The media image of left political in post-comunist Czech republic

This thesis focuses on the media representation of leftist political parties in post-communist country specifically in the Czech Republic. The first part will discuss the historical development of the Czech Republic, where special emphasis will be placed on the transformation of media and their influence on public opinion. The reality of the Czech Republic will be put into a context with selected countries of the former eastern bloc. It will confirmed or refuted a presumption of influence of the communist era on the political leanings of people. The second and third part will deal with the practical aspect of this thesis and content analysis of four newspapers and two weeklies in three years. This analysis should be an answer to the question of how our media are objective and how they reflect left-wing parties. The practical part of the work is divided into methodological and analytical part. There are defined hypotheses and research questions in the methodological section, based on the theoretical part. The chosen method of analysis is the content analysis, the results are presented in the analytical part and interpreted after that