The diploma thesis deals with intermedia relations and agenda-setting in the case of the purchase of one-crown bonds of the company Agrofert by its owner Andrej Babiš. The news story took place in the first half of 2017 and its research was ended on the date of filing of a motion to remove Andrej Babiš from the position of Minister of Finance in the then government of Bohuslav Sobotka. The subject of quantitative analysis of media content is the determination of the influence in intermedia relations, the development of the story coverage over time and the degree of use of links to social networks in news articles. The case study then uses the grounded theory method to identify the variables that represented the media inputs, political context, and political outputs that occurred during the development of the story, and also to look for relationships between the phenomena observed. The work is based on the theory of agenda-setting and a model of contingency of the mass media's political agenda-setting power. The thesis is divided into four parts. The first chapter contains a summary of theoretical concepts and results of empirical studies related to the media agenda building and agenda- setting and the relationship between the media and political agenda. The second chapter focuses on the research...

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With regards to the potential severity of increased antibiotic resistance around the world it is puzzling that the global response to this issue has not been more comprehensive. In this thesis I will examine the political frames on ABR formulated by the global network ReAct in an attempt to understand why this is the case. The frames of an issue, that is how it is described politically in different ways, are crucial for agenda-setting. Moreover, framing is an important part of the work of transnational advocacy networks. Since the acknowledgement of an issue in terms of agenda-setting is an important part of a global response, the frames of transnational advocacy networks make up the focus of this thesis. My findings suggests that the existence of multiple frames on ABR to some extent helps us understand the lacking response to ABR. The construction of the frames in terms of causality, and inparticular a general vagueness in terms of responsibility, is however the main finding.

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Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Educación con mención en Informática Educativa / La presente investigación busca develar las intenciones tentativas y posiciones teórico-políticas subyacentes al discurso que promueve la implementación de las agendas digitales en educación. Se pretende lograr la identificación y comprensión del fenómeno social que representa la modernización tecnológica en el sistema educativo mediante un análisis documental de agendas digitales a nivel internacional, regional y nacional, generando un proceso de teorización anclada acorde con los objetivos trazados. Como resultado, la investigación ofrece un constructo teórico (“ideología evolucionista de las TIC”) capaz de comprender e interpretar los mecanismos que, a nivel de discurso, legitiman el plan modernizador de la fuerza laboral y los posibles escenarios de exclusión que este trae. A nivel de política pública, esta tesis es un aporte para desnaturalizar y replantear las acciones ejecutadas a gran escala en las escuelas respecto al uso de las TIC. En lo epistemológico, abre las puertas a una crítica sobre los marcos conceptuales que sostienen las propuestas y estudios sobre las TIC en la educación, revelando los supuestos que portan sus principales agencias promotoras, identificando limitaciones conceptuales y explorando potencialidades acorde con su impacto real en la vida social y educativa. Desde el punto de vista educativo, este trabajo permite interpretar propósitos y responsabilidades estructurales que tienen que ver con el éxito o fracaso de las políticas revisadas, de modo que sirvan para comprender el proceso histórico de pérdida de valor profesional docente, la noción del liderazgo educativo reducida a una gestión de recursos, y el estatuto del alumno como un trabajador-consumidor en potencia

Student Number : 0315885J - PhD thesis - School of Journalism and Media Studies - Faculty of Humanties / This study responds to the generalization by traditional agenda setting or media effects studies, especially media agenda-setting hypothesis that people accept as important whatever the media considers to be so; and being so, have the capability to structure issues for its audience. Also, the thesis is uncomfortable with the media’s blanket use of the term ‘mass’ to refer to its audience particularly when considered against the background of Africa’s rurality. This study therefore is an attempt to stake out a new conceptual approach to the media’s agenda-setting capabilities with an emphasis on the ‘other neglected agents of power’, that is, this study’s proposition as ‘the established structures of community’ in Africa, especially rural Africa, in setting be it the media or ‘territorial’ agenda. Using the multifaceted and predominantly qualitative methodology of histories and the triangular orientation of personal interviews, survey questionnaires and content scanning of relevant media, the thesis amongst other issues of conceptual relevance re-awakens the theoretical issue of ‘whose agenda is the media agenda?” and whether the media and its agenda setting capabilities are not an urban phenomenon? The universality and applicability of the theory especially in Africa’s rural setting where language, illiteracy, poverty and the lack of access to modern media constitute obvious barriers is also a major concern of this study. With the above as a background, the three part (I – conceptual framing of the problem and relevant issues, ii – a proposition and iii – data presentation and research findings) study then agues, proposes and concludes that: [a] Media agenda is ‘source’ oriented as its sources quite often are identifiable and that, the media serves better (as against the overwhelming claim of agenda-setting) as a conduit or arena for contending issues, views, opinions, even sentiments; there is therefore no significant category of intellectual analysis called media agenda, at least, in Nigeria. [b] Media is urban based and centred, urban driven and even urban cultured …it is simply an urban phenomenon. [c] Indeed there are significant indicators that the ‘established structures of community’ functions and play major roles both in setting the media-agenda (where there is one) and in political power dynamics. [d] Media agenda is plausible but an ‘uncertain’ agenda; in Africa, especially rural Africa.

Abstract This study takes a qualitative look at the interplay between women’s leadership and newsroom socialisation and the news agenda as experienced and understood by women editors at the Mail & Guardian, through a process of interviews with women editors, supplemented by a brief look at the publication when referenced during the course of the interviews. This study confirms previous research that suggests that an increase of women in the newsroom is not enough to address issues of gender representation in newsrooms and news representation. Although at the Mail & Guardian, this study indicates that the appointment of a woman editor impacted the newsroom positively on gender awareness issues and the publication itself in its gender representation, there are indications that this is a result of a number of factors and not gender alone. In summary, this research found that it is the combination of positioning, power and influence, with a gender agenda, intention and purpose, in an environment that is receptive to change, that will significantly contribute to changes both within the socialisation of the newsroom and translate into a higher level of gender awareness and sensitivity in newspaper’s gender representation.

Téměř 16 let po sjednocení v roce 1990 se Německo stále potýká s ekonomickými důsledky této události. Západní Německo, které muselo nést podstatnou část nákladů spojených se sjednocením, dnes vykazuje relativně vysoké míry nezaměstnanosti, ačkoli v komparaci s bývalým východním Německem jsou tyto míry stále téměř poloviční. Situace na pracovním trhu byla hlavní příčinou, proč německá vláda představila program Agenda 2010, jehož cílem bylo zajistit stabilitu systému sociálního zabezpečení, nastartovat ekonomický růst a snížit nezaměstnanost. Přijetí zákona Hartz IV, který byl považován za nejkontroverznější součást reformy, vedlo k výrazné redukci sociálních transferů poskytovaných vládou.

XV Conferencia Internacional sobre Bibliotecas Universitarias "La Biblioteca hacia el 2030", evento realizado en el Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos de la UNAM, del 25 al 27 de Octubre de 2017, México. / Conferencia que aborda las competencias y habilidades que requiere el profesional de la información para contribuir a un desarrollo sostenible e inclusivo.

Denna uppsats undersöker hur svenska musikjournalisters roll gentemot sina läsare påverkats av internets utbredning och den ökande fildelningen i samband med den digitala och tekniska utvecklingen. Genom fem kvalitativa intervjuer med musikjournalister från de fyra största tidningarna i Sverige: Dagens nyheter, Svenska dagbladet, Aftonbladet och Expressen, under-söks hur musikjournalisterna själva uppfattar denna utveckling. Med utgångspunkt i teorin om agenda-setting har resultatet sedan analyserats och diskuterats. Slutsatsen är att musikjourna-listernas makt gentemot sina läsare har minskat det senaste decenniet. Läsarna ser inte längre musiksidorna i dagspressen som lika viktiga för deras musikkonsumtion. Musikjournalister-nas arbete har också underlättats då tillgängligheten på information blivit större på internet. Samtidigt är en konsekvens av den tekniska utvecklingen att det produceras och sprids mer musik i dag än någonsin tidigare, vilket gjort musikscenen svår att överblicka samt medfört en ökad arbetsbörda för musikjournalisterna när det gäller att hålla sig uppdaterade inom sitt om-råde.