The thesis Media in Czech Fine Arts deals with the relationship between media and fine arts. The thesis aims to find, among other things, whether media can be considered a distinct theme in arts. The objective, methodology, and resources utilized are all addressed in the first chapters. A brief overview of how the topic was addressed in foreign fine arts follows; this was the main inspiration for the pursuit of this work. The main part consists of a selection of works of art where the topic of media appears and where the author of the work was a Czech fine artist. The thesis focuses mainly on painting, drawings, graphic arts and sculpture. The artworks are sorted into several subheads, primarily by the topic they portray, then chronologically. Each thematic unit makes a connection between history and theory of media, and the history of art.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-13T14:10:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 etica_e_comunicacao_prazeres.pdf: 9971824 bytes, checksum: cbe15af3ca84a1741a8d8f21867db0ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-26 / Our object is composed by the discourses contained in two Brazilian magazines: Men s Health and Nova. We approach the object through a transversal dialogue between the communication and social sciences fields and the philosophy of Michel Foucault. From this perspective, we suggest as a theoretical proposition that mass media influences its receptors subjective constitutions an influence upon the constitution of their individual self. This influence operates mainly through norms : internalized rules that guide the individuals in a natural-like fashion Men s Health and Nova, publications with prescriptive contents, are part of this operation. The norm, however, is not inescapable: Foucault offers an alternative to its objective restriction of our subjective identities: the dimension of ethics, an existential dimension in which we create our own selves through a free self-reflected intellectual exercise. After establishing our theoretical premises, we thoroughly investigate the way through which the magazines discourses operate (analyzing 6 issues of each one of them), defining what we called their physiology . Our aim is to answer the following problem: is there, in the reception of the discourses contained in these magazines, an ethical dimension? For that we interviewed 21 receptors, to find out that they conduct their lives in a complex power play that is strongly established upon norms, either to affirm or deny them. Men s Health and Nova operate along with many other social instances in a regime where its receptors think themselves based on pre-established criteria, where ephemeral pleasures are desired by some and criticized by all, while the ideal of eternal love is also a unanimous intention. At the same time, all value a specific kind of healthy body that is, at the same time, beautiful and sexy. None of that, though, is perceived though an exercise of self-reflection, free pondering. In other words, none of that comes from an ethical dimension / Este trabalho tem por objeto a recepção dos discursos das revistas Men s Health e Nova. Abordamos o objeto a partir de um diálogo transversal entre os campos da comunicação, ciências sociais e a filosofia do francês Michel Foucault. Nessa perspectiva, propomos como pressuposto teórico a influência dos meios de comunicação sobre a constituição subjetiva de seus receptores, ou seja, a influência sobre a maneira como eles pensam sobre si próprios e se caracterizam seres donos de seus eus . Essa influência opera fundamentalmente por meio de normas, ou seja, regras internalizadas nos indivíduos à guisa de natureza Men s Health e Nova, publicações cujos discursos são prescritivos e normativos, fazem parte dessa conjuntura. A norma, no entanto, não é inescapável: Foucault propõe um caminho, uma resistência, uma dimensão livre de constituição da própria subjetividade: a ética. Deitadas essas bases, analisamos os discursos de 6 edições de cada revista, identificando um fio condutor, uma fisiologia desses discursos. O objetivo final do trabalho é responder ao seguinte problema: existe, na recepção dos discursos de Men s Health e Nova, a possibilidade de uma dimensão ética, ou seja, de uma dimensão de livre constituição da própria subjetividade? Para isso, fomos a campo, entrevistando em profundidade 21 receptores (homens no caso de Men s Health, mulheres no caso de Nova). Constatamos, a partir dos relatos dos entrevistados, que a condução de suas vidas se dá num complexo jogo em que as normas servem de apoio, seja na afirmação ou negação de suas ações. Men s Health e Nova operam junto com diversas outras instâncias sociais num regime em que seus receptores se percebem e se refletem no mundo a partir de critérios préestabelecidos, onde prazeres fugazes são praticados por muitos e mal vistos por todos, enquanto amores eternos são, também, intenção unânime. Ao mesmo tempo, todos valorizam um tipo específico de corpo saudável, que é ao mesmo tempo belo e sedutor valorização que identificamos na forma de intenção ou de conduta, propriamente. Nada disso, entretanto, dentro de uma auto-reflexão, de uma ponderação livre, de uma dimensão ética, enfim.

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In this essay a mediated video game reception of the game Life Is Strange is made, with the purpose of examining the players' meaning-making processes from a gender perspective. The materials of this essay consist of videos from six different YouTube channels where each player film themselves whilst playing through Life Is Strange as a way to review and share the gaming experience. The results show how the meaning-making processes are littered with gender discourses and affects. The affects offset discourses by amplification or by revealing discord between available cultural narratives and the simulated reality of the game. Even though the game highlights themes like female-centric relationships, suicide, euthanasia, lesbianism, socio-economic circumstances, social accountability and men's violence against women, it successfully delivers highly involving, enjoyable and appreciated gameplay experience. The game is shown to provide players with a platform around which they can connect and continue to discuss, raise awareness and produce knowledge around these important topics. The fan generated culture will in turn, reach a much larger audience than the game sales numbers reflect. / <p>Treated in seminar at Stockholm University</p>

Ayant pour ambition de « rendre la parole » aux populations déshéritées de la ville de Pikine, banlieue de la capitale sénégalaise, Débat local est l’émission politique interactive de la radio communautaire Air’Jeunes fondée à la fin des années quatre-vingt-dix à l’initiative des associations de jeunes de la région dakaroise avec le soutien d’une grande ONG canadienne. Cette thèse étudie les usages de cette émission par les citoyens locaux dans les trois domaines principaux où les militants et promoteurs de la démocratie participative s’attachent à développer des dispositifs d’action citoyenne visant à corriger les défauts et insuffisances du gouvernement représentatif au regard de l’idéal démocratique : la place des citoyens dans le système de production des biens publics locaux, les relations symboliques entre les élus et les électeurs et l’espace public de débat sur les politiques publiques et l’action des représentants. À partir d’une étude de terrain à caractère ethnographique menée en trois séquences de 2006 à 2011 dans les studios de la radio et sur les lieux d’écoute de l’émission, il apparaît que si l’émission a permis à des formes de contestation du pouvoir local de s’exprimer publiquement sans médiation, la réalisation du projet originel de l’émission s’est heurtée à un contexte local défavorable marqué par l’absence de moyens donnés aux élus locaux pour exercer leurs compétences récemment décentralisées et par un journalisme politique local polarisé autour de deux formes dominantes laissant peu de place au débat argumenté : le journalisme antagonique des grands groupes privés et de la petite presse du secteur informel et le journalisme légitimiste du groupe public. En dépit de leur attachement militant au projet, les responsables de la radio et les animateurs de l’émission dont les origines sociales et les formations scolaires les tenaient très éloignés des formes de consommation des biens informationnels des Pikinois ainsi que des activités des associations informelles de quartier très vivantes dans la banlieue dakaroise ont progressivement cédé aux forces d’attraction qu’exerçaient les radios privées ordinaires sur leur vision de leur avenir professionnel personnel et, corrélativement, sur leur pratique journalistique. / Aspiring to “give a voice” to the poor people of Pikine, a suburb of the Senegalese capital, “Local Debate” is an interactive political programme of the community radio Air’Jeunes, created in the late nineties at the initiative of youth associations in the Dakar region with support from a major Canadian NGO. This thesis explores the use of this programme by local citizens in three main areas where activists and proponents of participatory democracy are committed to developing citizen action mechanisms, aiming to correct the defects and shortcomings under the democratic ideal of representative government: the role of citizens in the production system of local public goods, symbolic relationships between elected leaders and electors, and the public space for debate on public policies and the actions of representatives. Based on an ethnographic field study conducted in three phases between 2006 and 2011 in the radio production studio and the show’s listening sites, it appears that, even if the programme has enabled forms of contestation of local authority to be voiced publicly without mediation, the realisation of the original project faced an unfavourable local context marked by the lack of resources given to local officials to exercise their newly decentralised powers and a local political journalism polarised around two dominant forms, leaving little room for debate: the antagonistic journalism of big private groups and small informal press, and the legitimising journalism of the public service group. Despite their militant commitment to the project, radio staff and hosts whose social origins and educational backgrounds distance them from the forms of consumption of information goods and activities of Pikine’s inhabitants, as well as the dynamic activities of informal neighbourhood associations in the suburbs of Dakar, have gradually yielded to forces of attraction exercised by mainstream private radios, influencing their vision of their professional future and, in turn, their journalistic practice .