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The Presentation of Death and Dying in The Media and The Influence of The Presentation on The Process of Forming The Attitude towards Death
KADLECOVÁ, Hana
The thesis deals with mass media and the way they treat the presentation of death and dying. Trying to find an answer to the question of whether mass media can have an impact on changing attitudes of contemporary human being to death and dying. The thesis is divided into nine parts. The first four sections form the theoretical framework and characterize today's postmodern society, typical features of contemporary human being ?s behavior, his/her perception of the world and themselfves, the influ nce of education, culture and beliefs. The thesis also deals with the position of mass media in postmodern society, and briefly describes current research on the influence of mass media on people. It mentions the most common dividing of mass media technologies into television, radio, print and the Internet. On this theoretical framework is consequently based the analysis of the presentation of death and dying in various types of media - this part of the thesis is more practically oriented and is complemented by a number of pictorial material. It tries to capture the most significant features of the presentation of death and dying on TV (news, film, advertising) and radio (news and some opinion programs), in the broadsheets and tabloids as well as on internet news, blogs and social networks and also in internet advertising. The thesis concludes that the current mass media are nearly oversaturated with the death and dy ng topic, making the viewer (reader, listener) apathetic and easily accustomed to continuously increasing greater violence. Death pictured by media is unnatural and often violent, in which significantly collides with the lived reality. Media cause devaluation of death and lower its importance, which causes declining empathy towards the diseased and dying as well as the absence of respect for the deceased.
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Domestic Violence Against Women and Men from the Perspective Undergraduate Students.
MORONGOVÁ, Tereza
Bachelor thesis Domestic violence against women and men from the perspective of undergraduate students is focused on the views and opinions of students of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice on domestic violence. In the theory there is made a comprehensive view of the problem of domestic violence. It describes the basic concepts that the problem of domestic violence is related to. This part is focused on different definitions of domestic violence, forms of behavior, the personality of offenders and on the victims of domestic violence. The conclusion includes the possibility of helping victims of domestic violence and a safety plan. Domestic violence is a problem that is currently receiving a lot of attention in the society. Some countries spend considerable resources on services for victims and on training for professionals who help the victims. Many nonprofit organizations also create advertising campaigns that affect not only the aggressors and victims, but also general public. Their aim is to make everyone aware that domestic violence is not acceptable and people should not be afraid of talking. It is certainly good that much attention is paid to domestic violence. The aim of the research was to map experiences, opinions and attitudes of undergraduate students to the issue of domestic violence. The research was also carried out in order to let the students think about this topic and get them to realize that it can happen to any of them. So it is important not to be afraid to speak openly about this topic. As already mentioned in the theoretical part, violence can really relate to everyone, from children to seniors. They do not have to be aggressors or victims of domestic violence directly. They can become witnesses or they can meet it in their future professions. A quantitative research strategy was used for the research. The data collection was conducted through a questionnaire survey. The research group was formed by students of University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Respondents were selected by stratified random selection, where the stratification criterion for the selection was sex. Given the number of students of the University of South Bohemia is the sample size of 200. Answers to the questions were then processed into tables and graphs using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. To the answers of the questions related to the hypothesis different values were assigned. To compare the level of awareness were calculated two average values, one for male and the other for female students, from the previously assigned values. If the difference between the male and female students is statistically significant, was verified using an independent samples t-test. In the context of the work a hypothesis was formulated: Female students of University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice are better informed than male students in the issue of domestic violence. Between the responses of students was statistically significant difference only for one question (question 14), for other questions the difference was not statistically significant. The hypothesis was therefore refuted. The results of research yielded interesting findings about the knowledge of students in the field of domestic violence. Remarkably, the male and female students are dealing with the knowledge of the problem almost the same. However, the results also revealed many wrong answers and uncertainties. We can say that male and female students have still significant gaps in many ways. Although, the research results provide an insight into the views of students and we can learn about their attitudes and experiences. The work can be used as a source of information for general public, as a base for preventive measures in specific areas, as a base for the study of a similar theme, or it could be also provided to an intervention center and used as an information material for the victims of domestic violence.
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Influence of printed media and internet on freetime activities of older pupils
ZAVADILOVÁ, Petra
Bachelor work is trying to find out how much pupils (age 10 ? 15) use Internet and printed media in their free time. In theoretical part there is given the whole information about media, in details printed media and Internet. There are described positive and negative effects on socialisation and forming pupil personalities in free time activities. There are analysed some problematic messages in theoretical parts, e. g. medial violence and influence of advertisements. In context with negative aspects importance of medial education in schools and families is described. In empiric part I used quantitive research strategy, questioning method and questionnaire for collecting primary dates. The research is mostly dealing with pupil (age 10 ? 15) interaction with media and with time which is spent on these media, it compares proportions of work on Internet and on printed media and it is finding out connected preferences between these two medias in connection with sex, age nad place of living.
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The Semiosis of sexist commercials and the public discourse (the contest The Sexist Little Pig
Christovová, Tereza ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Klabíková Rábová, Tereza (referee)
This bachelor thesis "The Semiosis of sexist commercials and the public discourse (the contest The Sexist Little Pig)" deals with the contemporary form of Czech sexist advertisements and reactions that such advertisements generate. The majority of sexist advertisements work, to the objection of various feminist movements, with simplified and distorted images of women. Their critisism is mostly aimed at those advertisements that depict women in a stereotyped way. According to them, those advertisements may cause or evoke a sense of shame or humiliation, insult human dignity or even provoke violence against women. The independent socio-ecological movement NESEHNUTÍ is one of those who grapple with sexist advertising and the problems associated with it. It has already organized two rounds of the annual competition "The Sexist Little Pig" for the most sexist advertising in the Czech Republic. This thesis aims to explore selected advertisements that have been submitted to the competition by the Czech public and detects concrete sexist distortions in them that exploit both women and men. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part deals with theoretical resources, such as theories of gender, sexism and stereotyping, as well as with the regulation of advertising in the Czech Republic. The second...
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The youth's idols and ideals in the media
Říman, Jakub ; Valenta, Josef (referee) ; Koťa, Jaroslav (advisor)
The thesis "The Youth's ldols and ldeals in the Media" investigates media' s influence on young people. The theoretical section presents a general introduction into the issue ofmedia's influence followed by an analysis ofthe present media situation in relation to young people and psychological aspects of the media-youth relation. A particular attention is given to the workings of advertising industry's and celebrities' influence on young people. Violence on television is also briefly considered. Based on a questionnaire research, the empirical part of the paper examines how first-year students of the Czech 4-year university-preparatory schools and the Czech apprentice vocational schools perceive the influence of celebrities and advertising on their peers.
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Domestic violence as a social problem in České Budějovice district
ŠÍMOVÁ, Ivana
Violence at home, a.k.a. home violence, is a spiraling cycle of brutality committed in private between closely related persons. Such violence can by physical, psychological, sexual, economic or social, with the roles of the attacker and the victim clearly defined and never changing. Anyone can be exposed to home violence, irrespective of her or his social position, education, job, sex, age, religion, or the type of partnership that people live in. Advanced societies have developed a tendency to tackle the issue, and the awareness of the problem has improved. In our country this favorable development is driven primarily by the newly enacted regulations and the keener interest stirred up in the public. The thesis aimed to investigate the general public awareness of home violence within the District of České Budějovice. As followed from the survey, the public living in the District is well aware of the issue. The results showed that as much as 69% of respondents knew about home violence, while the remaining 31% were ignorant of the problem. Hypothesis: Females are better informed about home violence than males - confirmed by comparison between what the women and the men knew about the issue. The difference encountered, however, was just minor. Hypothesis: People living in the District of České Budějovice are not knowledgeable about changes newly passed in Act 135/200 to solve the problem of violence at home - not confirmed. The majority of respondents heard of the Act and were able to specify at least the essential changes it enacted. The change the respondents mentioned most often was the 10 day period of flat-eviction order. It comes as a matter of interest that males were better aware of the Act and could better quote the changes it introduced. Hypothesis: The public accepts as true that home violence is confined to just problem-ridden families - not confirmed. Eighty seven percent of females and 81% of males were convinced that home violence was not limited to only such families. Merely 13% of females and 19% of males believed the home violence was a matter of the problem-ridden families. The survey results showed that the public living in the District of České Budějovice had dropped this myth, i.e. they had not seen the hypothesis as truthful. The thesis can serve as a source of information for the lay public, as a piece of instruction material for the students of the University of South Bohemia, or it could also be given to the Intervention Center to be distributed among the victims of home violence.
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Ethical view on chosen aspects of domestic violence in the context of relationship between men and women
TITTELOVÁ, Jana
This theses is focused on the description of the evaluation in ethical plane of the domestic violence. This theses is divided into four chapters. The first chapter focuses on domestic violence and its overall characteristics. In the second chapter there are described and analyzed aspects of domestic violence, as a negotiation of men against external and internal freedom of women in the context of domestic violence. The third chapter describes relationship between man and women, civil and religious (Catholic) marriage and moral ideals which are represented by these forms of marriage. In the fourth chapter is evaluated deformation of relationship between men and women in the view of moral ideals of marriage and after a brief introduction of selected ethical theories and principles even from their point of view.
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Domestic violence and its impact on children's development.
PÁNKOVÁ, Marika
This work is focused on domestic violence and its impact on the development of children affected by domestic violence. The theoretical part deals with definition of domestic violence, its symptoms and causes, personality of the oppressor and the victim, as well as the current regulations of the phenomenon in the Czech law. The practical part focuses on finding the links between childhood with an unstable family backgrounds, where domestic violence occurs and subsequent relations of individuals in adulthood.
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