The Use of Smartphones in the TV News Czech televizion

The technology of television picture shooting and its transfer has been evolving since its inception. The evolution significantly influences the TV news production. It preceded the emergence of a mobile journalism, which means the application of smartphones in the TV news production. The goal of this thesis is to describe the application of the latest technology, smartphones, in the Czech television TV news. The main benefit of this thesis is to find a current state of use of smartphones in the Czech television, including its positives and negatives. Some space in the thesis is also dedicated to the history of smartphones usage and also to possible future ways of the usage. First part of the thesis is theoretical and introduces the mobile journalism in the context of technological development. Second part of the thesis is a case study of smartphones application in the Czech television TV news. It is based on an analysis of a qualitative interview with an external editor of the Czech television.