Diploma thesis deals with media depiction of the Second Travel
Expedition of M. Zikmund and J. Hanzelka throughout the years
1959 – 1964 and how it was represented and constructed in daily
newspaper Mladá fronta. The main aim of the thesis is to
analyze the mechanisms ivolved in the construction of media
depiction along with attempts to further interpretation and
identification of the discourse models. The method used in this
thesis is discourse analysis by James P. Gee in combination
with the application of ideological modus operandi by John B.
Thompson. The thesis is divided into four main parts. The first
introduces historical background of The Second Travel
Expedition, the second part summarizes the theoretical basis on
which this work is based, the third part deals with the used
method and determines the research questions and the fourth
final part contains the analysis of selected articles by
application of the chosen method.