This diploma thesis discusses the process of communication in new media environment and demonstrates it on the example of YouTube Beauty community which can be seen as an autonomous, independent space for expression and sharing of information. It introduces the specifics of communication in the environment of Beauty community and its characteristics. It discusses some theoretic concepts connected with communication in the environment of new media and also with the Beauty community, for example Web 2.0, citizen journalism, prosumption or the concept of internet as a new space of public discussion. It also discusses concept of political economy about how external especially commercial factors influence communication process and content of traditional media and connects it with influences of external commercial factors on communication in Beauty community. In qualitative research are explored factors that impact communication in this environment and also potential impact of external commercial factors on communications and its contents.

The aim of the diploma thesis "Alfred Fuchs (1892 - 1941)" is to describe the life and work of Alfred Fuchs. This excellent journalist, writer and translator has been unjustly neglected for a long time even though all he belonged to the important personalities of the Czech culture and political scene. He devoted a great deal of his work to the Christian theology, morality, diplomacy, culture, policy and current social issues. Regarded as an outstanding member of the Czech Jewish movement he was also a promoter of the idea of assimilation presented at his lecturers. As a journalist contributing to dozens of newspapers, he also wrote more than twenty books in his life. For example, Česká kultura, Rozvoj, Lidové listy, Lidové noviny or Přítomnost. Well-known for his entrefilets published as DRAF in the newspaper Tribuna, he was also in charge of editing Pondělník Českého slova and Prager Abendblatt. In 1921, Alfred Fuchs made a big step in his life and converted to catholicism. Considered to be an acclaimed expert on religious issues he became an important mediator between the Church and society. Since 1921 he had worked at the Press Department of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers, until 1939, when he was persecuted for racial reasons. Due to his Jewish origin he was martyred at the...

The diploma thesis titled Transformation of Journalistic Practices Relating to Advent of Data Journalism concerns the current situation in Czech data journalism and its devel- opment. It examines how the newsroom, the journalists and the readers cope with new technology, big data and the related advent of data journalism. The theoretical part of the text explains the relationship between classical journalism and data-driven journal- ism and compares the so-called "narrative" and "interactive" approaches as forms of data-driven journalism. Further it gives a deeper understanding of the relation between data journalism and the new concept of objectivity and it deals with the cultural, social and technical preconditions of data journalism. The thesis also describes the historical aspects of the topic comparing computer-assisted reporting to current practice. Sub- sequent chapters deal with the visualizations, infographics, amateur data journalism and open data which all play a key role in data-driven journalism. The practical part intro- duces the Czech data team. It was originally established within the publishing house Economia and then moved to the office of Czech Radio (Český rozhlas). The final parts discuss the cooperation model of the Czech data team, the use of visualization in their projects,...

This diploma thesis deals with the so-called advocacy journalism, which is in the Czech media environment trying to explain on the example of a journalist, sociologist, former environmental activist and member of two political parties - ČSSD and Green Party - Jakub Patočka. The thesis puts journalism in context with other types of journalistic roles and the concept of journalism in liberal democratic societies. The research method of the work is an in-depth semi-structured interview, which examines primarily Patočka's perception of journalism and politics and their blending. The text focuses primarily on the period since 2003 when Patočka joined the Green Party until 2017, when the Brno Social Democrats decided to exclude him from the party. The work is divided into Patočka's journalistic and political career. Journalistic chapters are devoted to his work in the magazine Last (later Seven) generation, Literární noviny and Deník Referendum. One chapter describes his role in the so-called Kuřim case. In the section dedicated to Patočka's political engagement there are mentioned European Parliament elections 2004, in which Patočka stood as a leader of the Green Party, his attempt to reform the Green Party together with Jan Beránek or Patočka's expulsion from the ČSSD due to his organization of a...

This diploma thesis focuses on the news server Seznam Zprávy. Its goal is to find out, how the server established in the period of the first two years since its creation in October 2016. The goal of the work is to describe the specifics of online media and the Internet, which users are able to access not only from technologies such as computer or mobile devices, but also within smart TVs in the form of HbbTV. The main aim of the analytical part is to find out how this news server established itself within the Czech media landscape. The main factor the interest of the audience and the frequency of citations of the diary in other Czech media. News server Seznam Zprávy is compared with other, currently most popular, Czech news online journals: iDNES, Novinky, Denik, Aktualne, Lidovky and iRozhlas. This thesis offers statistics of data about traffic and the numbers of real users available from the NetMonitor.cz. Based on them, it is determined what success the server Seznam Zprávy for the first two years of the audience recorded. In the role of other indicators are the number of citations in other media. Overview of this data has been provided by the online media archive of Newton Media. The last indicator is the interest in social profiles of the medium on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Cílem této diplomové práce je představení zcela nového způsobu vytváření i distribuování zpráv a obsahu, kdy se do tohoto jinak tradičně "lidského odvětví" začínají v poslední době promítat automatizované a chytré počítačové systémy využívající umělou inteligenci. Hodlám vysvětlit, co tento pojem znamená s ohledem na mediální prostor, představit jeho poměrně krátkou historii a popsat, jak dochází k jeho zavádění v žurnalistické praxi. Jelikož se jedná o stále vyvíjející se část možná budoucí novinářské práce, která je zatím v začátcích, nepracují s ní zatím ve větším tuzemská média, i když postupně začínají experimentovat například se strojovou žurnalistikou, tedy předstupněm plně automatizované umělé inteligence. Výzkum je proto zaměřen na vývoj a používání umělé inteligence tiskovými agenturami Reuters a AP, které s těmito nástroji už začaly pracovat a na jejichž případu hodlám ukázat možný budoucí nástup i praxi. V závěru zhodnotím největší výhody i nejdiskutovanější etické problémy fungování umělé inteligence v žurnalistice.

The main aim of my diploma thesis is to determine the position of newspaper called Pražský denník in context to other Czech newspapers of the second half of the sixties of the 19th century. That time was the period which represented the essential changes in development of the modern society and politics in Czech lands. Simultaneously, it is the period when the political journalism started to form. The activity of Pražský denník has not been studied in any research yet. This periodical is considered to be biased and insolvent because it is usually included into official pro- government newspapers. Such evaluation of this newspaper is done without any deeper content analysis. The interpretation of the Czech journalism, which is mainly focused on the effect of opposite newspaper (e.g. Národní listy) and had the main effect on the Czech national movement, does not pay attention to Pražský denník at all. Considering the fact that Pražský denník was published in cargo of 20 000 pieces we should not omit evaluating of this newspaper according to its effect on reader of that time. In my diploma thesis, I would like to focus on the content analysis of Pražský denník and to analyze the thematic composition and territorial focus of individual articles. My interest is also concentrated on the measure and...

Magistro darbo objektas – Lietuvos elektroninės sporto periodikos leidiniai, platinami internete. Darbo tikslas – įvertinti dabartinę Lietuvos elektroninės sporto periodikos situaciją ir numatyti jos perspektyvą. Pagrindiniai darbo uždaviniai: išanalizuoti elektroninės leidybos ypatybes; nustatyti elektroninės periodikos ypatumus ir įvertinti elektroninės sporto periodikos specifiką; nustatyti elektroninės sporto periodikos vaidmenį elektroninėje sporto leidyboje; pateikti elektroninės sporto periodikos leidėjų charakteristiką; apibendrinti Lietuvos elektroninės sporto periodikos informacijos turinį ir teikiamas paslaugas; įvertinti elektroninę sporto periodiką interneto komunikacijos požiūriu; remiantis tyrimo duomenimis, apibrėžti elektroninės sporto periodikos raidos perspektyvas. Naudojantis teoriniais lyginimo, analizės ir apibendrinimo bei empiriniu anketiniu metodu, prieita prie išvados, kad internetu platinamų sporto periodinių leidinių Lietuvoje pakanka, tačiau galėtų gerėti jau veikiančiųjų kokybė. 13 elektroninių sporto periodikos leidinių daugiausia dėmesio skiria populiariausioms sporto šakoms Lietuvoje - krepšiniui, futbolui, autosportui. Bendrojo pobūdžio sporto informacijos portalai pirmenybę taip pat teikia šių sporto šakų naujienoms. Krepšinio, futbolo, autosporto naujienos sporto portaluose komentuojamos dažniausiai, apie jas daugiausiai diskutuojama teminiuose forumuose, todėl mažiau populiarių sporto šakų periodiniai leidiniai nebūtų masiški ir visuotinai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Fast computer technology growth has opened new possibilities for publishers of electronic journals and distributors of newspapers. Because the technology allows publishers to get information to readers quickly and efficiently, it is causing major changes to the publishing industry as we know it. Nearly every publishing and media company in the world has some type of website and provide a large amount of web-based content. This paper is concerned with situation and future prospects of the lithuanian electronic sports periodicals. Subject of the paper are web sites of the electronic periodicals. The aim is to describe present situation of the ecetronic sports periodicals and evaluate future prospects concerning economical, technological and social aspects. Following are the main tasks of the paper: determine the place of sports periodicals in the structure of the electronic sports publishing system of Lithuania; characterize publishers and readers; determine what kind of information and interactive services does sports periodicals provide; The paper is of interdisciplinary nature and covers spheres of science of communications, sociology and linguistics. The contents of the periodicals reveal the needs of the users and the requirements for the publishers to disseminate certain information. Lithuanian electronic sports publishers work for the Lithuanian users of the internet. The present choice of the electronic periodicals would not interest global users. In accordance to the... [to full text]

The diploma thesis Styles of written journalism explores news styles, analytical formations and stylishly mixed these ones. It explores verbal and ideographical devices, used in the Czech present dailies MFD, Lidové noviny and Právo. The work is based on an analysis of linguistic material, accumulated in the time between August 2010 - August 2011. The Attention is aimed at mainly lexical devices. The diploma thesis evaluates their function in the journalistic text and similarities and differences in jounarist´s work with them in various formations in journalistic style. The Interest focuses on the structure of present Czech dailies and the diploma thesis tries to capture their profile. Furthermore, it deals with the headlines, their types and functions in the text. It the introduction there is an explanation of the terminology in the the diploma thesis. Also a brief history of news service is given.

The thesis deals with the influence of media on social work. Emphasis is placed on the media and the ethical principles of mass communication. The aim is to explore the mechanisms that the media use to influence the recipients, which functions the media have in society, how we can classify recipients of media messages, what can influence the final form of communication, and whether the ethical principles of journalism and the ethical principles of social work have the same foundation so media can serve the fulfilment of the mission of social work. The work is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the characteristics of the media, the public and media communications. The basic concepts of media studies are mentioned. The second part focuses on the ethics of the media. A normative theory of media behaviour is introduced and also why it is important that the media should be responsible for their behaviour and their messages and should be controlled by ethical instruments have e. g. in the form of Ethical Code of Journalists in the Czech Republic. The third part is more focused on social work and clarifies the relationship between media and social work. The last part includes current topics that fall into social work activities and which are widely publicized. The aim is to interpret the behaviour of the media in relation to social work.