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Jazz section - civil society and totalitarian power in Czechoslovakia at seventies and eighties of 20th century
Mejzr, Martin ; Kubů, Eduard (advisor) ; Hoppe, Jiří (referee)
Jazz section, founded in 1971, was amateur organization of musicians and enthusiasts, which organized concerts and exhibitions, published magazines and books, and made "culture" in general. Due to circumstances in the former Czechoslovakia, when every different and self- contained tendency was repressed, the Section, as a representative of alternative and independent culture, became a target in view-finder of establishment and its power. In the course of time was the press on the Section escalated and it resulted in persecusions, restrictions and finally in judicial process with some of the members. In the story of Jazz section is reflected both manner of social-cultural-political systems and structures standing against each other - concept of the civic society is characterized by plurality, independence and freedom, and on the other side the totalitarian regime is distinguished by power apparatus and instruments of its control. Key words: civil society, alternative culture, totalitarian power, Communist party of Czechoslovakia
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The thematic strukture of the Czechoslovak television broadcasting on February 25th in selected years of the 5th,6th,7th, and 8th decade of the 20century depending on the policy changes of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Kinclová, Dominika ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kocourková, Lucie (referee)
The thesis concerns with the broadcast structure of the Czechoslovak Television Channel 1 broadcasting on February 25th in selected years of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th decade of the 20 century. It addresses mainly the broadcast programming, similarities and differences in the program themes. The emphasis is placed upon the evening news program and interpretation of its content. Using the information and confronting it with historical sources the thesis tries to describe the changes in the broadcasting hand in hand with the changes in the politics of the leading Czech communist party as well as with the general mood of the Czech society. The thesis results in several findings of relations between the choice of themes and the current political situation. At the end the findings are generalized into several categories of the mechanisms used by the totalitarian regime to influence the broadcasting.
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