Parliamentary elections 1948 in the Czech contemporary newspapers

Bachelor thesis "Parliamentary elections 1948 in the Czech contemporary newspapers" is about how the National Assembly elections of 30th May 1948 were presented in the Czech contemporary press. The examination is subjected to partial newspapers Rudé Pravo, Svobodné slovo and Lidová demokracie and comprehends the period from the 1th of May 1948 to the 30th of June 1948. The method used at this work is a historical comparative analysis, so the media picture of events in the Czech contemporary newspapers is compared with the literature of the political and media history concerning this topic. Also the overall situation of the media and state censorship in 1948 is mentioned. Work is based on the assumption that it had to be especially this period around the first non-free elections after the communist takeover in 1948 that a large quantity of propaganda forms (articles, images, photos) was published in the contemporary newspapers. So it takes as its aim to find out, if that was the case, and to explore various methods of propaganda, agitation and intimidation that occurred in the contemporary press. Based on the findings it will then make efforts to determine the specifics of individual sheets