Communication in Local Community (Koprivnica case study)

• Main Author: Melita Pavlek
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Center for Philosophy of Media and Media Research 2014-09-01
• Series: In Medias Res
• Subjects: role of the media today; censorship and self-censorship; social networks; local journalism in local politics; research of Koprivnica media
• Online Access: http://www.centar-fm.org/inmediasres/images/pdf/5/Melita%20Pavlek%20-%20Komunikacija%20u%20lokalnoj%20zajednici%20primjer%20Koprivnice.pdf

It is about an article which, based on the research of the local media in Koprivnica, aims to question the current theoretical attitutes to the role of the media nowadays, changes in communication, ways of connecting politics and journalism, censorship and self-censorship, bigger involvement of citizens in informing themselves via social networks, as well as other aspects of the media influence on the public. The local media in Koprivnica, among others, published articles about the biggest political and economic scandals in Croatia. At the same time, local media is significantly intertwined with local politics. How much and how are these things related? The number of local journalists with a degree in journalism is not satisfactory. How does the local community cope with it? What has changed three years after the research of three local media in Koprivnica finished? Can the local community i.e. the experience of the local media draw attention to illogical, unacceptable and illegal anomalies that create a negative perception of journalism in Croatia as well as the rest of the world nowadays?