Local television news is caught between two major forces that determine its future: doing its journalistic duty to society and maximizing profits by providing content that audience members want to see. Various communication models examine the relationships between content providers, audience, and news makers by looking at organizations, media routines, external social and business pressures and ideologies that affect both media and the public they seek to serve. The dissertation argues that the key to satisfying the dictates of both forces lies with the audience and the ways in which local news content producers react to the audience's influence. The research in this dissertation examines a microcosm of the numerous relationships that impact TV news--the one between the content producers and members of the audience. The research uses behavioral theories as tools to examine how content producers and audience members relate to each other individually and how the institution of journalism is broadly affected by that relationship. It examines the normative model of journalism and how the audience and content producers fit into it. The study investigates the current state of audience research, both from an academic and a professional standpoint. This study utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods including ethnographical observation of a newsroom as well as one on one interviews and Web-based surveys to closely examine the way in which behavioral theories apply to local television news content producers. Results indicate the influence audience members exert over content producers is deeper and broader than previous research suggests. The results also show the content producers are aware the influence exists but do not recognize the pervasiveness of the influence. The conclusions offer a better understanding of the symbiotic relationship between audience and the media. / Mass Media and Communication

This thesis deals with the manipulating practices in the political media coverage in the period before the elections to the House of Parliament of the Czech Republic in May 2010. It describes the types of communication in terms of its ability to influence and focuses on the effects of the media and its impact on the audience. It also deals with the theoretical framework of the issues of manipulating methods and techniques and their causes. It defines the function of media in terms of intentions and evaluates the current situation in the Czech Republic, including the existing control mechanisms. A part of this thesis is a comparative analysis that focuses on a detailed qualitative analysis of texts published in the dailies Mladá fronta Dnes and Právo and their comparison during the period under consideration.

This diploma thesis deals with food blogs as a current phenomenon. The theoretical part first brings a look at the historical context and development that preceded the existence of blogs. It focuses on communication, media and the Internet. It also offers definitions of these key and related terms and theoretical background that are needed to understand the context. Subsequently, the work discusses journalism and the position of blogs in this field. It continues with a detailed elaboration of the topic of blogs. It analyzes their historical context in our country and in the world, defines concepts, distinguishes types of blogs, draws attention to the pitfalls of blogging, deals with etiquette and laws, presents current trends and surveys, addresses authors - bloggers and their motivation, the position of bloggers towards journalists, the expected future and influencers. The following part deals with the audience, the audience of the blogosphere and methods of its research. The theoretical part concludes with a text that deals specifically with food blogs, their beginnings and development, food studies, sharing gastronomic experiences and related concepts, and also presents a list of currently successful global and Czech food bloggers. The aim of the theoretical part is to bring a compact view of...

Media is used by audiences for more than its simple role as information provider. Audiences have been found to use news providers output in a multitude of ways. It has been found that some audience members have used such output as a way to gain social capital that aids in the generation of feelings of social cohesion with their community. This has been found to be especially true during the impact phase of a natural disaster, such as a hurricane (Perez-Lugo, 2004). Unfortunately what news providers specifically articulate that might have this latent use by audiences has not been studied as much as would be necessary for a concrete understanding of the topic that would aid other news providers in designing output during future disasters. As such, here this paper will explore what the content of the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper articulated during the impact phase of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans that had the potential to serve this latent function for its readers.

Diploma thesis "Analysis of the Czech Media Market in 2009 - Constructing the Audience for Sale" aims to describe what kind of information do the Czech non- expert media use when constructing their audience for sale most often, what are the sources of such information and methods used for gathering them, and to what extent are those information, and the constructs themselves, verifiable, credible and relevant. Content analysis of publicly accessible materials the media provide about their audiences will be applied. In the first part of the diploma thesis we will define the audience within the media studies discourse and from the perspective of the advertisers. We will also apply the theory of social construction of reality to describe the process of the construction of the audience for sale. Brief overview of reported media audience characteristics and research and shielding institutions in the Czech Republic will follow. In the last part of the diploma thesis we will summarize the findings from the analysis and apply them on the prediction of the future development of the construction of the audience for sale. Complete list of media included in the analysis as well as raw data can be found in the appendix.

One of the main tasks for journalism is to provide people with the information they need to be able to make independent decisions that can help them improve their lives. In order to know that the media fullfils this task it is important to study how the information is received by the audience. This thesis aims to investigate if, and if so how, a selected group of people in Dar es Salaam use news media to inform themselves on problems regarding healthcare, and how they value the information on these topics.A minor field study was carried out in Dar es Salaam in April 2014. The study was limited to Dar es Salaam, the economic capital of Tanzania, because it holds the majority of the media. Three different residential areas were chosen for the study, these were Mwananyamala, which is a low-income area, Sinza, middle–income and Mikocheni, high–income. A survey questionnaire was distributed in each area, 30 in Mwananyamala, 31 in Sinza and 30 in Mikocheni, and in every area four interviews was preformed.According to the selection group there is plenty of healthcare information in the media that is useful to the audience but it is not seen to be very varied. Most information is about malaria and HIV/AIDS, which are two of the most common diseases in Tanzania, but many call for a broader reporting on health issues. Media is however a useful source of information, according to most of the respondents, and especially radio and television has a big impact since it reaches out to a large part of the population. This is a good thing as long as the information is factual and accurate, but several of the respondents believe that this is not always the case.

This thesis examines how the potentional future media professionals (students of Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism at Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University) relate to print media, i. e. daily newspapers and printed magazines. It is based on the concept of active audience, uses and gratification theory and studies that try to explain the decline of interest in print media. The thesis tries to describe the role of print media in lives of the studied group at the time when print media go through a long-term crisis. Massive expansion of the electronic media is the most important factor of this crisis. The research tries to answer the question whether print media are still attractive for the researched group, despite the constant wave of information from the Internet, what motivates this group to the use of print media and contrarily what discourages them.

BARTOŠOVÁ, Radka. Parasociální interakce jako vztah mezi mediálními postavami a publikem. Praha, 2016. 67 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky. Katedra mediálních studií. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Irena Reifová, Ph.D. Abstract This thesis in its theoretical work focuses on the topic parasocial interaction, a specific relationship between fans and celebrities. This fundamental concept is initially set in a broader context. Closer are characterized by celebrities as a publicly-known media figures, and the audience as active recipients of stimulus. There is a concept called. Ordinary stars, as well as focus on issues not only fandom, but also specific terms such as adoration and celebrity stalking celebrities. After outlining the basic theoretical insight is explored basic concept - parasocial relationship. The practical part with respect to the overall theme of the work is carried out using semi-structured interviews with rock stars, fans steady on one side and ordinary fans of the stars on the other. Based on the results and authentic materials are analyzed each category. The work aims to explore how similar concepts related to celebrities, as well as different approaches to media stars.

Цель магистерской диссертации заключается в выявлении редакторских маркетинговых стратегий наполнения университетских корпоративных СМИ с последующим составлением рекомендаций. Редакторский подход к изучению проблем функционирования корпоративной прессы и, прежде всего, создания качественного контента определяет новизну исследования. Работа проведена на примере русскоязычного и испаноязычного изданий, что обусловило введение в научный оборот нового корпуса текстов и позволило определить эффективные стратегии формирования материалов корпоративного издания в разных лингвокульутрах. В исследовании на разных этапах был использован следующий материал. Для понимания процесса и тенденций моделирования коммуникативных стратегий и тактик в вузовских, российских и зарубежных СМИ методом сплошной выборки было проанализировано свыше 1500 текстов разных жанров из газет «Уральский федеральный» и «Gaceta UNAM» из 80 номеров за 2016–2018 г. Для уточнения портрета аудитории был проведен опрос, результатами которого стали 438 реакций 100 респондентов. Также материалом для исследования послужило свыше 1500 структурных элементов (заголовочный комплекс, концовки) журналистских материалов газет «Уральский федеральный» и «Gaceta UNAM» для анализа архитектоники СМИ. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, двух глав, заключения и библиографического списка. В первой главе рассматривается место корпоративных СМИ в системе инструментов брендирования и продвижения вуза, теоретические подходы изучения аудитории СМИ, в частности, через результаты опроса раскрывается образ целевого читателя университетской газеты «Уральский федеральный». Его основные характеристики были распределены в четыре обобщающие группы по степени важности для участников социологического опроса. Во второй главе представлен анализ коммуникативной, тематической и структурно-содержательной стратегий формирования контента корпоративных университетских изданий. В процессе исследования было выделено две доминирующих коммуникативных стратегии «свой круг» и «апелляции к ценностям», которые были подразделены на тактики. И газета «Уральский федеральный», и «Gaceta UNAM» стремятся к позитивной самопрезентации. К общим относятся тактики «свой-чужой», «территориального признака», «аббревиации», «кооперации», у которых, однако, иногда может быть разная подача в зависимости от издания. Например, «Уральский федеральный» описывает своего через местоимение мы, а «Gaceta UNAM» характеризует других. То же касается и импликатур, которые в газете «Уральский федеральный» отталкивают читателя от чужих, а в газете «Gaceta UNAM» привлекают к своим. «Gaceta UNAM» обладает индивидуальными тактиками, отличающими ее от газеты «Уральский федеральный». К ним относятся тактика формирования активной гражданской позиции и тактика постановки гендерного вопроса. Таким образом, мексиканский университет стремится объединить аудиторию еще и рассматриваемым кругом тем. Проведенный анализ заголовочного комплекса в газетах «Уральский федеральный» и «Gaceta UNAM» позволяет судить о наличии четырех характерных элементах: заголовки, подзаголовки (надзаголовки), вставки, рубрики. Газета УрФУ стремится к сочетанию информативных и эмотивных составляющих заголовочной системы, использует в качестве наименований цитаты, вопросы, а также иллюстративные и оценочные высказывания. Газета UNAM избегает использования экспрессивных заголовков, из чего становится видно редакторскую политику, а именно стремление позиционировать СМИ как деловое издание, представляющее аналитические материалы. Концовки текстов поддерживают заданный тон изложения. У материалов UNAM всегда есть подведение итогов, финальное мнение и оценка. А в «Уральском федеральном» частотна концовка-напоминание, а также концовка-отсылка к информации на других ресурсах. В проведенном исследовании также предложен общий алгоритм работы современного редактора над материалами вузовских медиа и индивидуальные рекомендации для каждой рассматриваемых газет. / The purpose of the master's thesis is to identify editorial marketing strategies for filling the University corporate media, followed by recommendations. The editorial approach to the study of the problems of the corporate press functioning, and, above all, the creation of high-quality content, determines the novelty of the research. The work is carried out on the example of Russian and Spanish-language publications, which led to the introduction of a new set of texts into scientific usage and allowed to determine effective strategies for the formation of corporate publications in different linguocultures. The following material was used in the study at different stages. To understand the process and trends of modeling communicative strategies and tactics in higher education Russian and foreign mass media, by the method of continuous sampling over 1,500 texts of different genres from the Newspapers «Ural Federal» and «Gaceta UNAM» of 80 numbers for 2016-2018 were analyzed. For determining the profile of a typical student of the Ural Federal University a survey has conducted, the results of which were 438 responses of 100 respondents. More than 1500 structural elements (headline complex, endings) of journalistic materials of the newspapers «Ural Federal» and «Gaceta UNAM» for the analysis of architectonics of mass media also served as a material for research. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, two chapters, conclusion and bibliography. The first chapter displays the place of corporate media in the system of branding tools and promotion of the University, theoretical approaches to the study of the media audience, in particular, through the results of the survey reveals the image of the target reader of the University newspaper «Ural Federal». Its main characteristics were divided into four generalizing groups according to the degree of importance for the participants of the sociological survey. The readers of the University media consider the communicative and cognitive needs to be fundamental for a typical student, therefore, the speech impact will be effective and communication successful if the corporate media will take into account certain interests during preparation of the materials. The second chapter represents an analysis of communicative, topical, structural and content strategies of corporate University publications, as well as a general algorithm of the modern editor's work on the materials of University media and individual recommendations for each of the examined newspaper. In the process of the research two dominant communicative strategies “the circle” and “appeal to values” were identified and subdivided on tactics. Both the the corporate newspaper of the Ural Federal University («Ural Federal») and the National Autonomous University of Mexico («Gaceta UNAM») crave for positive self-presentation. The common tactics include “friend-stranger”, “territorial attribute”, “abbreviation”, “cooperation”, which, however, can sometimes have a different presentation depending on the publication. For instance, the “Ural Federal” describes us through a pronoun we, and “Gaceta UNAM” characterizes others. The same applies to implicatures, which in the newspaper "Ural Federal" repel the reader from others, and in the newspaper "Gaceta UNAM" attract to theirs. «Gaceta UNAM» has individual tactics that distinguish it from the Ural Federal newspaper. These include the tactics of forming an active citizenship and the tactics of raising the gender issue. Thus, the University of Mexico seeks to unite the audience with the range of topics covered. The analysis of the headline complex in «Ural Federal» and «Gaceta UNAM» newspapers makes it possible to judge about the presence of four characteristic groups of elements: headings, subheadings (overheads), insertions, headings. UrFU newspaper strive to the combination of informative and emotive components of the heading system and uses quotations, questions, illustrative and evaluative statements as titles. UNAM newspaper avoids the use of expressive headlines, from which it becomes apparent editorial policy, namely the desire to position the media as a business media presenting analytical materials. The endings of the texts maintain a given tone of presentation. UNAM materials always have a summary, final opinion and evaluation. And in «Ural Federal» ending reminder, as well as ending, sending information to other resources, can be encountered frequency. The study also proposed a general algorithm for the work of a modern editor on the university media materials and the individual recommendations for each of the newspapers, which were taken into consideration.