Political TV Debates in the Czech Republic - from Bread Snacks to Sound Bites

EIBL, Otto and Barbora PETROVÁ. Political TV Debates in the Czech Republic - from Bread Snacks to Sound Bites. Contemporary European Studies. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2010, vol. 5, No 1, p. 17-30. ISSN 1802-4289.

Basic information

• Original name: Political TV Debates in the Czech Republic - from Bread Snacks to Sound Bites
• Name in Czech: Politické televizní debaty v České republice - od chlebíčků k "sound bites"
• Name (in English): Political TV Debates in the Czech Republic - from Bread Snacks to Sound Bites
• Authors: EIBL, Otto (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Barbora PETROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Contemporary European Studies, Olomouc, Palacký University, 2010, 1802-4289.

Other information

• Original language: Czech
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/10:00052729
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords (in Czech): média; politika; televizní debata; politická komunikace; personalizace; profesionalizace
• Keywords in English: media; politics; tv debates; political communication; personalization; professionalization

Abstract

The paper deals with the topic of political TV debates in the Czech Republic, which has undergone major changes since the 1990 when they were introduced. The authors draw on the concepts of mediatization of politics (Mazzoleni, Stromback and others), professionalization of political communication (e.g. Holtz-Bacha, McNair) and other general theories on the role and importance of the TV as medium. When finding the answers to the question of ‘how the TV debates have changed in the Czech Republic since the 1989’ the major part of the paper will be an analytical description of the changes, which took place before the 2010 election campaign and which resulted in the stage we were able to witness in the last general elections campaign of 2010. The authors mainly focus on the changes in format of the debates, role of moderators as well as the content and style of this specific TV programme on the Czech TV of public service using data from TV companies, opinion research agency CVVM and the ČSÚ.

Abstract (in English)

The paper deals with the topic of political TV debates in the Czech Republic, which has undergone major changes since the 1990 when they were introduced. The authors draw on the concepts of mediatization of politics (Mazzoleni, Stromback and others), professionalization of political communication (e.g. Holtz-Bacha, McNair) and other general theories on the role and importance of the TV as medium. When finding the answers to the question of ‘how the TV debates have changed in the Czech Republic since the 1989’ the major part of the paper will be an analytical description of the changes, which took place before the 2010 election campaign and which resulted in the stage we were able to witness in the last general elections campaign of 2010. The authors mainly focus on the changes in format of the debates, role of moderators as well as the content and style of this specific TV programme on the Czech TV of public service using data from TV companies, opinion research agency CVVM and the ČSÚ.