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Emotionality of the Game of Thrones Fandom in the Era of Convergence Culture
Holá, Markéta ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Švelch, Jaroslav (referee)
This master's thesis deals with the topic of emotionality of the Game of Thrones fandom in the era of convergence culture. Game of Thrones, which had been on air since 2011 to 2019, became a hit show which gained millions of supporters and each new season was highly anticipated among public. During the course of all eight seasons, the show caused numerous heated controversies. Final season left both viewers and critics torn. This master's thesis is therefore interested in detecting and describing emotions of the Game of Thrones fan community during the time that the final season had been on air. Apart from emotionality, emphasis is also put on the characteristics of the show and its fandom. Reasearch was carried out online via the method of participant observation in six comments sections on the fan website Watchers on the Wall.com. Insomuch as fandom is connected to convergence culture, media convergence and audience participation, these topics are also covered. The term fandom is defined and the difference between audience and fandom is described. Last but not least, terms such as collective intelligence and knowledge community, which are also associated with fandom, are defined as well. All findings and the answers to research questions are then presented in the summary.
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Starting Televize Seznam - A new internet media distribution channel
Šťastná, Zuzana ; Miessler, Jan (advisor) ; Horký, Petr (referee)
The bachelor thesis called Starting Televize Seznam - A New Internet Media Distribution Channel is dedicated to the newly established TV channel which was launched in 2018 by Czech internet company Seznam.cz. The entrance of internet company to the field of television broadcasting is not very usual. In the age of digital technology boom, the process of media expansion is in most cases opposite. More often, TV stations launch their web versions and social networks on which they provide content that is the same as in broadcasting or in some way enriched. This results in the media convergence, changes in media production and also in media professions. At present everyone is online almost continuously on a mobile phone, it is more important for media companies to offer users more diverse content anytime, anywhere. The audiences have undergone significant changes mainly due to a network media. The users can choose what to watch or read anytime in the day. In addition they can interact with the content or even produce it. The thesis reflects on why Seznam.cz launched the so-called old media, when according to some lay estimates the television will soon cease to exist. It answers the question of whether this is an unusual step took by the Czech internet leader, or if it complies with the modern...
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The construction of fictional world of fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire
Kollárová, Veronika ; Řehořová, Irena (advisor) ; Češka, Jakub (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire written by American author G. R. R. Martin and the analysis of its fictional world. It explores saga's genre classification and focuses on elements that depart from its genre and which enrich it. Through the narratological analysis of the work, it focuses on the main principles of the construction of the fictional world and its specific characteristics. The basic theoretical framework for the analysis of the saga consists of contemporary fictional worlds that are not called fictional in the sense that they would form a fictional narrative but create a new narrative universe. It is designed to help construct further sequels or narrative turns. The diploma thesis also refers to the phenomenon of transmediality, thanks to which the narrative universe continues to expand and the fictional world becomes more realistic.
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