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Visual media in the urban space
Strejcová, Anna ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Šoltys, Otakar (referee)
The diploma theses Visual Media in the Urban Space deals with the issue of commercial visual media in the public space and the way they are incorporated to the city centers. I am focusing on that kind of media that invade the public space with the biggest force, such as billboards, bigboards, citylights, video screens, wraps, etc. The goal of the research is to compare the placement and the quantity of the out-of-home advertisements in the center of Prague and Barcelona. The research is done from the historical, cultural and geographical point of view (I am not going to investigate the visual messages from the semiotic point of view). I have chosen these two cities because they are the economic and cultural centers of the region and they have a very long history. Since these two cities are placed in the European cultural space and there are global agencies operating on the market I suppose there will be some parallels in the placement and appearance of the visual messages. My hypothesis is that most of the advertisements will be placed in the new-built neighborhoods and the historical centers will be less "visually polluted". Another hypothesis is that the public space in Prague will be filled more with aggressive media forms than the public space in Barcelona. According to my hypothesis there is...
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Regulation of Outdoor Advertising in the Czech Republic
Coufal, Vojtěch ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Zeman, Martin (referee)
Outdoor advertising constitutes a part of the public space and as such it affects all inhabitants. Outdoor advertising causes several negative effects, such as traffic hazard or visual pollution. Therefore, it raises a requirement for its effective regulation. The thesis analyzes the current state of regulation of outdoor advertising in the Czech Republic and focuses primarily on advertising alongside the roads and on advertising in Prague. It deals with advertising from a marketing point of view, its role in society and the economic theories and approaches to advertising. Next, the thesis presents the specifics and forms of outdoor advertising, and also negative effects which are associated with it. Last, it analyzes legislative and institutional framework of regulation of outdoor advertising and describes its problematic areas. To evaluate the current state of regulation, an own empirical research was conducted using the method of questionnaires and personal interviews.
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