Review article

Varaždin news from 1945 to 1990

Martina Konjević Možanić ; Varaždin, Croatia
Magdalena Najbar Agičić orcid.org/0000-0001-9677-8156 ; University North, Koprivnica, Croatia

Abstract

The article depicts history of the weekly journal »Varaždin news« first published in 1945, and afterwards published, with small abruptions, until the present day. The paper analyses the history of the journal until the end of the socialist period in 1990. The article describes history of the journal, placing it in the wider context about the history of the Croatian media of the respective period and observing the circumstances of its publishing. The paper also depicts the position of the local media in the political and social system of the socialist Yugoslavia and Croatia. It observes the prominent role of the state, i.e. party policy toward the local press, with emphasis on the situation right after the war ended, i.e. in the period when Agitprop was active, taking into consideration some other significant periods of the Croatian Spring. It is a specific area in the history of Croatian journalism. Conditions of journalism and work of journalists were at that time related to setting up the communist regime and monopoly of the communist party in the media. This situation was directly reflected in local and regional media. However, the period between 1945 to 1990 was not unique, and the level of journalism freedom, even the mere comprehension of media in society, was at that time subject to changes, which can also be observed on the example of »Varaždin news«.

Keywords

Varaždinske vijesti (Varaždin news); KPH/SKH; Agitprop; history of journalism

Hrčak ID:

221651

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/221651

Publication date:

3.12.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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