The Role of TV-Debates In Presidential Campaigns: Croatia's Case of 2005 Cover Image

Uloga televizijskih sučeljavanja u predizbornoj kampanji za predsjedničke izbore – hrvatska iskustva 2005.
The Role of TV-Debates In Presidential Campaigns: Croatia's Case of 2005

Author(s): Božo Skoko
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: TV debates; politics and television; Croatian voters; public relations fpr politics;

Summary/Abstract: The author looks into the role of TV debates in presidential electoral campaigns and how the pioneering attempt at their organization in Croatia in 2005 was received by Croatian voters and how these TV debates differed from the American model. Namely, one of the novel developments in the Croatian 2005 presidential electoral campaigns were three TV debates between Stjepan Mesić and Jadranka Kosor, the two leading candidates who competed in the run-off ballot. The debates were organized on the three national TV networks (HRT, RTL and Nova TV) and the ratings were high.

  • Issue Year: XLII/2005
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 61-84
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Croatian