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Media representation of the "Gorilla" case in slovak and czech media
Midulová, Katarína ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with media representation of Slovak political case "Gorilla" in Slovak and Czech print dailies. The thesis builds upon the theoretical principles of the relationship between politics and media in a given societal system, media framing of political news, and normative aspects of balance in the news. A definition of scandal follows as well as description of fundamental characteristics of promotion in the media of political scandals in particular. The thesis aims at application of this theoretical basis on the aforementioned case and its empirical verification. The empirical research includes source analysis and an evaluation of the source balance. A quantitative content analysis is used for these purposes. The results show an intense media coverage of the case and a major media focus on elite (political) resources as well as a frequent representation of particular political actors at the expense of others (related to the case). The results also demonstrate that media did not reflect the fact, that the authenticity of the Gorila document which was the origin of the case was not officially proven at the time.
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Misuse of Allowances in British Parliament
Svoboda, Jan ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Rovná, Lenka (referee)
The bachelor thesis is called Misuse of Allowances in British Parliament and its theme is the Expenses scandal in British Parliament in 2009. The thesis is divided into seven chapters. First chapter brings readers into the problem and describes a system of rewarding British MPs and allowances scheme at the time before the scandal. It is followed by chapters focused on the scandal beginning and reactions on the scandal. Firstly, reactions of media are described and then examples of MPs' reaction are provided. Secondly, reactions of political parties, official institutions and actions taken by the democratic system are studied. The next chapter is dedicated to the impact of scandal on the results of the European Parliament election in 2009 and General election in 2010. Finally, major points of the scandal are analyzed in the last chapter.
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Changes in Behaviour of Czech Media in Connection with "Political Scandals" 199 -2007
Jílková, Helena ; Trampota, Tomáš (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis "Changes in Behaviour of Czech Media in Connection with "Political Scandals" 1997 - 2007" deals with the occurrence of so - called "mechanisms of scandalization" in media coverage of political affairs. The aim of this piece of work is to find out whether and to what extent the chosen media use these mechanisms and whether there is some recognizable change in their use over the course of time and how this change signifies. The question is to what extent the media are active force in the emergence of scandal, whether "scandalization" has become a common feature of non-tabloid Czech press.
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Medialization of Figure Skating during Events of Winter Olympic Games since 1990s
Tauchmanová, Věra ; Závozda, Petr (advisor) ; Děkanovský, Jan (referee)
The submitted diploma thesis deals with presentations of figure skating at Winter Olympic Games from the 1990s to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in two selected daily newspapers, and with ways in which the presentation of figure skating has changed within the analysed period. The first chapter presents sports journalism, its history and famous personalities, its text types and typical language, and characteristic features of a sport journalist. The second chapter presents the connection of sports and media, the concepts of agenda-setting, agenda-building and intermedia agenda, tabloidization and commercialization and ways in which news services work. The third chapter presents figure skating and figure skating events at the analysed Winter Olympic Games. The analysed media and changing paradigms of the media landscape are presented in the fourth chapter. The methodological basis used for the analyses is described in the fifth chapter. The sixth chapter presents the results of the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the newspaper articles. Furthermore, the interviews with two personalities of the Czech figure skating are analysed qualitatively. The results of the quantitative analysis of the articles and the qualitative analysis of the interviews are compared. Keywords figure skating,...
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Retouch of contemporary journalistic photograph
Raszková, Ivona ; Fišerová, Michaela (advisor) ; Svoboda, Aleš (referee)
In my master thesis I deal with a retouch of contemporary journalistic photography (in the period from 90's to the present). Thus they are digital photographs, which I compare with analogue photography. Retouch of analogue photography was technically more exacting than retouch of digital photography and people couldn't imagine the way of editing photography therefore they trusted to it. I assume that the truth pretension was preserved in the case of journalistic photography. My hypothesis is that the media play upon the truth pretension of the journalistic photography. The photography should have represented the reality. But nowadays we already know that it is not have to be like that. Nevertheless detection of edited photographs evokes a scandal, a shock and a discussion. The media retouch photographs and thereby actually modify the reality. The whole my hypothesis is: The media play upon the truth pretension of the journalistic photography which they edit with use of retouch technique thereby they modify the reality and it evokes a scandal after revealing the edited photography.
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The Rise and Fall of News of the World
Grieslerová, Martina ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the British Sunday tabloid paper News of the World. By using the method of historical analysis it covers all its history from its foundation to its closure. The aim of this thesis is to put the newspaper's beginning, growth and end into the context of its era. The first chapters describe the rise of periodical press in Great Britain and in connection with that the social situation and technological progress in print. The chapters also deal with the first stage of development of News of the World, that is, when it was owned by the Carr family. On the grounds of socio-economic and political situation the chapters discover which factors added to the massive growth of circulation and big popularity of this Sunday paper. The second half of this thesis covers the development of the newspaper under the ownership of Rupert Murdoch, starting with the battle over its buy out against Robert Maxwell. The thesis analyses changes Murdoch implemented and brings examples of scandals and controversies this newspaper had throughout all its history.The last chapter addresses the phone-hacking scandal which led to the paper's closure after 168 years and its consequences to Murdoch's media empire News Corporation, as well as to the British newspapers market and its self-regulatory principles.
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The Political Rise of Angela Merkel on the Backround of the CDU Donations Scandal in 1999
Rubriciusová, Alžběta ; Picka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Nigrin, Tomáš (referee)
Angela Merkel, the current German chancellor, is one of the most important politicians of today. She has been involved in politics for 23 years and has held the post of the leader of CDU since 2000. Merkel' political start in the early 1990s was fast and had its climax in the CDU donations scandal which shook the foundations of the political party at the turn of the millennium. This bachelor thesis examines to what extent was this period of time crucial for Merkel's future political career and her steps. The donations scandal led to the party's financial crisis and fundamental staff changes. It damaged the party's image. This thesis will also deal with Helmut Kohl and his retirement from politics which was to a large extent provoked by the scandal and Merkel's role in it. This paradox, stemming from the fact that Kohl was Merkel's mentor since she entered politics, will be investigated. Merkel's political style will be analysed on the basis of her conduct in 1999. The role of German media was crucial in regards to the financial scandal and therefore will be analysed as well. The reflection of Czech media from that time will exemplify the importance of the CDU donations scandal for Merkel's career.
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Media representation of the "Gorilla" case in slovak and czech media
Midulová, Katarína ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with media representation of Slovak political case "Gorilla" in Slovak and Czech print dailies. The thesis builds upon the theoretical principles of the relationship between politics and media in a given societal system, media framing of political news, and normative aspects of balance in the news. A definition of scandal follows as well as description of fundamental characteristics of promotion in the media of political scandals in particular. The thesis aims at application of this theoretical basis on the aforementioned case and its empirical verification. The empirical research includes source analysis and an evaluation of the source balance. A quantitative content analysis is used for these purposes. The results show an intense media coverage of the case and a major media focus on elite (political) resources as well as a frequent representation of particular political actors at the expense of others (related to the case). The results also demonstrate that media did not reflect the fact, that the authenticity of the Gorila document which was the origin of the case was not officially proven at the time.
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Misuse of Allowances in British Parliament
Svoboda, Jan ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Rovná, Lenka (referee)
The bachelor thesis is called Misuse of Allowances in British Parliament and its theme is the Expenses scandal in British Parliament in 2009. The thesis is divided into seven chapters. First chapter brings readers into the problem and describes a system of rewarding British MPs and allowances scheme at the time before the scandal. It is followed by chapters focused on the scandal beginning and reactions on the scandal. Firstly, reactions of media are described and then examples of MPs' reaction are provided. Secondly, reactions of political parties, official institutions and actions taken by the democratic system are studied. The next chapter is dedicated to the impact of scandal on the results of the European Parliament election in 2009 and General election in 2010. Finally, major points of the scandal are analyzed in the last chapter.
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