The role of social media as a source for traditional media in the CR

This diploma thesis deals with the topic of social networks in a role of source for print and online media. Quantitative content analysis was conducted to prove whether Czech daily newspaper and their online non-subscription news platforms use social networks as a source of information for national news. In a whole ten media outlets were examined, five dailies with national coverage and five related online news platforms. Several highly exposed events in date range of August 2010 - June 2012 were identified and their media coverage was analysed in selected media during the research