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Reactions of Foreign Performers of Popular Music to Selected Social Issues in the 21st Century
Krajdl, Erik ; Kruml, Milan (advisor) ; Halada, Andrej (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the reactions of foreign performers of popular music to selected social issues in the 21st century. The diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical part, a research methodology and an empirical part. In the theoretical part, the development of popular music is described and its genres are introduced. Selected social issues of today are also theoretically explained. Qualitative analyzes and research questions are defined in the research methodology. The empirical part includes two main types of research. In the first phase, a qualitative analysis of the content of musical texts together with a qualitative analysis of foreign media content is used on musical texts from this century. In-depth interviews are conducted in the second phase of the empirical part. In the conclusion, the results of the empirical part are interpreted and summarized. The aim of this diploma thesis is to find out, through qualitative analyzes and research questions, how world celebrities from the field of popular music stand towards selected social issues of the 21st century and what impact their opinions can have on the general public. The benefit of this diploma thesis is the analysis of the influence of musical texts and world-famous artists on the listeners thinking. Music is a big part of...
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Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Christian Right
Bärtl, Štěpán ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Christian Right" deals with the role of religion in American politics during Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s. The emergence of the religious right movement is explained as a response to the social and cultural upheavals of the 1960s and the 1970s and as part of the so-called Culture War. The New Christian Right used political lobbying in an attempt to promote conservative values in various social issues. By analyzing primary sources and secondary literature, the author seeks to explain to what extent the movement was successful in implementing their program into actual policy. Furthermore, the thesis attempts to answer the question, whether Ronald Reagan was a president of the Christian Right. The thesis is divided into two sections. The first part deals with the main issues in American society after the Second World War and explains the reasons that led conservative Christians to become politically active. It goes on to explain the ideology behind the New Christian Right movement, the ways in which it tried to achieve its goals, and its most prominent organizations and members. The second part of the thesis deals with the 40th president and his relationship with the New Christian Right. Based on an analysis of Reagan's approach...
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Social Issues in the Documents Related to the Assumption of Power by the Xi Jinping Leadership (2012 - 2013)
Procházková, Alice ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
The present paper's aim is to observe the reflection of problematic social phenomenons in China in the key Party documents related to the assumption of both party and state power of the 5th generation leadership headed by Xi Jinping (born 1953), concretely the Report on the Work of the Government of the leaving 4th generation leadership delivered at the 18th National Congress in November 2012 and the Resolution delivered at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November 2013. Key words: Report on the Work of the Government, Resolution, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, 18th National Congress in November 2012, 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, social policy, social security, social insurance, migrant workers
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The Perception of Woke-Washing Marketing by Generation Z Members in Slovakia
Rybárová, Veronika ; Rosenfeldová, Jana (advisor) ; Vranka, Marek (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the perception of woke-washing campaigns by members of Generation Z in Slovakia. It focuses on the influence on behavior, opinions, thought processes that such campaigns evoke, perception of the authenticity of these campaigns and the criteria according to which Generation Z evaluate activist campaigns in Slovakia.The theoretical part clarifies the definitions of terms, demonstrates examples, describes the perception of these campaigns internationally, the criteria according to which we distinguish brand activism and woke-washing and the ethical impact of the issue, as well as what we know about the regional context.The practical part explains the methodology, course and findings of the research, the aim of which was to find a deeper understanding of the perception of woke-washing campaigns in a selected sample of respondents. The research showed that the authenticity of brand-activism campaigns can be an important factor in shaping the final opinion of the campaign, but no significant conscious change in behavior was detected.
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Characters and stories of Prague's underworld as reflected in late 19th and early 20th century fiction
Bartoňová, Barbora ; Vaněk, Václav (advisor) ; Wiendl, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with various genres which, at the turn of the century, depicted life of the Prague offscourings, i.e. socially excluded and frequently humiliated inhabitants of Prague. The main objective is to give a characteristic of a homeless character, the man on the street, also known as the "Prague vagabond", a character which regularly appears in literature of the period. The thesis discusses several specific Prague vagabonds whom it subsequently compares to the literary type of vagabond (the author used Daniela Hodrová's theoretical findings about the literary type) and shows the impact the city environment has on him. Besides that, the author follows the way the city itself is described as the vagabond of Prague is closely connected with and to a large extent determined by his home city. Primarily, the thesis works with fiction (although a few plays are included as well) and aims to focus on authors of the period who are not widely known today, e.g. R. J. Kronbauer, K. L. Kukla, V. Plaček, F. L. Šmíd, and J. Hais Týnecký. Keywords Prague, Prague offscourings, vagabond, beggar, social issues, literary character, environment
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Social Issues in the Documents Related to the Assumption of Power by the Xi Jinping Leadership (2012 - 2013)
Procházková, Alice ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
The present paper's aim is to observe the reflection of problematic social phenomenons in China in the key Party documents related to the assumption of both party and state power of the 5th generation leadership headed by Xi Jinping (born 1953), concretely the Report on the Work of the Government of the leaving 4th generation leadership delivered at the 18th National Congress in November 2012 and the Resolution delivered at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November 2013. Key words: Report on the Work of the Government, Resolution, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, 18th National Congress in November 2012, 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, social policy, social security, social insurance, migrant workers
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Social issues in Horazdovice during first half of 20th century
ŽIVČÁKOVÁ, Blanka
This text deals with the social issues in Horažďovice between 1850-1950. It describes the impact of the major events that occurred in Horažďovice during this period. The first part of the work covers the general outline of the town of Horažďovice. The second part focusses on the social issues and social problems, their development and impact in Horažďovice during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the First World War, the inter-war period, the Second World War and immediately after it.
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