Civilia, 2025 (vol. 16), issue 1

Editorial

Social sciences as a space for understanding the world and each otherEditorial

Antonín Staněk

Civilia 2025, 16(1):1 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.013

Original contributions, Original article, Research article

"A promising but unsuccessful constitutional transplant": the First Republic Senate from an institutional perspectiveOriginal contributions, Original article, Research article

Jakub Charvát

Civilia 2025, 16(1):2-16 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.011

Although bicameral legislatures have been accepted and respected in many countries, historically, second parliamentary chambers have been called into question in many unitary countries. This phenomenon was also evident in the interwar period in Czechoslovakia. The present interpretative case study focuses on analysing the position of the Senate in the political system of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1920–1938), using Russell's three-dimensional approach as the framework for analysis, combining the factors of formal powers, compositional congruence, and perceived legitimacy as sources of power for the second chambers of bicameral parliaments....

Multicultural Education through Literature: Analysis and Didactic Transposition of the book Rajča»áci a BanániOriginal contributions, Original article, Research article

Milan Maąát

Civilia 2025, 16(1):17-33 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.012

The aim of the study is to analyse the potential of the book Rajča»áci a Banáni (2023) for use in educational practice at the second level of primary schools, especially in the field of cross-curricular topics, reading and multicultural education. The text is perceived as a multimodal teaching tool with high aesthetic and pedagogical value. The structure of the interpretation is based on a qualitative methodology, specifically on a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the narrative, characters and linguistic and visual devices. Special attention is paid to cultural contrasts, images of otherness, stereotypes and their possible didactic grasp....

Precarization of journalistic work: a review of the literature on the topicOriginal contributions, Original article, Research article

Martin Honc

Civilia 2025, 16(1):34-52 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2026.004

Journalism influences the ways in which people understand the world. Workers in the media industry play an important role in the interpretation of social reality and thus play a crucial role in shaping collective memory. However, their position has been weakening over the last few years, with journalism in crisis and the precarisation of journalistic work becoming more pronounced. While studies examining this phenomenon are increasing, the literature is relatively inconsistent in this area. This article therefore aims to conduct a detailed review of a sample of scholarly papers on the precarization of journalism work in major social science journals...

Educational Tool for the Identification of Disinformation in Media Literacy ContextOriginal contributions, Original article, Research article

Jan Jirků

Civilia 2025, 16(1):53-68 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.014

This text presents a quiz template focused on the recognition of disinformation messages as a specific didactic tool for their diagnosis. This tool is intended for use in educational contexts that encompass disinformation and its communicative and societal consequences, particularly within subjects that include media literacy. It discusses the intention behind the creation of the template, outlines the key theoretical foundations, and provides a guide for analyzing quiz items, including concrete analytical examples.

Reviews

BÁRTA, Miroslav. Sedm zákonů: Jak se civilizace rodí, rostou a upadají. Brno: JOTA, 2021., 309 s.Reviews

Olga Líbalová

Civilia 2025, 16(1):69-71 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2026.002