The thesis focuses on the developement and role of Czechoslovak advertising and promotional agency Merkur, which was the main organization for the management of the commercial and promotional activities of socialist Czechoslovakia. The aim of thesis is description of its origins, development as well as the concrete advertising campaigns to give a comprehensive picture of its existence and production. The work is divided into four main chapters. The first chapter is focused on the political and historical background of the agency's establishment. It brings important milestones in the media development and the overall social-political climate in the socialist promotion area not only during the establishment period but also throughout her existence. The second chapter is devoted to the position and characteristic of advertising in the Czechoslovak period. It describes the origin of television and radio advertising as well as the advertising agencies in Czechoslovakia, with an emphasis on foreign trade agency Rapid, which played an important role in Merkur's work. The penultimate part of the thesis deals with the origins and development of Merkur itself, the subject of its activity, its employment base and its structure. The final chapter describes the promotional tools used by the company and analyzes...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:408213 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Ryšánková, Jana |
| Contributors | Vošahlíková, Pavla, Bednařík, Petr |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Slovak |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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