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Legislative Changes and Local Newspapers in the Transition Period

This paper explores the relationship between legislative changes and newspapers in 1989 and 1990 illustrated with an analysis of local newspapers published in the city of Zadar, Croatia, “Fokus” and “Narodni list”. The defined research period covers the time when a monthly “Fokus” was published, i.e. from February 9, 1989 to September 22, 1990. The period analyzed was characterized with the beginning of a period of transition in Croatia, as a reflection on social and political events in countries of Central and South-East Europe. The research was based on newspaper articles included in the category of Legislative changes. We analyzed 106 newspaper issues and 1175 newspaper articles, including 43 articles published in the category of Legislative changes. Descriptive and explanatory methods were employed in the paper, as well as the method of qualitative content analysis. The research results have shown local newspapers “Narodni list” and “Fokus” actively informed their readers about legislative changes occurring in Croatia by the beginning of the process of democratization, covering all fields of human activities ; within the framework of introduction of new laws and amendments to the current ones, paying special attention to the name of the official language in Croatia.

legislative changes; local newspapers; the years of 1989 and 1990; transition; democratization; content analysis

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