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Television fanship and the phenomenon of game. History-sociological study of television fanship
Veselský, Matouš ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Vávra, Martin (referee)
The goal of the diploma thesis is to describe basic characteristics of mediate fanship, which we interprate as a specific form of game. In theoretical part we discuss typologies of fans, concept of flow and antropological and philosophical interpretations of game. We also present some aspects of modernity. Diploma thesis uses qualitative research and it combines three methods: archival research, observation and interviews. The aim of archival research done in the archive of the Czech television si to describe transformation of televison fanship in time. We discuss that this phenomenon is not a matter of the last twenty years and that it has its own history. Observations and interviews brings us to nowadays. We combine perspective of an observer with the data taken from interviews. Ten interviews were made during the research.
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Same-sex registered partnership in the Czech Republic - institutionalization and changing attitudes of the society
Keltošová, Jana ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Dudová, Radka (referee)
5 Abstract This master's thesis analyzes a family as a crucial element of each society. It also depicts its functions and presents possible forms of interpersonal relationships. The Czech Republic is one of the countries in which it is possible to identify existence of several forms of interpersonal relationships - a concubinage of heterosexual and same- sex couples, married couples and people in a registered partnership. Personal attitudes have been evolving over time and the Czech Republic is no exception. The change of attitudes and points of view towards homosexuality and its gradual acceptance have been present within the Czech society for decades. These changes finally led to legalization of the registered partnership in 2006. Even though the Czech modern society is trying to eliminate discriminating attitudes, homoparental families still do not have the same legal certainty and social security as heterosexual families with children do. Inequality as per current Czech laws exists even between a marriage and a registered partnership. The Czech Republic needs to take steps in order to guarantee equality of all family forms. The empirical part of the thesis provides an analysis of the Czech sociological surveys in order to identify to what degree the Czech heterosexual majority tolerates and accepts the...
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Archiving Social Research Data from the Viewpoint of Czech Social Science Data Archive
Vávra, Martin
Czech Social Science Data Archive is now an established research infrastructure within the Czech Republic and also it is a part of the European research infrastructure through CESSDA organization. The presentation will address the opportunities and constraints associated with data archiving and sharing in the social sciences. Emphasis will be placed on used standards (for metadata, keywords) and tools (on-line database solution) and on how these standards and tools help to develop a pan-European system of data services in the social sciences.
Fulltext: Fulltext_Vavra_EN -  PDF
Slides: prezentace_Vavra_CZ - PDF; prezentace_Vavra_EN - PDF
Video: NUSL2018-Vavra -  MP4
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Exchange of views presented on Facebook - discussions and its actors
Pešek, Pavel ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
The thesis "Exchange of views presented on Facebook - discussions and its actors" deals with discussion threads on Facebook. In theoretical part the author aims to look at Facebook as a separate internet medium that requires an active interaction from its users. He deals with Marshall McLuhan's and Erving Goffman's theory and aims to work with the evolution of the social network. In practical part the author focuses on the Facebook discussion threads itself and on its actors. To cope with his research problem, he uses two qualitative methods, discourse analysis of Facebook's discussion threads and semi- structured interviews. He tries to distinguish whether there are any interaction patterns, discourse terminology used by debaters within the discussion threads and he also aims to describe Facebook discussion threads from overall perspective. In semi-structured interviews the main goal is to reveal a motivation to present an opinion online.
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Employment and leisure time in socialism and today
Zahrádková, Eva ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Havlík, Radomír (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the state of present society and society before 1989 in terms of leisure time society and society of work from the point of view of shop assistants. I would like to approach and understand the phenomenon of work and the very connected phenomenon of free time. We hear this statement very often - "I do not have time for it." However this phenomenon is not new, this phenomenon has already appeared in czech research in 1960s. Based on automation and shortening working hours, since the second half of the 20th century, the amount of leisure time should increase. In 1960s, some theoreticians began to claim that society of work is at the end and moving to leisure time society. But is that really fact? Do we live in a society of work or in a leisure time society? Or none of these options are true? And what about society before 1989? And do work and leisure time differ in different social settings - I mean state socialism and parliamentary democracy? I would like to answer these questions through semi-structured interviews with shop assistants.
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Czechoslovak intelligence service in Peru during the normalization period
Spurný, Martin ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Německý, Marek (referee)
Diploma thesis is about the activities of Czechoslovak intelligence service in Peru between 1970 and 1989. The main aim of the thesis is a detailed description and analysis of archival documents. The thesis is divided into the theoretical and empirical parts. The theoretical part describes the context and history of the communist security services. In the theoretical part is also defining the use of discourse analysis and special attention is devoted to communist ideology. The empirical part is further divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the description of the intelligence hierarchy, its activities, political context and the role of other secret services. The second part focuses on exploring argumentation strategies, labeling social actors using discursive analysis. At the end of the thesis, research questions concerning the activity and language of a specific workplace of the Czechoslovak intelligence service are answered.
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The transformation of lifestyle of Czech youth over 1989
Malá, Michaela ; Šafr, Jiří (advisor) ; Vávra, Martin (referee)
In my diploma thesis The transformation of lifestyle of Czech youth over 1989 I focus on the transformations of the Czech youth after 1989 in terms of their lifestyle. The concept of lifestyle that I work with incorporates primarily the subject of free time spending and of this youth's values. Ever since the birth of the liberal Czech society, we have been witnessing the progressing process of globalization and development in the field of technologies and internet which are influencing the ways how the leisure time is being spent and how the lifestyles are being shaped. The main goals of this work are (1) to examine the transformation of the frequency of activities those are in this work defining the concept of lifestyle among Czech youth after 1989, (2) to determine whether the structure and content of leisure activities have changed, and (3) to ascertain which determinants were influencing free-time tendencies of the Czech youth. In order to meet the above-mentioned goals I applied comparative secondary data analysis based on the research called Transformation of Social Structure 1991 and on international research on pupils PISA-L 2003. Keywords Sociology of Youth, Lifestyle, Leisure, Values, Czech Youth, Adolescent, Generation
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The Humanities versus the Technical Education - The Analysis of the Media Discourse in Nationwide Czech Newspapers (Comparison of Discourse Produced in 1990/1 and 2015)
Bartůňková, Dana ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Řezníková, Sylva (referee)
Diploma thesis The Humanities versus the Technical Education - The Analysis of the Media Discourse in Nationwide Czech Newspapers (Comparison of Discourse Produced in 1990/1 and 2015) is trying to cover the most significant differences and similarities between two media discourses and also their change related to a social transformation caused by the political transformation. This thesis is divided into a theoretical part and an empirical part. The theoretical part focuses on a transformation of a definition of terms in dictionaries and encyclopaedias. The theoretical part also deals with the Humanities and Technical Education discussion not only in Czech but also abroad. By applying a critical discourse analysis the empirical part analyses an education discourse in Nationwide Czech Newspapers in the two periods (in 1990/1 and in 2015). A goal of this thesis is cover these two discourses, social actors, main themes and arguments. The conclusion of the empirical part is made of a comparison of these discourses and of a demonstration of the differences and similarities. Key words: humanities, technical education, media discourse, critical discourse analysis
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Image of the enemy in the discourse of security forces
Jeřábková, Darina ; Vávra, Martin (advisor) ; Cviklová, Lucie (referee)
The "internal enemy" was a formal term heavily represented in the language of the State Security (a secret service of the Czechoslovak Republic and Czechoslovak Socialist Republic), denoting a specified category of opponents to the then regime. The State Security's task was to protect the socialist and social system by fighting the external and internal enemies, with the security forces having been the authorities deciding who met the criteria. The thesis entitled "The Internal Enemy Image in the Discourse of Security Forces" aims to find out how the discourse of the State Security defined the term "internal enemy". The thesis is divided into the theoretical and empirical parts. The empirical part applies the qualitative analysis of the discourse to search for the characteristic of the term "internal enemy". All of the texts analysed in the thesis come from the Security Services Archive, administering relevant files of the era, and date back to the 1950s-1980s.
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