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Discourse Analysis of Czech Media in Connestion with Concept of Surveillance Society
Mikolandová, Anna ; Hrůzová, Andrea (advisor) ; Silverio, Robert (referee)
This thesis deals with the concept of a surveillance society in the modern world and its representation in the Czech media. It aims to deduce the discourse of the domestic media on this issue and the narratives that form it. For this purpose, James Paul Gee's method of discursive analysis originating from the linguistic tradition is chosen. In addition to the texts, the visual representations that accompany them are examined through qualitative content analysis. The conclusions of the research are compared with the findings presented in the theoretical part of the thesis. The thesis focuses on the issue of surveillance and presents the key ideas and research that have shaped the emergence of the entire field of surveillance studies. These include texts by Jeremy Bentham, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Michel Foucault. Other contemporary theorists have then drawn on these, whose research is also the focus of the thesis, and present the dominant issues and current problems related to the main theme of the thesis. These include, for example, Gilles Deleuze's concept of the society of control, "new" surveillance by Gary T. Marx, dataveillance, i.e. the use of data for surveillance in Roger Clark's theses, Mark Poster's superpanopticon, the issues related to the use of CCTV camera systems addressed by Clive...
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Surveillance and Marketing
Ledrová, Šárka ; Slavíček, Daniel (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis looks into the key aspects of surveillance and marketing issues. It describes surveillance as a subject of studies, historical development in studies regarding surveillance and default approaches to the surveillance from the Surveillance Studies branch point of view. Main source of information for the thesis comes from the concept of surveillance from Michael Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Zygmunt Bauman, David Lyon and other experts. Practical part of the thesis aims to present a balanced look on the marketing as a sphere of surveillance, to describe development of surveillance in marketing and to outline eventual risk and consequences of contemporary surveillance in marketing.
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Social Network as a Sphere of Surveillance
Jasková, Anna ; Slavíček, Daniel (advisor) ; Marcelli, Miroslav (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on social media phenomenon from a surveillance studies perspective. It perceives social media as a sphere, where many kinds of surveillance are realized. From those applied by partners to those driven by commercial interests. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part concentrates mainly on explanation of the connection between some important surveillance theories with the current surveillance practices on social media. The empirical part allows readers to understand how selected users of social media reflect surveillance and the loss of privacy associated with it.
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