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The rise of the robo-journalists: What human journalists think of the creativity of their AI colleagues
Ellekrog, Ole Bøgh ; Macková, Veronika (advisor) ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (referee)
The limits and potentials of robo-journalism and Artificial Intelligence (AI), which has entered journalism in recent years, are important to track and predict. To do this, this thesis interviewed and surveyed five top researchers and eight journalists from newsrooms across Europe, all working closely with AI. Specifically, the thesis focuses on creativity, a concept that has been suggested as a potential limit to AI. In the thesis, a list of places where AI is already in use and a list of tasks in journalism that require creativity are compiled and compared. Potential limits to AI and potential threats posed by AI are also identified. Further, a mini-Turing Test is conducted, suggesting that human texts may be preferable to readers, no matter its content. In the end, the thesis concludes that AI in journalism is on the verge of surpassing humans in certain tasks but that it may never be able to mimic "the human touch" of creative journalism. Keywords Artificial Intelligence, AI, robo-journalism, journalism, creativity, creative journalism, European journalism, the human touch, Turing Test,
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Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for membership in journalists'organisations in Denmark
Hodina, Stanislav ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
Tato bakalářská práce se pomocích hloubkových rozhovorů a následné analýzy snaží nalézt odpověď na to jaké jsou vnitřní a vnější motivace pro členství v novinářských organizacích v Dánsku. V teoretických kapitolách práce je nejprve stručně představena historie dánské žurnalistiky. Následuje podkapitola porovnávající západního a dánského novináře. Poslední podkapitola se věnuje novinářským svazům, především tomu dánskému. Třetí kapitola popisuje metodologii hloubkových rozhovorů - od přípravy po analýzu. Praktická část bakalářské práce je složena ze samotné analýzy. Hloubkové rozhovory byly provedeny na vybraném vzorku novinářů v Dánsku. Abstract This bachelor's thesis seeks to find an answer to what are the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for membership in journalism organizations in Denmark through in-depth interviews and subsequent analysis. The theoretical chapters of the thesis first briefly introduce the history of Danish journalism. This is followed by a subchapter comparing Western and Danish journalists. The last subchapter focuses on journalists' associations, especially the Danish one. The third chapter describes the methodology of in-depth interviews - from preparation to analysis. The practical part of the bachelor thesis consists of the actual analysis. In-depth interviews were...
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Driven out by Putin's Invasion. Interviews with Refugees from Ukraine
Kramlová, Jana ; Klimeš, David (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the journalistic coverage of war refugee stories. The core of thethesis is a practical part containing a set of journalistic interviews with refugees who have beendisplaced from their homes by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The theoretical part presents both the history and context of today's conflict and also addresses the topic of Ukrainian national identity. Methodologically, it deals with war journalism and interviewing. The practical part then addresses the research question that focuses on the change of identity of therefugees and factors that have shaped their new identity through journalistic interviews with sixrefugees. These factors turn out to be family ties, the language barrier in the Czech Republic orthe fear of having nowhere to return to. The respondents also frequently mention the influenceof the media on identity formation or pride in their country's resistance to Russian aggression. The paper also aims to enrich the existing findings on the practice of interviewing war refugees.It confirms existing theoretical findings on conducting interviews with people who have lived through traumatic experiences and provides insights from working with them.
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The role and position of the journalistic profession in the perspective of journalism students
Součková, Barbora ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
This master's diploma thesis examines journalism students' attitudes towards the journalism profession and their perceptions of the field of journalism. The thesis develops its main theme on several levels. Important perspective represents students' thinking about the ethical aspects of journalism, as well as their motivation - not only to study the field of journalism but also to pursue it in practice in the sense of employment or career. This thesis explores these themes via qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduate journalism students from three Czech universities. Specifically, students from Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, and Palacký University in Olomouc. The work includes not only the perspectives of students who have encountered the field in academic terms but also those, who have direct experience with it in practice, i.e. from the newsrooms of various Czech media. Research began to focus on the perspectives of journalism students in the late 20th century. Since then, there has been a lot of research on this topic all over the world. But this approach has not yet been reflected a greater extent in professional academic works in the Czech Republic. Therefore, it is important to raise these questions....
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Online harassment among male and female journalists in Nepal and its impact on their work
Manandhar, Akriti ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Lábová, Sandra (referee)
Online harassment of journalists is a growing concern worldwide as more journalists report burnouts, fatigue and desire to quit journalism. This research was based on in-depth interviews of five male and five female Nepali journalists. It aimed at investigating the forms of online harassment journalists face in Nepal, the impacts it has on them and the strategies they employ to deal with it. It was of research interest to examine differences in harassment experiences of male and female journalists. Results showed the common forms of harassment journalists face are cyberstalking, sexual harassment, gendered harassment, manipulation and intimidation. Due to this, journalists decreased social media usage and self-censored themselves on it. It led to fears of physical harm, judgement and being discredited. Most interviewed journalists ignored it considering it a part of their job. Complaining about harassment bore no positive results. Women from the sample faced comparatively more sexual and gendered harassment, with harassment being more personal and of higher intensity. This had adverse impacts on some female interviewees leading them to quit social media and the profession altogether, which further increases gender gap in the heavily male-dominated industry. Younger and less experienced journalists...
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The border: Series of radio interviews mapping the fates of war refugees from Ukraine
Sedláčková, Berta ; Lovaš, Karol (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Through a radio interview series, this bachelor thesis deals with war refugees residing in the Czech Republic and partly in Slovakia. The theoretical part of the thesis aims to describe interviews as one of the most widespread journalist genres, with an emphasis on radio interviews as it is a crucial component of the practical part of the thesis. Furthermore, the theoretical part outlines the specifics and types of radio interviews. In the following chapters, the thesis aims to briefly describe the reasons for choosing this particular thesis form and topic, and more importantly, to set it in the current context. Finally, the last section introduces the procedures and methods used in creating the radio interview series, explains the process of interviewees' election, and provides an elaborate description of the production and postproduction of the practical part of the bachelor thesis. The practical part consists of the radio interview series called The Border, which contains three approximately twelve-minute-long interviews, each providing a different insight into the situation of war refugees from Ukraine in the Czech Republic. The first interview is conducted with the head of the Slovakian migration office Ján Orlovský, the second respondent is Šárka Třísková, a headmaster of the Elementary...
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The response of Dutch political journalists to the counter-narrative from right-wing populist parties PVV and FvD to the securitization of COVID-19
Wagemaker, Puck Anne ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Dimitrov, Michal (referee)
This study explored how political journalists enact the counter-response from right-wing populist parties PVV and FvD to the securitization of COVID-19 in the Netherlands. The study conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Dutch political journalists from various media about their journalistic roles. This role decides how much and in what way the resistance from populist parties to the securitization of COVID-19 is given a platform in the media. Built upon pre-consisting concepts and definitions of the journalistic role, the findings of the study show that while a clear discrepancy is visible between the two parties, the journalists predominantly enact the counter-reaction of both PVV and FvD in an educational role - in which the journalists aim to give more context to the news. Aside from this, the study found that within the gatekeeper role - next to solely opening and closing the gates -, a third stage exists within this role. While the gates closed for FvD due to denying the existence of the virus, certain exceptions still opened the gates for the party due to the opposing character of the party. Keywords Securitization, right-wing populism, COVID-19, journalism, journalistic role, The Netherlands, Partij voor de Vrijheid [PVV], Forum voor Democratie [FvD]
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Ethically controversial aspects of selected media relations tools
Pejsová, Aneta ; Ortová, Nina (advisor) ; Shavit, Anna (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with one of the areas of public relations - media relations. First it characterizes media relations as a field, then it describes individual media relations tools, and in selected ones it also explores their ethical side. It also assesses the relationship between PR workers and journalists and how important they are to each other's work. It then represents the codes of ethics that regulate media relations and their practices. The practical part uses both quantitative and qualitative research. First, PR professionals are subjected to a quantitative online questionnaire. Afterwards, interest turns to active lifestyle media journalists who gave an interview on the topic of media relations ethics. Through these two methods, the author attempts to find out how media relations work in practice, how professionals view problematic aspects of media relations, and what personal experience they have with selected media relations tools.
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Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic and its role in Czech media environment
Andree, Sabina ; Osvaldová, Barbora (advisor) ; Jirků, Jan (referee)
The Master's thesis aims to comprehensively introduce the professional organization Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic and describe its role in the Czech media environment. The Syndicate of Journalists is a voluntary professional association that participates in the application of journalistic ethics. It actively contributes to the protection of freedom of speech, expression, and dissemination of information and through its activities co- creates ethical principles and norms in domestic journalism. The Ethics Commission and especially the Code of Ethics play a key role and this thesis addresses them, among other topics. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis defines the framework of the topic, which is ethics and self-regulation in journalism. Key terms and principles of journalistic ethics are presented based on academic literature. A core part of the thesis follows and describes the history, current form, and principles of the Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic. Our intention is to define the function and role of the Syndicate in the Czech media landscape, especially in the field of journalistic ethics. The practical part of this diploma thesis contains an analysis of activities of the Syndicate between the years 2015 and 2020 and a qualitative analysis of the...
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Interviews About Otherness (series of radio interviews)
Košťálová, Bára ; Lovaš, Karol (advisor) ; Čeňková, Jana (referee)
Radio interview is one of the basic genres of radio production. In this bachelor thesis, this genre is used to process the stories of three people excluded from mainstream society using the principles of inclusive journalism. Theoretical chapters of the thesis firstly briefly introduce the genre of radio interview and it also specifies its history and different types. This is followed by a chapter devoted to the issue of access to media and an introduction to the concept of inclusive journalism as a possible solution to the problems associated with representation of marginalized groups. The third chapter presents all the individual interviews which are later presented in the practical part as well as methodological approach for each of the interviews. An evaluation of the resulting interviews is also included at the end of the thesis. The practical part of this thesis consists of three interviews with people from social groups that are underrepresented in contemporary media production. The first interview is with Ondrej Rosík, a blind journalist, the second interview with reportage elements is prepared with Vasyl Martynets, Ukrainian refugee. The third interview is with Maria Větrovská, a mother who has been taking care of her disabled daughter for a long time.
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