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The Evolution and Political Impact of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street during Barack Obama's Presidency
 Hushegyi, Ádám ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Barack Obama's administration inherited one of the most severe economic crises in the history of the United States, which severely undermined the American public's confidence in the country's political and economic future. Declining trust in the federal government and its handling of the economic recession gave rise to two influential movements, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, which were thoroughly critical of the country's leadership. Both movements made use of a strong populist rhetoric and mobilized masses by denouncing the political and financial elites, calling for returning control over the country's fate into the hands of ordinary citizens. My master's thesis is an analysis of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street that focuses on the ideology and goals that drove these popular movements, as well as highlights the most crucial commonalities and differences between them. I argue in favor of interpreting the ideologies behind the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street as two distinct types of populism, in addition to which I emphasize the different degree of outside support the two movements enjoyed during their rise to prominence. To determine how influential the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street became during Barack Obama's presidency, I also study their relationship with the political...
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ALTERNATIVE THEMES AND APPROACH: MEDIA ACTIVISM IN THE CZECH MILIEU
 Bořuta, Petr ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
Bachelor's thesis 'Alternative themes and approach: media activism in the Czech milieu' deals with dissimilar forms of so-called media activism. The main goal of this paper is to describe activities that under comprehensive denotation 'media activism' are aimed at promoting unpopular agenda or alternative approach to social themes and problems in nontradional ways, scilicet in the context of the Czech milieu. The thesis tries to answer the question whether the Czech media activism absorbed the trends from Western Europe countries and the USA or not, prospectively if it drags behind. Another purpose of the thesis is also to discover at what certain extent is media activism influenced by new media and how media activists use them.
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