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Medium in the process of change:photography from smartphones and other mobile devices in the context of professional photojournalism
Králová, Pavla ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The diploma thesis Medium in the process of change: photography from smartphones and other mobile devices in the context of professional photojournalism analyzes the use of smartphones and smartphone photography in current professional photojournalism. In the first part of the thesis, the main focus is mainly on theory. It describes the pictorial turn, current trend in vizualizing information and the retreat from text n behalf of visual information. The second part is devoted to the description of the historical approaches to photography and the ganges of the photography from analog to digital to smartphone photography. The third part of the thesis focuses on description of smartphones and tablets and it also focuses on the description on smartphone and tablet applications for editing and sparing of pictures. The fourth part analyzes the use of smartphones and smartphone photography in media by media professionals. It focuses on the use of smartphone photography by war photographers and by other professional photographers in distant countries, natural disasters or at sporting events. The last part is devoted to detailed interviews with professional photojournalists Tomáš Tesař and Milan Jaroš who have professional experiences with smartphone photography.
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Myths and stereotypes in advertising photography
Bušková, Helena ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis Myths and stereotypes in advertising photography (Týden and Elle magazines) focuses on meanings carried by advertising photographs and on ways used to connect these meanings with products. The aim of the thesis is to find out, how these images show stereotypes and myths shared in society. The theoretical part of the thesis concerns first of all the theory of representation and theory of signs in semiology. It focuses especially on how these signs work in advertising photography and how the meaning is transferred between displayed objects. Furthermore, it introduces the theory of myth in the work of Roland Barthes and possible involvement of ideology and stereotypes in advertising photography. The analytical part examines advertising photographs in Týden and Elle magazines, using the semiological method. The aim of the analysis is to find out, how the concepts and ideas in advertising photography differ between a serious and a lifestyle magazine. It points out the main stereotypes and myths, that appear in the photographs, with an emphasis on gender stereotypes, which prevail there. The analysis focuses on the ways men and women are pictured in terms of activity and passivity, a role in life, expected characteristics and profession. In conclusion, the thesis compares the two...
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Contemporary war photography and ethics
Vítková, Kateřina ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis Contemporary war photography and ethics focuses on ethical aspects of the profession of being war photojournalist and war photography itself. The aim of the thesis is to describe specific ethical dilemmas related to war photography from classic issues as imaging acts of violence and their victims to different ways of influence the profession in order to control the picture of war in minds of the public. The thesis defines war photography and its function as well as the profession of war photojournalists itself. It describes specific ethical issues and enumerates the most respected codes of ethics. The last part of the thesis focuses on the relation between media and civil and military authorities and outlines the main milestones in development of media strategy of United States of America and other western countries since the Vietnam war.
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A photo-essay and a reportage photography on the Internet versions of the world-known newspapers or news magazines
Šinková, Veronika ; Lábová, Alena (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The end of the 21st century was marked by major technological changes. These changes, especially the invention of digital photography and the Internet, also affected the area of photography. During this period, while print media are in a crisis, the web is rapidly becoming the new source of media content. The area of photojournalism is one of the first to respond to these changes by creating multimedia sections in online versions of newpaper and news magazines. The thesis "A photo-essay and a reportage photography on the Internet versions of the world-known newspapers and news magazines" is about the transfer of photography from the pages of newspapers to web sites. The whole thesis is then divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The first chapter is focused on the very changes brought by this transition - since the creation of the citizen journalism to the issue of the copyright. Then, there are defined the terms " a photo-essay" and " a reportage photography" that are important for the second half ot the text. The analytical part, which is based on the content analysis, examines four photo-essays selected from the American news magazine Time. At the end the thesis provides practical conclusions arising from the transition of photography and photojournalism to the web by comparasion of...
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Photography as a medium of instant communication
Drahoňovská, Tereza ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
This thesis follows changes in basic functions of photography in the history, as well as in actual days. Theoretical part covers development of photography in way of forming its communication function and focuses on changes causing partial turnover in main usage of photography. The work as well refers about problematic of influencing access and distribution of pictures with Web 2.0 conception and social networks boom. It analyzes current development of brand new photography functions, such as self-presentation and communication. The second part of the thesis covers current usage and consuming photography in the field of amateur photographs. As part of the research a survey was published questioning this theme together with photography on the social networks, such as Facebook and Flickr. Its results analysis takes place in the second part as well. Its purpose is revealing the concrete changes currently influencing the consumption of photography.
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Citizen photojournalism - amateurs as photoreporters
Votavová, Barbora ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis Citizen Photojournalism - Amateurs as Photoreporters deals with increasing citizen participation in creating visual media content which has seen big growth over the last decade thanks to development of communications and information technology. The thesis is divided into three separate parts. The first part focuses on theoretical definition of citizen journalism and photojournalism phenomena. It shows how big impact the new technologies have on journalism amateurisation and also remarks on relationship between amateurs interfering with media and professionals. Second part of the bachelor thesis describes social networks and internet services that contributed to expansion of visual journalism by enabling photo sharing and publishing. Some examples of these include Flickr, Twitter or photography agency Demotix. Third part looks into concrete examples of amateur photos making their way into media as a full-fledged news material - for example London 2005 terrorist attacks or Arab Spring in 2011. All three parts emphasise print and electronic media.
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Confrontation of work of photoeditors in selected Czech and American Newspapers
Zapotilová, Mariana ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
Graduation thesis entitled "Confrontation of work of photo editors in selected Czech and American periodicals" discusses the important profession of photo editors in the Czech Republic and the United States and attempts to compare it in these two different countries. In the first part I would like to briefly outline the history of photojournalism in the Czech Republic and the United States and describe the aspects which influenced it during two centuries. In the next chapter I focus on notions, since not everyone is familiar with the position and powers of newspaper photo editors, and the types of photographs the journalism operates with. Here I explain the emergence of the profession which is much younger than actual photojournalism. In the research section I want to - through the use of interviews with several professional photographers and photo editors - explain the various procedures and newsroom routines. I focus mainly on the habits and processes, that go before the capturing the photograph, and subsequent decision-making process in selecting images for the newspapers. I also briefly compare the problems of education and training in the field of visual journalism. In one of the chapters I turn to the newspaper photo captions and on the basis of illustrative examples I try to answer the question how...
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Photography, news, photojournalism, daily news, Barack Obama, Právo, Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES, Blesk
Špitálská, Andrea ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
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Tag phenomenon on Flickr.com and its impact on interpretion extension of photography
Janda, Filip ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Turek, Pavel (referee)
I Abstract The first chapter of the thesis is devoted to the Flickr.com website and its evolution from its foundation until the present and to the posibility of its usage as a news source. The second chapter further explores the concept of folksonomy itself, it presents its definition, the basic approaches to its typology and singly it disserts on tag, on its forms and functions on the Flickr.com website. In the third chapter we will elaborate on the status of photography in its digital form, on its unstability and predisposition to be subject to language. The forth chapter puts forward the characteristics of text in the sphere of Internet, that of its nonlinearity, and it goes on about titles, captions and text as such in relation to photography. The fifth chapter then details the ability of tags to influence the perception of photography in the cyberspace and it addresses another phenomenon, that of the notes. The sixth and the last chapter presents the results of the "Flickrdream" research, whose objective was to find out to what degree are the tags in relation with photos on Flickr capable to comply with representation of such a complex phenomenon as a dream.
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