Preliminary communication
SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL TOPICS AND SUBJECTS PUBLISHED IN „VJESNIK“ AND „VEČERNJI LIST“ IN THE PERIOD FROM 1987 TO 1990
Ivan Cifrić
; Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb
Abstract
The article discusses the results of the analysis of written passages in „Vjesnik“ and „Večernji list“ on environmental and social-ecological topics and subject matters. The analysis of subject matters has encompassed all the numbers of cited newspapers from 1987 to 1990. An article has been chosen as the unit of the analysis and a topic as the unit of the subject. The analysis has shown that, during last four years, „Vjesnik“ has had 2312 articles, and „Večernji list“ 2123 articles on social-ecological subjects. The number of articles has been increasing since 1987 to 1990. But in 1990 the number of articles has started to decrease due to new social-political topics and views. Nevertheless, the new situation has not been essentially influencing the topic and subject matter of the articles.
Predominant topics have been: environment pollution (as much as 50% in „Vjesnik“ and 53% in „Večernji list“), problems of biosphere, energy as well as technology and industry. Demography aspects, food problems, the role of science etc. are being less canvassed than before.
Environmental and social-ecological subject matters are being pushed to the inner pages of the papers, and the titles of articles are not printed in the same bold letters as the titles of articles on other subjects.
The policy of the editorial of „Vjesnik“ and „Večernji list“ do not differ much when it comes to promoting the social-ecological topics.
Keywords
analysis of subject matters; biosphere; ecological disasters; education in ecology matters; energy; food; industry; mass media; pollution; population; press; quality of life; role of science; technology; tourism
Hrčak ID:
138752
URI
Publication date:
15.7.1992.
Visits: 1.851 *