MOSTARSKE RATNE FREKVENCIJE - RADIO IZMEĐU INFORMACIJE I PROPAGANDE
MOSTAR WAR FREQUENCIES - RADIO BETWEEN INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA

Summary/Abstract: Journalism acquires different contours in wartime conditions. Information and propaganda are intertwined. The rule “to hear the other side” is generally not respected. Public radio in wartime conditions, even when trying to serve the people, can only operate within the framework of the official policy. The public station Radio Mostar becomes practically overnight the HVO’s (‘Croatian Defense Council’) news organ. Radio HOS, the War Studio Mostar in the Vranica building (later the War Studio Mostar on the left bank of the city), Radio “Herceg-Bosna” and other radio stations will be active in Mostar during the war. A press release becomes the dominant “journalistic genre” under these special wartime conditions. Patriotic music in the wartime radio stations’ programmes arouse national sentiment, improve soldier morale and encourage civilians in shelters.

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