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Media representation of historical milestones and related conspiracy theories in mainstream and alternative media in Slovakia
Bernátová, Miriama ; Cebe, Jan (advisor) ; Končelík, Jakub (referee)
The Diploma thesis named Media representation of selected events and related conspiracy theories in mainstream and alternative media in Slovakia is focused on media representation of historical events related to Slovak public officials, namely the death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik and the death of Alexander Dubček, which are the subject of various conspiracy theories. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on placing the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in the context of media studies, followed by the division of the Slovak media structure into mainstream and alternative based on the available sources. Last but not least, theoretical part contains overview of available information regarding selected events. Subsequently, the representation of the events in selected Slovak digital media (aktuality.sk, dennikn.sk, sme.sk, hlavnespravy.sk, kulturblog.sk, zemavek.sk) is examined using frame analysis in order to map the frames through which the events are mediated and also the identification of individual conspiracy theories related to them. In terms of methodology of analysis, a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was used. As a result, the analysis offers an overview of the media representation of both events through the identified thematic categories, the individually assigned...
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The role of the Western media in counterbalancing the revolutionary potential of the OWS and Los Indignados
Moreira Vieira, Gabriel ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Záhora, Jakub (referee)
Anti-hegemonic social movements have historically had a complicated and conflicting relationship with mainstream media, as it consistently undermines the emancipatory potential of these grassroots revolutionary movements, hence serving the interests of the dominant social forces of the hegemonic order. This work develops a comprehensive and critical analysis of the agency of mainstream media throughout the coverage of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) to understand how and why it consciously and relentlessly worked to neutralize the true dimension of the movement and its occupations, and thus to preserve the neoliberal capitalist world order from the ideological threat and the revolutionary challenge that OWS posed to it. Employing a historical materialist approach based on Gramsci's theory of hegemony - and the emphasis in the consensual aspect of power in the production of the hegemony that it entails - and its use in the study of world orders grounded in social relations, this work aims to investigate the mainstream media's active role in the building of the current neoliberal capitalist historic bloc, and its subservience to the hegemonic social forces throughout every stage of the coverage of OWS and its occupations: from the deliberate lack of interest and the total indifference in the movement to the...
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