The topic of my bachelor thesis are the Czechoslovak
presidential elections of December 1935. They followed the
decision of the first Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk to
abdicate because of medical reasons. Masaryk suggested E. Beneš
to be his successor; some of the political parties supported
Bohumil Něměc, another presidential candidate.
The aim of my thesis is to describe and analyze the media image
of both the candidates and the elections themselves, as they
were created by the newspapers of the main political parties:
Republican Party (Venkov), People's Party (Lidové listy),
Social Democratic Party  (Právo lidu and Večerník Práva lidu),
National Socialist Party (České slovo and Večerní České slovo),
opposing Communist Party (Rudé právo) and National Union
(Národní listy, Večerník národních listů and Národ).
Independent newspapers are represented by Lidové noviny and
Národní osvobození. I studied the selected periodicals which
were issued between the 14th and 25th December 1935 and I
compared them using the comparative analysis.
The clarification of the political system in Czechoslovakia at
the end of the year 1935 and the overview of the independent
press and public relations of selected political parties and is
included.