Petr Janeček

Biographic Data

ID1404141
NAMEPetr Janeček
GIVEN NAMESPetr
FAMILY NAMEJaneček
SIGNATUREJANEČEK P
AFFILIATIONSCharles University
ORCID0000-0003-3437-8012
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Determinants of residents’ preferences in local elections in a tourism destination

    Petr Štumpf, Viktor Vojtko et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2024

    Residents represent one of the main stakeholders in a tourism destination. They have the power to influence the planning and development of tourism destinations in many ways. They can contribute to destination development directly, via local initiatives and communities, or indirectly in local government elections. This paper focuses on the indirect method of influencing tourism development. It deals with the relationship among residents’ percepti…

  • Prague ghostlore of the late 19th century. Suburban ghosts between moral panic and vernacular spectacle

    Open AccessPetr JanečekARTICLEEstudis de Literatura Oral…2023

    A mitjans de la dècada de 1870, l’onada de fantasmes urbans populars als espais públics va arrasar Europa, incloent Park Ghost a Sheffield el 1873 i Westminster Christ Church Ghost a Londres el 1874. A principis de desembre de 1874, va néixer probablement el fantasma txec més famós: l’aparició de Podskalí (Podskalské strašidlo), seguida de fantasmes similars però menys populars que van aparèixer als barris industrials de la classe treballadora de…

  • Notícies

    Open AccessSílvia Veà Vila, Petr JanečekARTICLEEstudis de Literatura Oral…2022

    Jornada de la Càtedra Baixeras dedicada a Palmira Jaquetti - Perspectives on Contemporary Legend

  • The Spring Man of Prague

    Petr JanečekARTICLEFabula2020

    The paper discusses the phenomenon of a well-known Czech folkloric character, the Spring Man, in its broader historical, social and pop-cultural context. This fictional hero appears in contemporary legends and anecdotes popular mostly during the Second World War; the narratives about the Spring Man represent a regional version (ecotype) of an international migratory legend about the originally English jumping urban phantom Spring-heeled Jack. Sim…

  • America First, the Netherlands Second” on YouTube

    Open AccessMaja Turnšek, Petr JanečekARTICLEEuropean Journal of Humour Research2019References: 10

    This study attempts to provide first tentative insights into the audience reception of intertwining of political satire and destination marketing imagery by analysing the “America First, the Netherlands Second” video and a student sample audience response. In 2017, a series of YouTube videos named “America First” went viral. The video that started the viral phenomenon was “America First, the Netherlands Second”, responding in a satirical manner t…

  • Théories du complot et rumeurs en Slovaquie et en Tchéquie

    Zuzana Panczová, Petr Janeček et al.ARTICLEDiogène2016

    L’étude présente les théories du complot circulant dans les aires linguistiques tchèque et slovaque. Accompagnant la croissance des portails Internet diffusant ce type de textes, leur influence sur l’opinion publique est également visible dans la façon dont les problèmes de politique étrangère et locale sont commentés sur les forums Internet ouverts. Les auteurs s’attachent à identifier les sources narratives et rhétoriques du conspirationnisme d…

  • Popular conspiracy theories in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

    Open AccessZuzana Panczová, Petr JanečekARTICLEDiogenes2015References: 1

    The study presents popular conspiracy theories spread within the Czech and Slovak language milieu. Along with the growth in the number of internet portals disseminating this type of texts, their reflection in public opinion is also visible in the way almost every major foreign policy issue or domestic case is commented upon in public internet discussions. The authors seek to identify the narrative and rhetorical sources of conspiracism in these c…