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Influence of Global News Agencies on the Form of Foreign News in Czech Daily Press
Vlčková, Daniela ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Miessler, Jan (referee)
What effect do global news agencies have on foreign sections of Czech daily newspapers; that's the focus of this master thesis. The theoretical part of the thesis introduces two before-mentioned concepts of intermedia agenda-setting and globalization of news. Other theoretical concepts like gatekeeping, news values or media routine are also briefly presented. So are profiles of selected media outlets are also presented. Next part of the thesis introduces the reader to methodology upon which the research is based. The research itself is divided into two parts. The first one is a quantitative content analysis of ČTK's foreign news agenda during the specified period. The same analysis was also carried out for selected Czech daily newspapers. The research focused on several variables - what media sources are being used, what topics do the articles cover or who are the actors mentioned in the articles. The second part of the research focused on whether and on what scale do daily papers use texts provided by ČTK and if they're being used without adjustments. Main findings of the research with commentary are presented in the conclusion section of this thesis.
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Analysis of the Czech and American News Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Elections in the U.S. and American President
Novotná, Petra ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Zezulková, Markéta (referee)
The diploma thesis "Analysis of the Czech and American News Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Elections in the U.S. and American President" examined if American press, represented by The New Your Times, is influencing the coverage of presidential candidates in Czech press, which is represented by Mladá fronta DNES and Hospodářské noviny. The examination is based on the example of presidential race in 2008 in USA. The aim of the research is if there are signs of international two-step flow in Czech press. The second part of the research is focused on so called honeymoon effect in Czech press on the example of news Coverage of President Barack Obama in his first term in office. The quantitative content analysis showed that there are similar features in the coverage of presidential race in Czech and American press. The investigation also showed that Czech press is more positive in the coverage of Barrack Obama at the beginning of his first term in office and this positivity declined in the second year.
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Comparasion of foreigennews service of selected czech news websites
Strolená, Lucie ; Trunečková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Švelch, Jaroslav (referee)
Bachelor thesis "Comparison of foreign news service of selected czech news websites" deals with foreign news of online media portals iDnes, Aktualne and Novinky. The aim of this thesis is to identify which of these three news websites provides the best quality of the news. The thesis focuses on the diversity as one of the possible indicators of quality of journalism. Specifically, it focuses on diversity of sources, diversity of topics, geographic diversity and the content uniqueness. The level of diversity for the first three categories is established with help of an index called Herfindahl. Consequently, its level is compared within the analyzed media. Particular interest is put on the used sources of the news. The thesis among others concentrate on how often the media quote Czech news agency, foreign news agencies and other media. At the end the comparison of analyzed online media portals is made and it is determined which of them provides the most diverse news.
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