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Czech Republic and three models of media systems
Rapošová, Veronika ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
This paper deals with the inclusion of the Czech media system into one of three models of media systems according to the theory D. C. Hallin and P. Mancini, according to their study Comparing Media Systems in 2004 (published in English under the title Comparing Media Systems). Czech media system is therefore examined according to 4 criteria: in terms of its development, even the ownership structure, which is essential for the functioning of the media market, political parallelism, professionalism and professionalization of journalism and the role of the state in the media system. Then I compare it with the countries of models of media systems and based on this comparison, I try to put Czech media system into one of these models. Performed analysis concludes that the Czech media system shares the characteristics of both north-central European and Mediterranean model, and ranges, therefore, on the border between them. This classification, that provides an overall view of the Czech media system enables to identify areas in which deficiencies (esp. in the media poorly covered spectrum of opinions of particular groups in society, underdeveloped professional identity of journalists), and at the same time and considerable scope for further development of the media system in the Czech Republic as a whole....
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Selected aspects of the "EU Charter: Standard terms of media freedom in the EU"
Melíšková, Iva ; Moravec, Václav (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The bachelor thesis Selected aspects of "the EU Charter: Standard terms of media freedom in the EU" is about selected influences which shaped the media environment in the European Union's member states. Firstly, it defines the tradition of freedom of speech in Europe as well as the role of certain institutions of the European Union, Council of Europe and international players which supports the freedom of speech. Some parts are dedicated to the media policy of the European Union and certain resolutions, directives and documents about media that occupied the European parliament in the past. The core of the paper is the document called "the EU Charter: Standard terms of media freedom in the EU" that reacts to changes and threats in member states' media environment. The aim of this thesis is to describe certain changes of media landscape in selected countries, which consequences these changes had and how it affected media pluralism in these states. Described aspects are: economic crisis in connection with the boom of online media, the concentration of media ownership and the media regulation. The thesis includes the analysis how "the EU Charter: Standard terms of media freedom in the EU" reacted to the situation in member states and if it had any impact and improved the situation.
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Ownership and massmedia: A comparison
Rapošová, Veronika ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Vinopal, Jiří (referee)
This work deals with the ownership of print media institutions and their effect on the activity of newspapers. For better understanding of the nature of the ownership structure and its influence we have to look at this issue on the basis of the following criteria: size of media market, ownership concentration, ratio of domestic to foreign owners, number of titles and whether the owners involved in some way in the political process in the company. The second part of this work focuses on the description and comparison of the current development status of the ownership structure of daily print (according to the criteria above) in states of Central Europe after 1989 - the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Keywords: media ownership, Central Europe, media concentration, media pluralism
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