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The submitted thesis focuses on describing the media image of the abduction of two Czech women in Pakistan, which occurred in March 2013. It aims to analyze the manner in which the selected Czech media informed about the incident. This thesis consists of three parts: theoretical part, methodological part and analytical part. Theoretical part introduces relevant theoretical concepts and frameworks relevant to the actual analysis, methodological part explains the essentials and methods of research, defines the research sample and the reference period. The final analytical part presents the results of the actual research as well as answers the research questions and hypotheses. In order to increase clarity, the results are shown in graphs and tables. The core of the theses is a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the contents of four Czech news servers for the period from March 2013 to mid-April 2015. The selected media are Blesk.cz, iDnes.cz, Novinky.cz and Reflex.cz, which represent one of the most popular and read news sites in the Czech Republic. The quantitative part focuses on the frequency with which the monitored media informed about the abduction Czech tourists, the information sources that were used, the importance of the topic within the particular articles and other aspects....