Presidents are said to exert their influence mainly through addressing the public and public speaking. Setting the media agenda is considered as one of the presidents' main strategic powers. Although the contemporary Czech president Václav Klaus enjoys substantial media attention, it is not granted that the media report on everything he says and emphasises. This research focuses on the interaction between presidential speeches at important occasions, represented by the 1 January, 28 October, and 17 November address, and the media represented by three nation-wide dailies Mladá fronta DNES, Právo and Blesk. The time span of the research is 2007 to 2011. The analysis seeks to examine how often were the presidential speeches reported by the media, and which particular topics from them generated press coverage. The results show that the media were mostly attracted by the 1 January address, while the 17 November speech received least attention. It has also emerged that the media reporters have been choosing selectively which topics from the speeches to cover. The scope of the space dedicated to each of the topics by the president in his speeches has not been reflected by the journalists. Therefore, significant differences in the topical priorities between the presidential and media agenda were...

This thesis deals with humour on Facebook, I examine the themes and practices of humorous posts that are related to the direct election of the President of the Czech Republic,in particular to the two candidates who got into the second round of presidential elections, Karel Schwarzenberg and Miloš Zeman. In the theoretical part I introduce humour from a theoretical point of view. I identify three central theories, types of jokes and function of laugh. In subsequent chapters I define the basic assumptions that lead to the involvement of fans in the creation of online posts, which can circulate through social networks. I present new tools in online political marketing and summarize the basic topics of the official campaigns of both candidates. In the practical part I analyze, using the grounded theory, how and why Facebook users worked with humour in posts which respond to the presidential election. The material which was searched, can be described as illustrated jokes, photos with or without text, collages, comics or cartoons from official and unofficial Facebook pages of both candidates. The research showed that humour had primarily negative role during the campaign. Humour was a tool to defame and ridicule the candidate, jokes showed his shortcomings. It also warned voters what could happen in the...

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.

The diploma thesis The White House Presents: The Media Image of Barack Obama examines the media presentation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, through the official media channel of the White House. Five video recordings of President Obama's speeches are analyzed with a focus on linguistic, visual and auditory sign systems with the use of the qualitative semiotic content analysis. Before the analysis itself, an explanation of theoretical terms related mostly to the representation of reality is provided. On these grounds the analysis is then approached as a description of different means of achieving media construction of reality, to which both the President himself and the White House Office of Communications contribute. This Office is in charge of the content of the above-mentioned channel. To broaden the context, general information about the functioning of the President's media communication is included. The aim of this thesis is an interpretation of the communication tools presented by the White House media channel and the analysis of their symbolic meaning in order to explicate the process of a specific media image of the President coming into existence. The approach to the analyzed content from the perspective of intercultural communication is also of importance. It must be...

The Diploma Thesis deals with the President of the Republic and his/her relation to the International Treaties, to the Negotiation, the Approval and the Ratification. The work contains both international and national perspective of the problem. The thesis is a reflection of the ongoing expert debate, to which extent has the President of the Republic the constitutional right of decision-making autonomy in the field of International Treaties of the Czech Republic. The thesis analyses the current legal situation and presents up-to-date juridical opinions together with arguments from the political science.

[pt] O trabalho trata do presidencialismo de coalizão e da judicialização da política. Esses temas são estudados pelos cientistas políticos de forma estanque ou pouco correlacionados, isto é, sem fazer uma consistente vinculação entre ambos os fenômenos. De outro lado, os constitucionalistas atestam conseqüências da mútua relação entre os temas acima citados, mas não possuem condições de explicá-los com os seus métodos. A partir de uma ampla coleta de dados empíricos, constatou-se que, devido à dinâmica entre o Presidente da República e a maioria parlamentar no Congresso Nacional, os partidos políticos de oposição têm diminuídas as suas oportunidades de participação efetiva no debate democrático, fazendo com que eles procurem outro locus para discutir, que é o judiciário através das ações diretas de inconstitucionalidade (adins) interpostas no Supremo Tribunal Federal. / [fr] Ce texte traite du présidentialisme de coalition et de la judicialisation de la politique. Ces thèmes sont étudiés par les politologues de façon isolée et sans qu`ils les mettent suffisament en rapport, c`est à dire sans qu ils établissent un lien solide entre les deux phénomènes. D`autre part, les constitutionnalistes reconnaissent les effets de ce rapport réciproque entre lesdits thémes mais leurs seules méthodes ne leur permet pas de les expliquer. A partir d` un vaste relevé de données empiriques, on a constaté que, dûe à la dynamique entre le Président de la République et la majorité parlementaire du Congrès National, les partis politique d`opposition se sont vu diminuer les occasions qu`ils avaient de participer, de manière effective, au d ébat démocratique. Ceci les a amenés à chercher un autre locus pour ce débat, et ce nouvel endroit est le judiciaire, au moyen des actions directes d` inconstitutionnalité (adins), qu`ils déposent face à la Cour Suprême Fédéral.

The thesis analyses the Institute of the President of the Czech Republic in the Czech and Slovak Republics from 1993 to 2017. Main focus of the thesis is the comparison of the position of the Presidents of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The thesis look closer general position of head of states in the political systems, the election of the president, the introduction of a direct election in the Czech Republic, their authority, responsibility, termination of service and real application of presidential powers. The diploma thesis focuses on the media image of the presidents, their popularity, media cases and public opinion. The thesis also aims at the organized comparison of the powers and position of the presidents of both countries between 1993 and 2017, identification of identical or different features. KEYWORDS Head of state - President - Czech Republic - Slovak Republic - Election - Status and powers - Countersignature - Responsibility - Public Opinion - Media Case

Submitted by Maria Aparecida (cidazen@gmail.com) on 2017-04-24T12:35:19Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Edson barbosa de Miranda Netto.pdf: 611509 bytes, checksum: e132671e1a04b1e096b318a9c549904b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-24T12:35:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Edson barbosa de Miranda Netto.pdf: 611509 bytes, checksum: e132671e1a04b1e096b318a9c549904b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-31 / CAPES, FAPEMA / The present research aimed to carry out a content analysis in legal and political speeches given in Brazil by the Presidents of the Republic, the Ministers of Health and the Federal Suprem Court of Justice from January 1, 2011 to October 15, 2016, in order to identify the frequency in which terms and expressions related to predetermined thematic categories appeared in the content of such discourses. Thus, it was sought to identify and analyze the actors, interests and rationalities of the Unified Health System. As the methodological procedure, the Lawrence Bardin’s content analysis was chosen in order to enable an understandment about the explicit or non apparent meanings in the juridical and political speeches content analyzed in this research. It was verified that the different frequencies express the rationalities and the concerns of each authority or organ analyzed, so that even important categories – such as the Health Judicialization and its serious reflexes in health services and the Reorganization of the public health competence distribution between the Federation members – had little or none appearance in the content of certain groups of speeches. The reason found to this was a predominant circumstantial feature in the content of the political speeches of the Executive authorities and the institutional limits of the Federal Suprem Court of Justice when confronted with political issues. / A presente pesquisa objetivou realizar uma análise de conteúdo em discursos jurídicos e políticos proferidos no Brasil pelos Presidentes da República, pelos Ministros da Saúde e pelo STF no período de 01 de janeiro de 2011 a 15 de outubro de 2016, de modo a ser possível identificar a frequência com que termos e expressões relacionados a categorias temáticas predeterminadas apareceram no conteúdo de tais discursos. Com isso, buscou-se identificar e analisar os atores, interesses e racionalidades do Sistema Único de Saúde. Como procedimento metodológico, utilizou-se a análise de conteúdo de Lawrence Bardin, de modo a ser possível compreender as significações explícitas ou não aparentes contidas no conteúdo dos discursos de natureza jurídica e política alvos da pesquisa. Constatou-se que as diferentes frequências expressam as racionalidades e os interesses inerentes a cada autoridade ou órgão analisado, de modo que mesmo importantes categorias – como a Judicialização da Saúde e seus graves reflexos nas ações e serviços de saúde e a Reorganização da distribuição de competências dos entes federados em matéria de saúde pública – pouco ou sequer apareceram no conteúdo de determinados grupos de discursos. Concluiu-se que, com relação aos membros do Poder Executivo, isso ocorreu em razão do caráter circunstancial predominante no conteúdo de seus discursos e, com relação ao STF, em função dos limites institucionais de sua atuação em questões de natureza política.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-02-08T11:20:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Yusuf Elemen.pdf: 2929492 bytes, checksum: 224f344a7703f6bc76e313d125d1b1ec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-08T11:20:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Yusuf Elemen.pdf: 2929492 bytes, checksum: 224f344a7703f6bc76e313d125d1b1ec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / On July 15, 2016, there was a military coup attempt in Turkey by a faction within the Turkish Armed Forces that presented themselves as the "Council of Peace at Home", but, this time - different from what happened with the previous ones, such as 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997 coup d'état - was not successful. The attempted coup is considered the most important event since 1946 by its political and social results. In this sense, the Brazilian press published a great volume of news on the subject, due to the international impact generated by the coup. The aim of this work is to analyze the coverage of the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo and O Globo, from July 16 to August 30, 2016 / No dia 15 de julho de 2016, houve uma tentativa de golpe militar na Turquia, por uma facção dentro das Forças Armadas turcas que se apresentaram como o “Conselho da Paz na Pátria”, contudo, desta vez – diferentemente do que ocorreu com os anteriores, como os golpes de 1960, 1971, 1980 e 1997 – este não foi bem-sucedido. A tentativa de golpe é considerada o mais importante acontecimento desde 1946 por seus resultados políticos e sociais. Nesse sentido, a imprensa brasileira publicou um grande volume de notícias sobre o assunto, devido ao impacto internacional gerado pelo golpe. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar o enquadramento da cobertura dos jornais Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo e O Globo, no período de 16 de julho a 30 de agosto de 2016

Amid increasing trends of market concentration and corporate political activity in the United States, this thesis takes a quantitative approach to evaluating Luigi Zingales’ political theory of the firm. Using data from the Economic Census and from the Center for Responsive Politics, I find that concentration as measured by four and eight largest firms’ share of establishments exhibits a significant positive relationship to corporate lobbying at the intensive margin. On the other hand, concentration as measured by four and eight largest firms’ share of employment exhibits a significant negative relationship on politically active firms’ decision to lobby at the extensive margin. Through drawing upon existing quantitative literature on this subject, I conclude that Zingales’ theory remains sound and its implications on the political economy of the United States are bleak. Further research should look into politically feasible policy solutions to this troubling relationship.