International studies, Vol. III No. 3, 2003.
Conference paper
The Image of National Minorities in Croatian Media
Gordana Vilović
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article describes the research - analysis of the contents of Croatian daily newspapers as regards reporting on work and life of national minorities and ethnic groups in Croatia in the period from 01-31 March 2003. The time of conducting quantitative contents analysis was chosen at random. Every text formed an analysis unit, regardless of the newspaper form that dealt with the problem of certain national minority. All the columns were analyzed, apart from sports, in the following daily newspapers: Vjesnik, Jutarnji list, Večernji list, Slobodna Dalmacija, Glas Slavonije, Glas Istre and Novi list. The analysis showed that it is negative developments that mainly influence the media coverage of the minority problems: conflict situations among members of different nationalities usually receive most coverage and quite often journalists and editors in their elaboration as well as in preparation of articles promote language of political incorrectness; speech of intolerance ensues from recklessness of the very politicians - representatives of both majority and minority nations; the Serbian minority prevails in the articles as regards to other national minorities.
Keywords
research; media; national minorities; the Republic of Croatia
Hrčak ID:
286847
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2003.
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