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Preparation and enactment of the 1960 Constitution from the point of view of the Czechoslovak press
Volčková, Dominika ; Groman, Martin (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with one of the most important constitutional transformations in the Czechoslovak and Czech history from the point of view of the then press. The primary aim of the new constitution enacted in July 1960 was to confirm the following fact: socialism had won in Czechoslovakia. Embodying among others the pivotal position of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, this triumphal document had to be presented to the society in a certain form. The key role played the Czechoslovak daily press. It was documenting the entire procedure from drafting the proposal of constitution in April 1960 to its definitive enactment by the National Assembly in July. However, what kind of information was the press passing to readers? And which methods were used? At the beginning, we focus in the theoretical part on the historical and legal context preceding the new constitution. We concentrate on the text itself and its specificities from the 1948 Constitution. Subsequently we characterize the explored media environment. Finally we analyze with qualitative and comparative methods four leading daily newspapers: Rudé právo, Práce, Svobodné slovo and Mladá fronta. What media image of the 1960 Constitution did they create and in which they mutually resemble or differ from each other?

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