Open AccessLiberalization and Development of the Media in Communist Croatia in the 1960s and Early 1970s
Author(s) -
Josip Mihaljević
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
društvena istraživanja/društvena istraživanja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1848-6096
pISSN - 1330-0288
DOI - 10.5559/di.24.2.04
Subject(s) - croatian , journalism , liberalization , context (archaeology) , political science , communism , criticism , politics , public sphere , communist state , sociology , law , history , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics
Koristeći se prije svega metodologijom povijesnih znanosti, abazirajući se na arhivskim izvorima i dostupnoj literaturi, učlanku se prikazuje proces liberalizacije medija koji se 1960-ihi na početku 1970-ih odvijao u Hrvatskoj. Taj proces promatrase u kontekstu širih društveno-političkih procesa toga vremena,koje se u hrvatskoj historiografiji najčešće karakterizira kaoreformsko. Mediji su u Hrvatskoj u navedenom razdobljuprolazili kroz fazu zamjetnog razvoja u tehnološkom iprofesionalnom smislu, ali i u pogledu shvaćanja svoje ulogekao neovisnoga društvenog čimbenika. Presudan utjecaj naproces koji se može nazvati liberalizacijom medija imale supolitičke promjene u tom razdoblju. Veliki poticaj bio je UstavSFRJ iz 1963. te politički pad Aleksandra Rankovića 1966., avrhunac liberalizacije medija u Hrvatskoj dogodio se zaHrvatskoga proljeća. Slomom Hrvatskoga proljeća potkraj1971. i na početku 1972. godine, u kojem su mediji imalivažnu ulogu, proces jačanja slobode medija bio je naprasnoprekinut. U članku se proces liberalizacije i njegov krajpromatra ponajprije kroz djelovanje Društva novinaraHrvatske, krovne novinarske organizacije u tadašnjojHrvatskoj, te kroz djelovanje tada glavnih hrvatskih medija.This article shows the process of liberalization of the mediathat took place in the 1960s and early 1970s in Croatia. Byusing the methodology of historical sciences and based onpreviously unpublished archival sources and relevantliterature, the author researches this process in the context ofwider social and political processes of the 1960s, whichCroatian historians usually characterize as the reform period.For the Croatian media, this period was a phase ofsignificant development in both the technological andprofessional sense, but also in terms of criticism in which themedia started to change their role as an independent socialfactor. Numerous Croatian journalists started to adopt theliberal concept of the public sphere and the role of media,but the process was stopped by the highest political officialsin late 1971 and early 1972. The liberalization process andits end is analyzed through the activities of the CroatianJournalists Society, the umbrella organization of journalismin the Socialist Republic of Croatia and through the activitiesof the biggest Croatian media companies of that time