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Media representation of science and social changes in Croatia

The media in contemporary societies are in intensive interaction and intertwined with many segments of society, including the scientific community. Researchers argue that the media are principal social arena which play an important role in the formation and transformation of public opinion about science and (science) policy options and priorities. Therefore, analysis of media representation of science can be used as one of the indicators of (changing) status and the impact that science has in a society, that is, of the broader social evaluation of science, and also to predict emerging future trends (Bauer et al., 2006). The main research question from which we start in this paper is “mediatization of science” (Weingart, 1998) in Croatia as well as how Croatian media (daily newspapers) display and evaluate science in two different periods and socio-political contexts - the modern, "democratic”, i.e. (post) transitional and the former, late socialist context. Media images of science and their changes will be linked to the Croatian social context and the transitional processes as a potential social origin of media representation of science, as well as to global changes in a relationship between science and society. The research methodology will be based on content analysis, which will include sample of widely read daily newspapers in Croatia in the period between 1986 and 1988 (Večernji list, Vjesnik, Slobodna Dalmacija) and in the period between 2006 and 2008 (Večernji list, Jutarnji list, 24 sata).

media; science; content analysis

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