This magister thesis is focused on relationships between mass media, political power and society in Czechoslovakia in the late 60' and in the beginning of 70' in 20th century and desribe the transformation of media atmosphere during the era of political changes in Czechoslovakia, that means the transformation from "liberalized" 60' due to the normalization. I find answers to these questions: What were the most important changes in medial atmosphere in the Czechoslovakia in late 60' and beginning of 70'? Were media and politics connected? How important was the influence of mass media due to the political changes and normalization? Did comunists mass medias have such great power to influence society and persuade people about the rightness of intervention? As a main hypothesis there is the claim, that mass media under the comunists influence wanted to and actually managed to manipulate with people and their opinions. The answers for questions and hypotesis are verified on the basis of a general theory of media history and studies and then specifically analyzed on the concete historical example -- Munich Treaty. Methodologically this work come out of the new political history and discussion that lead to the role of mass media in modern sotieties, and also from the latest scientific literature and archival materials.

This diploma thesis named Media image of the Prague Spring and beginning of normalization in selected East Bohemian print media shows the impact of Prague spring and beginning of normalization on chosen East Bohemian print media. Those are regional newspaper Pochoden, district newspaper Zar and magazine Spiritus, which was created and published by students of University of Chemical Technology in Pardubice city. Both regional newspaper Pochoden and district newspaper Zar were organs of Communist party of Czechoslovakia. For better understanding how big the change was I also worked with these three newspapers during the years 1967 and 1969 (beginning of normalization), so readers can understand how much the writing and content of media evolved during the year 1968. When possible (signed article) I tried to focuse on each journalist and his or hers evolve during analysed years. I was focusing not only on articles written by journalists, but during this time the newspapers published letters from readers, so I can compare which letters were published in 1967, 1968 and 1969. I have chosen this theme because I was born and raised at East Bohemia and my bachelor thesis worked with similar topic (Media image of the Velvet Revolution in Pardubice city), only this time I do not focus solely on Pardubice city....

Diploma thesis " Influence of hockey affairs over leading media " deals with strictness in media control in the country in spring 1969. From august 1968 was Czechoslovakia occupied by the troops of Warsaw pact, under the control were among others also media. The situation was nevertheless desperate, media were partly conserving liberty and relative freedom. In the end of March 1969, during the world championships in Stockholm, Czechoslovak ice hockey national team beated twice the Soviet union. The celebrations of the second win culminated by citizen disturbances, which were partly directed against Soviet companies offices and barracks used for the troops of Warsaw pact. After that incident the Soviet leadership in Moscow realised to tightened up the regime in Czechoslovakia markedly. One of the most afflicted realm was the media realm. This diploma thesis deals with this strictness and with the changes in this realm during the spring of 1969. This period was the most important for progression of media situation in next twenty years.

This diploma thesis aims to demarcate the term "exile" and its conditions, further the thesis explores the impacts this experience has on a writer's work, especially the problem of writing in a foreign language and the character of translation. Concretely the present thesis is based on the literary work of Libuše Moníková and Milan Kundera. The first chapter examines the general research field in detail and the occurrence of related themes in the production of both authors. The following two chapters treat individual aspects of work created under the condition of exile - language and translation on the one hand, the correlations of text and history on the other. The findings of all analyses performed within this diploma thesis relate not only to the individual authors, but can be employed to specify and supplement the over-all picture of Czech literature of the second half of the 20th century, as the phenomenon of exile is essential for the understanding of this specific period. Keywords Literature in exile, Milan Kundera, Libuše Moníkové, Prague Spring, translation.

Jaro Kučera and the Moravian Tapestry Manufacture Abstract The diploma thesis deals with the painter and textile designer Jaro Kučera (1885- 1950) who was a director of the Moravian Tapestry Manufacture in Valašské Meziříčí between 1922 and 1945. It focuses mainly on his designs, which he created for this institution, deposited in the Provencial Archives in Opava and on tapestries from Czech and Moravian collections, especially from the Valachian Regional Museum in Valašské Meziříčí and the Moravian Gallery in Brno. The main part of the thesis is an analysis of the phenomenon of the manufacture in Valašské Meziříčí from its establishment to the present.

The final thesis deals with the mapping of the use of network media as one of the tools of political communication during events, that are called Arab Spring (Arab revolution). It is based on the hypothesis, that some people in non-democratic countries are able to effectively deal with information and are able to spread it efficiently among themselves and beyond their country through network media. All this despite of the fact that in these modes is censorship, restriction or Internet blocking. It provides the evidence, that the use of the network media is, that they help to inform the world about events in the country, that held protests or riots. Social networks are not used to organize and coordinate protests, as they were often attributed by the media. Network media acted more as an alternative channel of information to the outside of the country.

This work examines relevancy of theoretical aproaches on the subject of democratization processes presented by Francis Fukuyama, Samuel Huntington and Fareed Zakaria, and it discusses a level of relevancy of their theoretical concepts and theses in comparison to the democratization process in Libya, which started in spring 2011. First, the theoretical part of this work presents specific historical, sociocultural, political, religious and economic contexts of Libya from a historical-sociology perspective with a focus on the democratization and liberalization processes in Libya. It discusses democratization factors and reasons, which are applied on the situation in Libya. The empirical part of this work presents reflections and perspectives of the democratization process in Libya from an emical perspective of a Libyan citizen. These reflections are confronted with the theoretical approaches presented in the first part, especially with Huntington's Third Wave. The empirical part reflects the processes of the previous non- democratic regime of Muammar Kaddafi, then the fall of the regime and the revolution situation in Libya, a new democratic regime and finally, the perspectives of consolidation of democracy in Libya.

Bc. Daniel Samek Abstrakt The diploma thesis "The august invasion of Soviet troops in 1968 in Brno and the reaction of local law enforcement agency, government, media and general public" aims for more complex and multiple perspectives approach the invasion and the subsequent occupation of Brno with the units of Sowiet Union. Klíčová slova : Brno, 1968, Pražské jaro, Sovětský svaz, invaze, okupace

The aim of the diploma thesis is an analysis of development in selected states of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership in political, economic and standard of living area. In theoretical part the thesis deals with a description of a mutual relationship between the European Union and states of Mediterranean in the time frame from 1995 to 2015 and the analytical part examines the development of the states towards the goals of the Partnership, which includes the establishment of a common area of peace, stability and shared prosperity. Comparison with the development of member states of the European Union in selected areas is also incorporated.

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