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Social Media and their Influence on Democratic Elections
Khyzhniak, Veronika ; Žouželková Bartošová, Marie (referee) ; Froehling, Kenneth (advisor)
Technologický pokrok výrazně zlepšil způsob, jakým mohou lidé na celém světě komunikovat. Sociální sítě velmi usnadňují živou komunikaci nejen pro obyčejné lidi, ale také pro zástupce legislativní moci. Prostřednictvím sociálních médií mohou politici propagovat svou politickou kampaň a svou stranu a díky tomu rychle a ekonomicky získat podporu. Americká prezidentská volba v roce 2016 zdůraznila důležitost komunikace sociálních médií v demokratických volbách po celém světě. Cílem bakalářské práce je prozkoumat různé formy sociálních médií a vyzdvihnout jejich vliv na demokratické volby. Projekt se zabývá vlivem Twitteru a Facebooku na volby v USA v roce 2016 a popisuje způsob, jakým je kandidáti používali během prezidentského klání. Klíčová
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Rhetoric of US Foreign Environmental Policy: Case Study of the Paris Agreement
Štěpařová, Tereza ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (referee)
The Paris Agreement represents a landmark international environmental agreement that received extensive political, journalistic, and academic attention, and the United States played a key role in the negotiation process. This thesis presents a comprehensive overview of determinants that can impact the U.S. approach to international environmental politics, and it focuses on a detailed discourse analysis of U.S. federal political elites' rhetoric on the Paris Agreement, comparing two time periods - the second term of the Obama presidency and the Trump administration. The analysis demonstrates a strong alignment of political ideology with partisanship, dividing the Democratic and Republican argumentation into rhetorical opposition, and proves the significant influence of the highly polarized two-party system on the U.S. environmental rhetoric. However, applying Putnam's two-level game framework, the case study also demonstrates that even Democratic politicians approached pragmatic rhetoric on topics such as the U.S. economy, economic growth, or U.S. leadership, and employed creative narratives that addressed the pragmatic concerns of the American public to gain support for their progressive foreign policy agenda represented by the Paris Agreement in the end result. The paper presents the rhetorical...
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A comparisonof setting Donald Trump's agenda in the US presidential elections in 2016 and 2020
Kratschmer, Adam ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
The importance of social media in U.S. politics is on the rise and influences what journalists write about, which can affect what readers consider important. During the last presidential election, Twitter became an important communication tool for one of the candidates, Donald Trump. The first part of this thesis examines Trump's communication strategy on Twitter during both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Specific Twitter tools that may have influenced the resulting number of responses are analyzed. A higher number of reactions to tweets caused them to reach journalists more often, who reported the content to their readers, thus giving Trump's account more attention. The second part examines the intermediate agenda-setting effect between the most circulated US newspapers and Trump's tweets, and tracks how often Trump, and his Twitter account were referenced in selected media outlets during both presidential campaigns. Using quantitative content analysis, it was found that the use of the twitter account varied significantly during the campaigns and different tools received different responses. It also showed that there were common themes, but also very different themes. When comparing mentions, it was found that Trump and his twitter account were mentioned significantly less than in the...
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An Endless War: A Comparison of Three American Presidential Administrations during the Afghan War
Seemann, Šimon ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Infinity War: A Comparison of Three US Presidents' Administrations on the War in Afghanistan" analyses and then compares the policies of the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump towards the war in Afghanistan, between 2001 and 2021. The focus is on the aspects that have made it difficult, even impossible, for the United States to try to build a strong state capable of functioning independently. The aim of the thesis is to create a comprehensive picture of how each administration approached the conflict in Afghanistan, how they acted, and what stood in the way of a successful ccompletion of the mission. Through a detailed look at all three policies, the thesis attempts to answer the stated research questions, to find out what are the main aspects of each administration's failure in the war in Afghanistan and define some similarities. The first three chapters of the thesis describe the visions, strategies and their subsequent implementation in the conflict. Each administration approached the conflict in a different way, which often shifted and changed during its tenure as the conflict evolved. The final, fourth chapter reveals the realities of the conflict in a different light, thanks to published government documents, and looks at the reasons that...
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Fenomén soudobého populismu a Donald Trump
SOUKUP, Karel
First of all in my bachelor thesis I will focus on elucidaing the term contemporary populism. I will introduce political definitions and concepts of this term. Then I will describe populism in different stages: populism in pre-election campaigns, in government or eventually after the end of mandates. I will describe the features, populist rhetoric, argumentation, behavior and many other aspects that populist politicians adopt. I will describe some features on world, European and Czech politicians. In the second part the thesis, I will try to analyze the policy of Donald Trump, and I will apply the theories studied in the first part of my work with an example of his political activity.
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Federal Police Reform Efforts During the Barack Obama and Donald Trump Administrations
Kraus, Daniel ; Mertová, Viktorie (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Policing is a highly controversial topic in the United States, with critics claiming that police officers regularly abuse their power and mistreat citizens, especially African Americans, with impunity. People of the opposite opinion believe that reports of police brutality are exaggerated and that accusations of widespread racism in the American police force are simply unfounded. The death of an unarmed African American man George Floyd in 2020 has partially revealed to the world how real police brutality in America really is - as well as how much this issue resonates in American society. During the riots, President Donald Trump was often compared to his predecessor Barack Obama, who faced a similar situation in 2014. and issued several comprehensive police reforms as a result. Trump was also forced to proceed with police reform in the tense situation. At the same time, Democratic lawmakers were drafting a more comprehensive and legislatively stronger police bill. This paper examines these federal attempts to reform American policing. Its goal is to analyse all of the federal police reforms that have occurred during the terms of these two presidents. The secondary aim of this thesis is to illustrate the differences in the approaches of the two presidents through this analysis.
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Presentation of the result of the US presidential election of 2020 in the media
Hegerová, Lucie ; Konrádová, Marcela (advisor) ; Skalický, Matěj (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with how four selected American media - The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and FOX News reported on the results of the US presidential election in 2020. These elections were by their circumstances (Covid-19 pandemic), the process and subsequent conflicts regarding their results specific in many ways. This text focuses mainly on the topics that the media reported on in connection with the elections, as well as the possible relationship between their political inclination and the way in which they reported on individual candidates. For this purpose, a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis was used, which allowed the collection of sufficient data for comparison and at the same time capture latent meanings and fundamental context. The author relied on several basic media theories, especially the normative media theory and theories dealing with the effects of the media, specifically those related to news. The thesis also describes the American media market and the process of electing the US President and his functions, which are a context important for understanding the role of the media in informing about the election results and the political situation in the country. The result of the work is a summary of the events concerning the fight for...
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(Dis)continuity of German-US relations in the era of Donald Trump
Polák, Patrik ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Hornát, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on German-American relations during the era of Donald Trump, i.e., during the campaign for the 2016 US presidential election and especially during the 45th US president's term in office. It addresses the question of how the relations in particular political sectors were changed, taking into account the history of the issues. The thesis is an empirical analysis. It aims to confirm or refute the hypothesis that states continued in their military cooperation, despite the political break-up. Furthermore, it aims to prove that bad political relations had little to no effect on cooperation between the militaries of the countries. Deteriorating relations between the US and Germany were not an exception in the Euro-Atlantic region. There was a deterioration in the relations between most Western European states and the US. However, it was not as serious as in the case of the US and Germany. The relationship between Germany and the US has probably experienced the biggest rift since the beginning of modern relations between the states, i.e., since 1949. The political rift was mutual, as Germany was one of Trump's main targets of criticism. In addition to that, the German political scene, except for AfD, did not entirely identify with Donald Trump's policies. On the other hand, the...
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Donald Trump's Attempts to Influence the Operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the U.S. Agency for Global Media
Mužíková, Natálie ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the influence of Trump's policy on American broadcasting abroad. The aim of the work was an objective evaluation of the influence and role of Trump's policy on the Independent Global Media Agency (USAGM) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The bachelor's thesis briefly describes the history and development of RFE/RL and USAGM, as well as the relationship of Donald Trump with the media and especially the character of Stephen Bannon. The following part of the work introduces the character of Michael Pack, along with the controversies caused by his nominations and especially his subsequent work as the director of the USAGM. The result of the research is that even though the changes made by USAGM CEO Michal Pack were fundamental and in the short term paralyzed the agency, they were mostly perverted by the advent of the new administration. In conclusion, the idea of influencing the media, which is now very current, and the question of the future of the agency and broadcasting stations themselves are emphasized. The bachelor's thesis uses the procedures of qualitative research, analysis of existing literature and synthesis.
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