Self-proclaimed political pundits in the age of social media
| Thesis title in Czech: | Samozvaní političtí znalci v době sociálních médií |
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| Thesis title in English: | Self-proclaimed political pundits in the age of social media |
| Key words: | nová média|média|politika|sociální média|sociologie politiky |
| English key words: | new media|media|politics|social media|sociology of politics |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2016/2017 |
| Thesis type: | diploma thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Department of Sociology (21-KSOC) |
| Supervisor: | PhDr. Mgr. Petr Lupač, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 30.05.2017 |
| Date of assignment: | 30.05.2017 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 14.06.2017 |
| Date and time of defence: | 18.06.2018 09:30 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 17.05.2018 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 18.06.2018 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | Mgr. Jan Sládek, Ph.D. |
| Advisors: | Mgr. Jaromír Mazák, Ph.D. |
| Guidelines |
| Background: The public is rapidly losing trust in traditional media, especially when it comes to the reporting of political news. In response, new media personalities have risen as representatives of social movements and taken the monopoly of political commenting away from the old media. A major problem with these new media personalities is that they often do not have any external financing and thus are much more dependent on their relationship with their audience. Therefore, these personalities might have to self-censor so as to not lose their audience on which they are directly financially dependent. From a sociological perspective, it is important to understand the role these new media personalities play in shaping political discourse and ideologies of social movements. Goals: Acquiring and analysing evidence about the effect which new media personalities have on the ideological dimension of social and political movements. Methodology: Qualitative research based on interviews with new media personalities. Quantitative research based on media consumption, media preference and social-political beliefs data. Hypotheses: Consumers of new media content produced by political pundits are very interested in politics, have strong political views, and often identify with the same social movement as the pundit they follow. New media personalities can directly influence social movements. Media consumers can directly influence new media personalities. Characteristics of conclusions: Conclusions of the thesis should help understand how the upcoming changes to the structure of media consumption will influence social movements and thereby the political discourse. |
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