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Interconnection of online and offline social spaces: the impact of social networks on users
Pauzová, Tereza ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis describes the interconnection of online and offline social spaces, supportive Instagram profiles, the impact of social networks on users and the feelings that appear in connection with the use of social networks among users. The aim of this thesis is to answer the following three questions: (1) how respondents view the presentation of other Instagram users, (2) how they perceive supportive Instagram profiles, profiles which point out the possible differences of online and offline social space, (3) what feelings are connected with the use of social media and where are possible negative and positive impacts of social media. The theoretical part aims to describe the main concepts that are linked with social media, self- presentation and identity, it also shows the consequences of using social networks and describes supporting profiles. The practical part strives to answer the previous questions through a semi- structured interview, a questionnaire and an expert interview which is then analysed using a thematic analysis and a statistical analysis. The result of this thesis shows that people present themselves in the best way, supportive profiles are popular among respondents and they have a positive view of them and think that these profiles can help somebody. The most common...
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Smokers, Snuffers and Cigarette Smokers: The Representation of the Consumers of Tobacco Products in the Public Sphere between 1864 and 1914
Holíková, Tereza ; Storchová, Lucie (advisor) ; Šima, Karel (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the analysis of the period discourse of tobacco product consumption in the Czech lands between the years 1864 and 1914 with main focus on the unifying and differentiating potential of tobacco. The aim of the thesis is to portray how the tobacco consumer was perceived, whether they were a pipe smoker, cigar smoker, a smoker of cigarettes newly mechanically massproduced in this period or individuals insufflating ground tobacco, usually called snuffers. The thesis deals with the representation of the physical appearance and characteristic attributes of tobacco consumers in period source material. It also tries to depict how the smoking and snuffing by women and children was perceived. This thesis also aims to capture the social distinction that tobbaco consumption was associated with and how it was perceived by individual social groups of the period. The representation of period social space and its segmentation in connection to tobacco consumption is also a part of this research. The thesis also addresses the interconnection of the period eugenics discourse and the tobacco discourse. A wide spectrum of period monographies and periodics dealing with tobacco consumption was analysed as well as selected period illustrations representing tobacco consumption. The source of...
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Spatial dimension of systemic rasism in Myrtle Beach
Trhlíková, Magdalena ; Orcígr, Václav (advisor) ; Cuker, Ivan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis with title The Spatial Dimension of Systemic Racism in Myrtle Beach focuses on how inequalities are maintained in case of afroamerican community in Myrtle Beach, the USA. Specifically, the thesis follows how is the systematic racism projected in a spatial dimension of the city. The thesis work with the data from the census in the USA and biographical interviews with members of the afroamerican community. The data help to uncover the inequalities of the afroamerican community compared to white Americans, especially using the maps of Myrtle Beach. The biographical interviews focus on identification of borderline or crucial situations that show the impact of systematic racism on the lives of Afroamericans, as well as the explanation of racism and inequalities in the city by members of the afroamerican community, and discrimination within the city space. The thesis works with the hypothesis of historical conditionality of inequalities, which together with the setting of the social system influence the actions and life decisions of the afroamerican community in the city of Myrtle Beach and the overall functioning of the city. The key concept for understanding and defining inequalities in Myrtle Beach is the spatial capital based on the Bourdieu's theory and theory of systematic...
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Relation of culture to the social space of Prague (on the example of Slovak and Hungarian minorities)
Mészárosová, Marianna ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Botiková, Marta (referee) ; Červinková, Hana (referee)
The interrelation between space and culture represents the central question of this doctoral thesis. To interpret this relationship the author approaches the issue by virtue of actual identity attributes of the selected ethnic groups, namely Slovak and Hungarian minorities living in Prague. The aim of the work is to define the relevance and unique representation of the spatial and cultural phenomenon in the context of existing relations, including determining the extent of observability this mutual connection. The hypothesis of this doctoral is to present culture as a spatially unbounded, and the phenomenon of space as a medium, which can influence the intensity of interest in relation to the own ethno-identifying components. The verification of this assumption author carries out within social and virtual space, on the basis of registered discourses. Discourses, sorted into thematic categories, represent the most common attributes of ethnicity and ethnic identity of the given target groups. The empirical part of this thesis contains the analysis and interpretation of the discourses, which are supported with the theory of articulation. More comprehensive definitions of applied theoretical approaches, together with terminology, research methods and ethics or netiquette, are situated in the...
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Smokers, Snuffers and Cigarette Smokers: The Representation of the Consumers of Tobacco Products in the Public Sphere between 1864 and 1914
Holíková, Tereza ; Storchová, Lucie (advisor) ; Šima, Karel (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the analysis of the period discourse of tobacco product consumption in the Czech lands between the years 1864 and 1914 with main focus on the unifying and differentiating potential of tobacco. The aim of the thesis is to portray how the tobacco consumer was perceived, whether they were a pipe smoker, cigar smoker, a smoker of cigarettes newly mechanically massproduced in this period or individuals insufflating ground tobacco, usually called snuffers. The thesis deals with the representation of the physical appearance and characteristic attributes of tobacco consumers in period source material. It also tries to depict how the smoking and snuffing by women and children was perceived. This thesis also aims to capture the social distinction that tobbaco consumption was associated with and how it was perceived by individual social groups of the period. The representation of period social space and its segmentation in connection to tobacco consumption is also a part of this research. The thesis also addresses the interconnection of the period eugenics discourse and the tobacco discourse. A wide spectrum of period monographies and periodics dealing with tobacco consumption was analysed as well as selected period illustrations representing tobacco consumption. The source of...
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Fitness Center as a lesisure activity. Comparative research among clients in Prague and Frankfurt am Main
Černá, Jana ; Vinopal, Jiří (advisor) ; Hamplová, Dana (referee)
The thesis discusses the social phenomenon of fitness and exercise in the fitness centers. It contains descriptive and comparative research of visitors fitness centers in Prague and Frankfurt am Main as representatives of this new phenomenon. It is a group of visitors who visit the fitness center at their leisure time. Research on the theoretical basis Bourdie's concept of habitus, social space and capital is trying to detect and describe patterns and main motivations of visitors fitness centers and their potential differences or similarities on the international basis.
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