The 1960s were a golden age for Vjesnik, the largest publishing house in Yugoslavia, which invested in market research to launch new, successful issues, largely modeled on Western magazines. This ...paper explores the factors that enabled their emergence and argues they were the product of significant changes occurring in Yugoslav society in the 1960s. Building on the literature on press theory, the development of tourism and consumerism, and Western cultural influences in Yugoslavia, the changes are identified as the following: opening towards the West and changes in work time that enabled the rise of tourism and consumerism; a more liberal media policy, and the implementation of self-management that enabled different sources of media funding and the professionalization of journalism. The main goal is to examine how these changes spurred the development of Vjesnik in view of the launch and characteristics of its successful magazines in the 1960s and early 1970s.
In the past 45 years since his death, Jim Morrison’s legacy, in the form of rebellious and antiestablishment reputation, numerous reprints of his photographs and the continued popularity of the ...Doors’ music, has elevated the singer from a 1960s sex symbol image to the status of a pop culture icon. This paper aims to trace the roots of his now mythical image by analyzing the components which have been identified as those that initiated its creation: his attractive physical appearance and the promotional material launched to enhance it, press articles that focused on his physique, his highly sexual and unpredictable live performances, and his verbal ingenuity shown in the interviews he gave with memorable catch phrases.
This paper shows changes in the normative expectations of journalism through an analysis of articles published in Croatian scientific journals about journalism in three time periods: socialism, the ...transition period, and the period of democratic consolidation. Using qualitative content analysis we identify a total of fifteen themes related to journalism (journalistic norms, regulation, sensationalism, investigative journalism, journalism and PR, organizational aspects, war reporting, technological aspects, gender and journalism, media freedom, democratic aspects, economic aspects, journalism education, the function of journalism in a political system, and the history of journalism) and nine normative roles for journalists ( gatekeeper, social-political worker, public sphere promoter, watchdog, commercial role, emancipatory role, neutral disseminator, advocacy role, defender of democracy). We used quantitative content analysis to analyze the distribution of themes and roles. The results show no unambiguous perception of journalism in academic papers during the different time periods as is generally assumed in the literature on media democratization and the media in transitional countries in general.
In accordance with its traditional role of creating and cultivating public opinion, one should not neglect the fact that the media also serves as a tool in promoting or eradicating prejudices and ...stereotypes. In terms of the representation of women (their presence and the way they are portrayed) in the media, this paper presents the results of a study focused on the portrayal of women on the front pages of two of Croatia’s national daily newspapers – Jutarnji list and Večernji list. The results show that men overwhelmingly dominate the fold, both as the subjects of texts and the subjects of photographs. Women, though rarely present, appeared more often than men as subjects in texts related to “lighter topics”, e.g., entertainment. Both newspapers promoted stereotyped depictions of women such as their depiction only through the lens of motherhood, family and home, the division of “feminine” and “masculine” labor, women as the weaker sex, and an emphasis placed solely on their bodies.
Among the more common assertions regarding the media is the existence of a large number of ethical disputes in front page news articles in daily newspapers. Therefore, the main goal of this studyis ...to establish the number of ethical disputes in articles placed on the front pages of Croatia’s two main dailies, Jutarnji list and Večernji list (sample of one month). In the course of the research three hypotheses were made with the purpose of verifying their accuracy. Using content analysis as the primary method for analysis, the ethically disputable articles were divided into the following categories: anonymous sources, biased display of events, violations of human rights, inappropriate reporting, and headlines that fail to match the text. The same articles were then classifi ed into categories according to their topics. The results of this study confi rm all three hypotheses, the fi rst of which is that there are a large number of ethical disputes in the analyzed articles. In Jutarnji list 26 articles (of 95 analyzed articles) contained 30 ethical disputes and in Večernji list 23 articles (of 108 analyzed) contained 29 ethical disputes. Further, this study concludes that there is a distinct similarity in the number of ethical disputes in the articles in both newspapers. The results verify the third hypothesis; the largest number of ethically disputable articles centered on topics related to domestic politics. The results of the research indicate a violation of journalism ethics which can be explained by increasing sensationalism in daily newspapers. The result of inappropriate reporting has a significant impact on the decline of credibility of newspapers as a medium.
This paper explores students’ motivation to study journalism, the expectations that students had regarding the study, and the fulfillment of those expectations. The survey was conducted on a ...convenience sample of journalism students at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb (academic year 2010-2011), which included: 1st and 3rd year students of undergraduate study and 2nd year students of graduate study. Since the selected questions were open-ended, the obtained responses were widely dispersed, and were later classified into defined categories after the survey. The results show that the most common reason among students to study journalism is a wish to enroll in that specific study and the desire to work in the media. The expectations that students have mainly refer to good and adequate training. In their senior year of study (3rd year of undergraduate and 2nd year of graduate study), there are many disappointed students as a result of unfulfilled expectations (mainly because of the lack of practice and practical subjects).
This paper shows changes in the normative expectations of journalism through an analysis of articles published in Croatian scientific journals about journalism in three time periods: socialism, the ...transition period, and the period of democratic consolidation. Using qualitative content analysis we identify a total of fifteen themes related to journalism (journalistic norms, regulation, sensationalism, investigative journalism, journalism and PR, organizational aspects, war reporting, technological aspects, gender and journalism, media freedom, democratic aspects, economic aspects, journalism education, the function of journalism in a political system, and the history of journalism) and nine normative roles for journalists ( gatekeeper, social-political worker, public sphere promoter, watchdog, commercial role, emancipatory role, neutral disseminator, advocacy role, defender of democracy). We used quantitative content analysis to analyze the distribution of themes and roles. The results show no unambiguous perception of journalism in academic papers during the different time periods as is generally assumed in the literature on media democratization and the media in transitional countries in general.
The paper presents the results of content analysis conducted on 489 articles published in three Croatian daily newspapers in the period of two years (1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019) on the topic ...of child abuse. The goals of the research were to investigate: the way child abuse was portrayed in Croatian newspapers, whether the journalists reported in a sensationalistic manner, how frequently they disclosed the victim’s identity or used other endangering practices. We also wanted to identify the predictors of using endangering practices. The results have shown that child abuse victims in newspaper articles were equally male and female, and that focus was mostly on the victims of physical and sexual abuse, while emotional abuse and neglect were almost invisible. The victim’sidentity was disclosed in 64.6% of the articles (although mostly indirectly). As many as 78.5% of articles highlighted at least one background information on the victim, 24.7% of the articles contained victim-blaming information, while 74.2% of the articles provided details of the abusive event, a practice that could lead to re-traumatization of the victims. A child’s identity is most likely disclosed in the articles announced on the front page of the newspapers, in cases of domestic abuse, and in cases where the perpetrators were a child’s acquaintances. Key words: media representation; media ethics; child abuse; content analysis; daily newspapers
Rad daje prikaz anketnog istraživanja na 243 studenta preddiplomskog i diplomskog studija novinarstva na Fakultetu političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu provedenog s ciljem uvida u stavove ...studenata o kontroverznim metodama u izvještavanju i najvažnijim etičkim problemima u suvremenom novinarstvu te uvida u njihovu etičku orijentaciju. Istraživanje je također imalo za cilj otkriti potencijalne razlike među studentima različitih razina studija (preddiplomska i diplomska razina), različitog radnog iskustva u medijima te između studenata novinarstva i novinara u Hrvatskoj (usporedba s rezultatima studije Worlds of Journalism Study). Rezultati ne pokazuju razlike između studenata preddiplomskog i diplomskog studija kao ni između onih s iskustvom i bez iskustva rada u medijima u pogledu njihova stava prema korištenju kontroverznih metoda u izvještavanju, ali su pronađene razlike između studenata novinarstva i novinara s obzirom na njihovu etičku orijentaciju. Studenti novinarstva navode otkrivanje identiteta (maloljetnika) i senzacionalizam kao najveće etičke probleme suvremenog novinarstva.
A survey among 243 undergraduate and graduate journalism students at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, was conducted to gain insight into their stances on the most important ethical problems in contemporary journalism, their ethical orientation and reasonings on the use of controversial methods in reporting. The research was set to explore the potential differences among students of different levels of study and working experience as well as between journalism students and journalists (comparison with the results of the “Worlds of Journalism Study” for Croatia).The results show no significant differences between undergraduate and graduate students nor between those with and without experience in the media regarding their stances towards the use of controversial methods in reporting, but differences were found between journalism students and journalists regarding their ethical orientation. Journalism students find identity disclosure and sensationalism to be the most severe ethical issues of contemporary journalism.
Plagiranje predstavlja povredu etičkih kodeksa i veliki problem unutar akademske zajednice. Ovaj rad obuhvaća ispitivanje stavova studenata korisnika Nacionalne i sveučilišne knjižnice u Zagrebu o ...plagiranju te javnoj objavi završnih, diplomskih i doktorskih radova. Istraživanje je provedeno na prigodnom uzorku od ukupno 217 studenata Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da je većina studenata upoznata sa zakonskom obvezom objave završnih radova u nacionalnom/sveučilišnom repozitoriju te da ih većina to podržava. Ipak, velik je i broj studenata koji ne znaju za tu obvezu ili nisu za javnu objavu studentskih ocjenskih radova. Iako većina ispitanih studenata smatra plagiranje akademski nepoštenim pona- šanjem i malo iznad polovice njih se slaže s tvrdnjom da svako plagiranje treba biti sankcionirano, velik broj ih je i priznao kako su više puta kopirali nekoliko rečenica ili odlomaka bez navođenja izvora iz kojih su preuzimali, a nije zanemariv ni broj studenata koji su kopirali nekoliko stranica ili platili nekome da im napiše rad.
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