 1969 she was forbidden from entering parliament. She was allowed to return after Velvet Revolution, when she also started to work on education of young and beginning journalists. In the end of her career, right before she retired, she became a book reviewer. This biographical study uses method of oral history, which means that author of this thesis interviewed Alena Slezáková regularly. It also uses method of qualitative content analysis of her texts, that informed about events in politics and society in Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia. Thesis also mentions important historic affairs, so the life and work of Slezáková can me contextualized. Aim of this thesis was not only to describe life of Alena Slezáková but also to outline transformations in media she witnessed - censorship and its dissolution, new media law and transformation of party's press. Part of this thesis are also two hypotheses which were confirmed. During the research it was shown that events...
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News Sources about Polities Used by University Students in the Context of Subjects of Their Study
Sílešová, Adéla ; Jirků, Jan (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The diploma thesis examines the attitudes of Czech university students towards information about politics. The subject of interest also lays in news sources which students use to get information from and in focus on the differences in students' attitudes related to their fields of study. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical one introduces Czech media landscape and its characteristics, describes Czech university students and shows some international comparison. Related literature review follows. The base of this thesis is its practical part. It introduces the conducted research into detail. It describes its goals, methods and analysis used and, in the end, it shows the findings.
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Media image constucted by traditional and new media: Comparative analysis of the media representation on the example of the 2018 presidential elections
Houdková, Eliška ; Jirků, Jan (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
With the beginning of the Internet era a lot of the traditional media characteristics along with the classic media theories changed. The foundations of this diploma thesis are built on the question whether the traditional media and the new media are constructing different media images. The topic is further analyzed in the chapters about the construction of reality, media convergence, agenda-setting theory or social network. The analytical parts studied the main sources - television and social network - on the example of the Czech presidential election in 2018. After the data were gathered there were stated thirteen topic clusters and each unit of the collected data was categorized into those. There was also categorization on sources and the amount of representation of every candidate. After analyzing these data a comparison was made and after that a conclusion whether there are any differences between traditional and new media.
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Political tabloid press on examples of titles "Na vlastní oči Praha 10" and "Na vlastní oči"
Komrska, Jiří ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The main goal of this diploma thesis was to find patterns on the pages of Na vlastní oči (With One's Own Eyes) title that define gutter press in its specific form of political tabloid. The analysis was concerned with the time period from 2016 to 2019 during which the said title was published in total of four waves each of which related to the relevant pre-election campaign. The Na vlastní oči title was initially published anonymously and only later Jan Čížek, publisher of the regional town-hall newspaper and a Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD) candidate, claimed to be the publisher. SPD subsequently became the final sponsor of the newspaper. In the first wave of publishing activity, the authors of the title focused on a disparaging campaign against the then-candidate for the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Parliament and, in a broader context, against the whole opposition within the City Council of the Prague 10 City Ward. In its later publications, the newspaper dealt mostly with topics aimed at spreading fear of an unspecified danger associated with the refugee crisis and concerns about the unknown in the form of the Islamic Religion which was always associated with the threat of terrorism. In the context of its election programme, SPD also communicated groundless criticism...
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Jaroslav Hašek - author of short stories, journalist and politics
Felenda, Šimon ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The diploma thesis analyzes and compares three life and social roles of one of the most well-known writers of Czech literature, Jaroslav Hasek. Specifically, it is his role as a storyteller, a journalist and a politician. My work is focused on the analysis of the blend and differences between these roles pertaining to the development and context of both the time period and Hasek. The analysis is divided into several parts and it tries to view Hasek from different points of view. Specifically, it deals with the author's historical genesis, then with the narratological analysis of short stories and finally the content analysis associated with the reference to Jaroslav Hasek's language resources.
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