Last modified: 8th July 2011
Dissertation
Bočák, Michal. 2008. Structure of Television News Text: Analysis of News Formats From a Discursive Perspective. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
abstract & resumé (English) . fulltext (Slovak) . illustrative videos (Slovak)
abstract & resumé (English) . fulltext (Slovak) . illustrative videos (Slovak)
Papers in Scientific Journals
2009
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "News Formats: Television News From a Discursive Perspective." Pp. 165–200 in Culture – Media – Communication (Thinking Media and Communication – Disc/o/urs/ive Analysis) of News.) 2009, Vol. 1, No. 2. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého. (Ed. by Martin Foret, Marek Lapčík, Petr Orság).
abstract (English)
abstract (English)
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "Porno, metro, sporno: Contemporary Gay/Queer Culture and Heterosexual Masculinities." Pp. 121–142 in Culture – Media – Communication: Special Edition (Narration – Identity – Difference. Selected Topics in Cultural Studies.) 2009, Vol. 1, No. 2 (spec. ed.). Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého. (Ed. by Daniel Topinka, Pavel Zahrádka, Martin Foret, Martin Fafejta, Jiří Hrabal).
fulltext (Slovak) . abstract (English)
fulltext (Slovak) . abstract (English)
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "Discourse: An Uncertain Journey of Cultural, Media and Communication Studies to the Centre of Their Interest." Pp. 117–146 in Culture – Media – Communication (Spectacle, Disappearing Reality and /Non-/Security of Information – Discourse/s/ on Discourse.) 2009, Vol. 1, No. 1. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého. (Ed. by Martin Foret, Marek Lapčík, Petr Orság).
fulltext (Slovak) . abstract (English) . abstract (Deutsch) . anotación (Español)
fulltext (Slovak) . abstract (English) . abstract (Deutsch) . anotación (Español)
Chapters in Collective Monographs
Bočák, Michal – Rusnák, Juraj. 2008. "On the Way to Listener and Viewer: Notes on the Programming Trends in Broadcast Media." Pp. 363–385 in Media Today: Reflection on Mediality, Media and Media Content, ed. by Martin Foret, Marek Lapčík, Petr Orság. Olomouc: Palacký University.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Non-Academic Journal Articles
2011
Bočák, Michal. 2011. "Why and How to Penetrate… the Meanings: Some Reflections On Porn and Porn Studies." In Konstrukt 2011, Vol. 2, No. 5 (Porn or How deep is your throat). http://www.konstruktmag.cz/preco-a-ako-penetrovat-vyznamy-zopar-uvah-o-porne-a-porn-studies/
fulltext online @ Konstrukt (Slovak) . related interview with Michal Bočák @ Konstrukt (Slovak)
fulltext online @ Konstrukt (Slovak) . related interview with Michal Bočák @ Konstrukt (Slovak)
2010
Bočák, Michal. 2010. "Fresh Juice... A Bittersweet One: Straight Men in Gay Porn." Pp. 26–29 in Cinepur 2010, Vol. 17, No. 71 (Queer film).
fulltext online @ Cinepur.cz (Slovak) . fulltext in pdf @ this site (Slovak)
fulltext online @ Cinepur.cz (Slovak) . fulltext in pdf @ this site (Slovak)
Conference Papers
2009
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "Format/Genre, Model of Communication and Communication as Sharing: Selected Terminological Problems of Contemporary Media Studies in Slovakia." In Terminological Forum II (Socioterminology, Textual Terminology and Translatological Terminology): International Conference Proceedings, ed. by Ingrid Cíbiková. Trenčín: Trenčianska univerzita Alexandra Dubčeka v Trenčíne. (CD-ROM, unpaginated)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "Discourse Analysis of Television News: Methodological Aspects of Its Preparatory Phase." Pp. 21–48 in VARIA XVIII: Conference Proceedings from XVIIIth Colloquium of Young Linguists (Prešov – Kokošovce-Sigord, Slovakia, 3rd – 5th December 2008), ed. by Martin Ološtiak, Martina Ivanová, Lucia Gianitsová-Ološtiaková. Prešov: University of Prešov in Prešov. http://www.pulib.sk/elpub2/FF/Olostiak1/pdf_doc/3.pdf
abstract (Slovak) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (Slovak) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2009. "Subjects after 7 PM: Construction of Political Subjectivities in Television News." Pp. 151–168 in Mass Media Communication and Reality I. (Mass Media and the Social Construction of Reality. Mass Media and the Cultural Identity.), ed. by Slavomír Magál, Miloš Mistrík, Martin Solík. Trnava: FMK UCM.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
2008
Bočák, Michal. 2008. "Who's Who: Positioning in Television News." Pp. 239–245 in Media, Society, Media Fiction, ed. by Slavomír Magál, Miloš Mistrík, Martin Solík. Trnava, Bratislava: FMK UCM, Kabinet divadla a filmu SAV.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2008. "Format in Media Studies: Reflections on Terminology." Pp. 8–19 in Media and Text II, ed. by Michal Bočák, Juraj Rusnák. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts. (Also accessible via http://www.pulib.sk/elpub2/FF/Bocak1/pdf_doc/bocak.pdf)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2008. "Discourse as an Object of Transdisciplinary Research." Pp. 526–537 in 3rd Student Academic Conference, ed. by Daniela Slančová, Michal Bočák, Iveta Žarnovská. Prešov: Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts. http://www.pulib.sk/elpub2/FF/Slancova2/pdf_doc/bocak.pdf
abstract currently not available . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract currently not available . fulltext (Slovak)
2007
Bočák, Michal. 2007. "Visible and Invisible in Discourse of Sex, Gender and Sexuality." Pp. 88–91 in Media Competences in an Information Society, ed. by Slavomír Magál, Miloš Mistrík, Dana Petranová. Trnava: Faculty of Media Communication UCM.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
2006
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Parallels of Development of Communication and Media Studies." Pp. 235–237 in Media Communication in Interdisciplinary Research, ed. by Slavomír Magál, Miloš Mistrík. Trnava: Faculty of Media Communication UCM.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Models of Communication in Communication and Media Studies." Pp. 423–434 in 2nd Student Academic Conference, ed. by Daniela Slančová, Michal Bočák, Iveta Žarnovská. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts. http://www.pulib.sk/elpub2/FF/Slancova2/pdf_doc/bocak.pdf
abstract currently not available (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract currently not available (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
2005
Bočák, Michal. 2005. "Notion of Media as Factor and Object of Persuasive Communication." Pp. 34–38 in Methods and Means of Persuasion in Mass Media, ed. by Hana Srpová. Ostrava: Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava.
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract (English) . fulltext (Slovak)
Bočák, Michal. 2005. "Television News Headlines and Their Contexts." Pp. 121–144 in Media and Text, ed. by Juraj Rusnák, Michal Bočák. Prešov: University of Prešov.
abstract currently not available . fulltext (Slovak)
abstract currently not available . fulltext (Slovak)
Dictionary Entries
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Discourse." Pp. 25–26 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Information." Pp. 52 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Commodification of Information." Pp. 58 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Communication." Pp. 59–60 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Communicology." Pp. 60–61 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Communication." Pp. 78 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Studies." Pp. 79–81 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Discourse." Pp. 81–82 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Reality, Representation of Reality." Pp. 100–101 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Note: fulltexts (in Slovak) can be read after clicking on each of the dictionary entries or this link.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Information." Pp. 52 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Commodification of Information." Pp. 58 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Communication." Pp. 59–60 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Communicology." Pp. 60–61 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Communication." Pp. 78 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Studies." Pp. 79–81 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Media Discourse." Pp. 81–82 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Bočák, Michal. 2006. "Reality, Representation of Reality." Pp. 100–101 in The Concise Dictionary of Media and Marketing Communication. Trnava: Faculty of Mass Media Communication UCM.
Note: fulltexts (in Slovak) can be read after clicking on each of the dictionary entries or this link.
Book Reviews
Bočák, Michal. 2011. "To See Queerly and to See the Queer:
Interpretations of Queer Visuality and Visibility." In Language and Culture
2011, Vol. 2, No. 6. http://www.ff.unipo.sk/jak/6_2011/bocak.pdf
(Publication reviewed: Zikmund-Lender, Ladislav /ed./. 2011. "SEE! Texts On /Queer/ Representation, Culture, Visuality." Praha: Charlie. [Book published in Czech.])
fulltext (Slovak)
(Publication reviewed: Zikmund-Lender, Ladislav /ed./. 2011. "SEE! Texts On /Queer/ Representation, Culture, Visuality." Praha: Charlie. [Book published in Czech.])
fulltext (Slovak)
Editing
Bočák, Michal – Harčariková, Gabriela (eds.). 2010. 5th Student Academic Conference: Abstracts. University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Bočák, Michal – Rusnák, Juraj (eds.). 2008. Media and Text II. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Slančová, Daniela – Bočák, Michal – Žarnovská, Iveta (eds.). 2008. 3rd Student Academic Conference. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Slančová, Daniela – Bočák, Michal – Žarnovská, Iveta (eds.). 2006. 2nd Student Academic Conference. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Rusnák, Juraj – Bočák, Michal (eds.). 2005. Media and Text. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Bočák, Michal – Rusnák, Juraj (eds.). 2008. Media and Text II. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Slančová, Daniela – Bočák, Michal – Žarnovská, Iveta (eds.). 2008. 3rd Student Academic Conference. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Slančová, Daniela – Bočák, Michal – Žarnovská, Iveta (eds.). 2006. 2nd Student Academic Conference. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Rusnák, Juraj – Bočák, Michal (eds.). 2005. Media and Text. Prešov: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts.
Conferences
2011
Straight Porn and Gay Porn as Spaces of the Constructions of Masculinities. Paper presented at interdisciplinary conference Construction of Masculine Identity in Past and Present, Olomouc (Czech Republic), 10th June 2011.
2010
Tradition, Practice, Health, Gourmandise and a Touch of Ecology: Discursive Ingredients of the Contemporary Food and Cooking Magazines. Paper presented at colloquium Culture – Media – Communication, Olomouc (Czech Republic), 25th November 2010.
Selftubes: The Construction of Subjectivities in Web Porn. Paper presented at conference Media and text 3, Veľký Šariš (Slovakia), 21st-22nd October 2010.
2009
Porno, metro, sporno: Contemporary Gay/Queer Culture and Straight Masculinities. Paper presented at conference Culture – Power – Identity, Olomouc (Czech Republic), 14th October 2009.
Subjects after 7 PM: Construction of Political Subjectivities in Television News. Paper presented at conference Mass Media Communication and Reality, Smolenice (Slovakia), 29th-30th April 2009.
2008
Format/Genre and Model of Communication: Selected Terminology Problems of Contemporary Media Studies in Slovakia. Paper presented at conference Terminology Forum 2: Socioterminology, Text and Translation Terminology, Trenčín (Slovakia), 8th December 2008.
Discourse Analysis of Television News: Methodological Aspects of Its Preparatory Phase. Paper presented at conference XVIIIth Colloquium of Young Linguists, Zelený Breh, Kokošovce-Sigord (Slovakia), 3rd-5th December 2008.
Who’s Who: Positioning in Television News. Paper presented at conference Media, Society, Media Fiction, Smolenice (Slovakia), 31st March 2008.
2007
Format in Media Studies: Reflections on Terminology. Paper presented at conference On Interpretation of Media Text II, Fričovce (Slovakia), 6th December 2007.
Visible and Invisible in Discourse of Sex, Gender and Sexuality. Paper presented at conference Media Competences in an Information Society, Smolenice (Slovakia), 12th April 2007.
Discourse as an Object of Transdisciplinary Research. Paper presented at conference 3rd Student Academic Conference, Prešov (Slovakia), 3rd May 2007.
2006
Parallels of Development of Communication and Media Studies. Paper presented at conference Media Communication in Interdisciplinary Research, Smolenice (Slovakia), 5th April 2006.
Models of Communication in Communication and Media Studies. Paper presented at conference 2nd Student Academic Conference, Prešov (Slovakia), 2006.
2005
Notion of Media as Factor and Object of Persuasive Communication. Paper presented at conference Methods and Means of Persuasion in Mass Media, Ostrava (Czech Republic), 13th-15th September 2005.
Audience’s Notion of Media. Paper presented at conference 1st Student Academic Conference, Prešov (Slovakia), 2005.
2003
Television News Headlines and Their Contexts. Paper presented at conference On Interpretation of Media Text II, Prešov (Slovakia), 2003.
Grants
OPVaV-2008/2.1/01-SORO Retrofitting and Extension of the Center of Excellence for Linguaculturology, Translation and Interpreting (media research) (Grant Leader: prof. PhDr. Jozef Sipko, PhD.)
VEGA 1/0671/08 Semiotic and Sociocultural Characteristics of the Functioning of the Media Text, r. 2008 – 2010 (Grant Leader: doc. PhDr. Juraj Rusnák, CSc.)
KEGA 3/3191/05 The Interpretation of Electronic Media Text in Media Studies, r. 2005 – 2007 (Grant Leader: doc. PhDr. Juraj Rusnák, CSc.)
VEGA 1/0671/08 Semiotic and Sociocultural Characteristics of the Functioning of the Media Text, r. 2008 – 2010 (Grant Leader: doc. PhDr. Juraj Rusnák, CSc.)
KEGA 3/3191/05 The Interpretation of Electronic Media Text in Media Studies, r. 2005 – 2007 (Grant Leader: doc. PhDr. Juraj Rusnák, CSc.)
Organizational Memberships
Centre for Cultural, Media and Communication Studies at Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic)
peer-reviewed journal Media Studies: Journal for Critical Media Inquiry (publisher: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic) – member of the editorial board
member of the commission for the rigorous exams (PhDr.) in media studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov
member of the Master’s examination commission in media studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov
peer-reviewed journal Media Studies: Journal for Critical Media Inquiry (publisher: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic) – member of the editorial board
member of the commission for the rigorous exams (PhDr.) in media studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov
member of the Master’s examination commission in media studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov in Prešov
