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The master´s thesis deals with the topic of political participation of young people. It mainly focuses on young people who are politically involved in the South Bohemian Region. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part first introduces some of the selected definitions of political participation. I deal with possible forms of political participation: conventional and unconventional.The work also introduces the activities that young people, according to various researches, spend their free time. Subsequently, the relationship of young people, aged 18 to 35 years, to politics is described. Possible causes of young people's lack of interest in public events are also presented.In this part, attention is paid to active and passive voting. Subsequently, the theoretical part deals with selected determinants of political participation. The practical part presents the conclusions of the research of political participation of young people in the South Bohemian region. The aim of the research was to use interviews to find out what the experiences of young political candidates are. Discover, what motivates young people to take an interest in public affairs and what possible obstacles they have had to face.

The topic of the thesis is young people's relationship with politics in the Czech Republic. The first part deals with interest in politics and participation in elections among young people and compares them with general public. Furthermore, it focuses on involvement of youth in various organisations and their participation in public life. Besides, the thesis tries to find reasons for lack of interest in politics and characterise some causes related to theirs attitudes towards politics. Finally, it deals with political preferences of young people and their engagement in political organisations. The last part of the thesis summarises results of the research findings which took place among social studies students at The Faculty of Education. The research focused on attitudes and participation of youth in politics.

Nowadays social networks have millions or some even billions of users who spend most of their free time there. Therefore there is no surprise that the potential impact on society becomes part of many experts research. According to some authors, social networks offer an opportunity for political participation especially for those who generally do not participate. Even politicians start to use these networks to mobilize voters. We can observe this new trend in the first direct presidential elections in the Czech Republic 2013, when some of the candidates tried to reach and mobilize voters through social networks. During presidential campaign 2012/2013, users could have participated in various political activities which enabled sharing political views. The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of using social networks during presidential elections, particularly using of Facebook, on interest in politics between users 18- 35 years. The diploma thesis focuses on the impact of Facebook because it is the most popular and used social network in the Czech Republic and also due to the fact that some experts argue that this social network played an important role in the presidential campaign. This paper will be based on quantitative research in form of a questionnaire survey, which was created on the...