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Gender aspect of playing video games
Fousek Krobová, Tereza ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Fárová, Nina (referee) ; Černohorská, Vanda (referee)
This dissertation deals with various gender aspects of playing computer games. It describes how gender stereotypes are connected with the level of production, content, and with the players themselves. In this sense, it shows that games are still created mainly by homogeneous male teams, in order to attract male players, they contain mainly male characters, while the female ones are created to be attractive to these ideal male players. However, the primary goal of this dissertation is to describe the different ways and intensities of the relationship with the avatar, the playable character in the game. The analytical part consists of two illustrative case studies, one concerning female heterosexual players, the other male heterosexual players. The basic premise is the fact that the player "plays gender" - that is, performs it similarly to social reality. However, this performance is not just a reconstruction and confirmation of hypothetically stable gender identities, but on the contrary their deconstruction ("playing with gender"). In this sense, the work pays particular attention to situations where the player and the avatar have different genders and the heterosexual player, therefore, identifies with the avatar but also objectifies him/her. This dissertation aims to emphasize the uniqueness of...
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The Change of Product Placement and its Influence on the Maskulinity of James Bond character
Vokatá, Gabriela ; Krobová, Tereza (advisor) ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the change of product placement and its influence on the masculinity of James Bondy characters. In the theoretical part is first described gender theory, gender socialization and gender stereotypes. Attention is also paid to masculinity, especially to the concept of hegemonic masculinity, and after that the work is focused on the relationship of gender in media and advertising. Then the concept of product placement in marketing communication, its types and psychological aspects are presented. The work also deals with product placement efficiency and examples that are given. Based on the theory of the first two chapters, the third part describes James Bond's masculinity, the chapter focuses on two different actors, Bond's representatives. The content and descriptive analysis in the practical part describes product placement in selected audiovisual material. These are four film adaptations of Ian Flemig's novels: Golden Eye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Casino Royale (2006) and Skyfall (2012). At the end of the thesis, the author assesses the knowledge from the practical part. The aim of this thesis is to find out if the change of product placement influences masculinity od James Bond character.
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The Change of Product Placement and its Influence on the Maskulinity of James Bond character
Vokatá, Gabriela ; Krobová, Tereza (advisor) ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the change of product placement and its influence on the masculinity of James Bondy characters. In the theoretical part is first described gender theory, gender socialization and gender stereotypes. Attention is also paid to masculinity, especially to the concept of hegemonic masculinity, and after that the work is focused on the relationship of gender in media and advertising. Then the concept of product placement in marketing communication, its types and psychological aspects is explained. The work also deals with product placement efficiency and examples that are given. Based on the theory of the first two chapters, the third part describes James Bond's masculinity, the chapter focuses on two different actors, Bond's representatives. The content and descriptive analysis in the practical part describes product placement in selected audiovisual materials. These are four film adaptations by Ian Flemig's novels: Golden Eye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Casino Royal (2006) and Skyfall (2012). At the end of the thesis, the author assesses the knowledge from the practical part. Product placement is an effective marketing tool, and therefore more emphasis is placed on the efectivity and not on original character of James Bond.
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