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Media image of "crazy" shooters: are media only the source of information or accomplices as well?
Pálková, Šárka ; Závozda, Petr (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on searching for relationship between school shootings and media coverage of these tragedies. The theoretical framework is based on media effects theory, especially on the theory of media violence, and it reflects significant empirical research in this course of study. The thesis describes the case of Columbine High School shooting in connection with so called copycat effect problem and it brings the concrete examples of such an influence. The crucial part of the text determines the three problematic areas of school shootings media coverage, which are explained by bringing out the concrete examples from around the world. Moreover, the thesis shows a solution how to better deal with these problematic areas of coverage. The thesis also concludes partial content analyses, which show the way how chosen Czech media coped with these problematic areas of school shootings media coverage. To be concrete, it analyses Lidové noviny, server iDnes.cz and Czech television news.
Aggression and Violence towards Educators - from the Perspective of Secondary School Educators
Franková, Monika ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
The master thesis entitled Aggression and Violence towards Educators - from the Perspective of Secondary School Educators elaborates the problem of aggression and violence in school. The theoretical part contents a general description of the phenomena aggression and violence, further it focuses on school aggression, violence among pupils (bullying, cyber bullying) and other forms of school violence. The main research problems of the thesis are two forms of school violence: these are aggression and violence of students towards educators and aggression and violence of parents towards educators. The focus is concentrated on various forms of verbal and physical aggression exerted towards educators. Related to aggression and violence towards educators the thesis also attends to cyber-harassment and to a heavy form of school violence as is school shooting. In the empirical part of the thesis the aggression and violence aimed towards teachers, caused by students and their parents as well, are inquired in detail in the research. The research has been done at secondary schools chosen. Herein is analyzed whether educators consider the problem of aggression and violence towards their own personality as topical, whether they did meet some forms of such violence or whether they did face some forms of cyber bullying and...

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