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Media Image of Kofi Annan
Wesley, Nathaniel ; Marcelli, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bystřický, Jiří (referee)
In the period between 1997 and 2007, Kofi Annan was Secretary General of the United Nation Organization. This work concerns his media image in Czech and Ghanaian media (as an example of European and African media respectively). The theoretical basis is taken from media theory, looking at thinkers such as Michael Foucault, Althusser and the Roland Barthes and an important part of the project is based on Critical Discourse Analysis. The thesis maps the important milestones within the tenure of Kofi Annan, which were crucial to his work, and it is therefore also an analysis of media responses to different pivotal moments of his career. Much of the work is based on explaining how the media work and what is specific about the Ghanaian media as a relatively unknown subject. The projects further looks at the legacy of Kofi Annan not only as a secretary General of the United Nations Organization but also as an international leader. In order to make the analysis complete there is also a study how Kofi Annan was shown visually during his ten year mandate as head of the United Nations Organization. There is a detailed look at the differences and similarities of the image of Kofi Annan presented by the Czech and Ghanaian media. Research was focused on electronic media. Materials were taken from both Czech and Ghanaian...
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The successes of soft power in international relation
Wesley, Nathaniel ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to look at the role of the United States Peace Corps as a tool of soft power in the context of international relations and at the use of soft power as an effective part of diplomacy. This thesis has looks at the role of the Peace Corps in former British colonies in West Africa between 1961 and 1970.The project has focused the relationship of the newly independent British colonies with the United States in a period of intensive ideological interest of the USSR in this part of the world. The primary materials used in the paper have been journals and newspaper articles published by the Peace Corps, testimonials of former Peace Corps volunteers and scholarly publications on the topic of the Peace Corps, West African-American relations and relations between West Africa and the USSR. The Peace Corps played an important role in establishing relations between the US and West African countries in the 1960's with a special emphasis on education.
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Media Image of Kofi Annan
Wesley, Nathaniel ; Marcelli, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bystřický, Jiří (referee)
In the period between 1997 and 2007, Kofi Annan was Secretary General of the United Nation Organization. This work concerns his media image in Czech and Ghanaian media (as an example of European and African media respectively). The theoretical basis is taken from media theory, looking at thinkers such as Michael Foucault, Althusser and the Roland Barthes and an important part of the project is based on Critical Discourse Analysis. The thesis maps the important milestones within the tenure of Kofi Annan, which were crucial to his work, and it is therefore also an analysis of media responses to different pivotal moments of his career. Much of the work is based on explaining how the media work and what is specific about the Ghanaian media as a relatively unknown subject. The projects further looks at the legacy of Kofi Annan not only as a secretary General of the United Nations Organization but also as an international leader. In order to make the analysis complete there is also a study how Kofi Annan was shown visually during his ten year mandate as head of the United Nations Organization. There is a detailed look at the differences and similarities of the image of Kofi Annan presented by the Czech and Ghanaian media. Research was focused on electronic media. Materials were taken from both Czech and Ghanaian...
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