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https://doi.org/10.21857/m8vqrtg779
The youth of Zadar in the Croatian media space in the late 1980s
Frane Vrkić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-2573
Abstract
The paper shows activities of the youth from Zadar in Croatian media space in the 1980s, based on archival sources and newspapers, through the press Fokus and a short-term significant step into the electronic media (youth television). Within the strictly elaborated system of controlling the media space of communist Yugoslavia (indirectly also in Croatia), the youth of Zadar stepped forward during the turning point of 1989 and the twilight of the communist system. Although it is published as a, with its editorial policy of spreading media freedom and pluralism monthly magazine Fokus successfully broke away from the imposed obligation to deal with youth issues. This brought them into conflict with the Zadar communist party organization, and more precisely, its exclusive right to socio-political arbitration was called into question. With the collapse of the one-party system, there was no need for youth newspapers, which could not survive in the new pluralistic media space, thematically and even more importantly financially. Zadar’s youth television with its experimental program was significant in the media, but it was also completely overshadowed by the better-known Zagreb television. In May 1988, it was part of the changed conception of the Youth Day celebration. Although both local, Zagreb’s Youth television had a larger audience and operated within the then only radiotelevision system, Television Zagreb. With its appearance and the enthusiasm of the viewers, the Zadar TV-experiment demonstrated the necessity of establishing local television, which will be realized on a commercial basis during the 1990s.
Keywords
Croatia; Zadar; youth press; youth television
Hrčak ID:
288037
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Publication date:
22.12.2022.
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