VARAŽDINSKO NOVINSTVO I PRVI SVJETSKI RAT: LOKALNI TISAK KAO ORUĐE PROPAGANDE I POLITIČKE BORBE (1914. - 1918.)
VARAŽDIN JOURNALISM AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE LOCAL PRESS AS A TOOL OF PROPAGANDA AND POLITICAL STRUGGLE (1914 – 1918)
Author(s): Jelena BlažiSubject(s): Cultural history, Media studies, Political history, Social history, Theory of Communication, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za znanstveni rad Varaždin
Keywords: Varaždin; World War I; newspapers; propaganda; censorship;
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of Varaždin newspapers in the context of World War I, drawing on the corpus of local press from the period 1914–1918. Special focus is placed on the newspapers Naše pravice and Hrvatsko pravo, analyzing their propaganda function, editorial policy, content structure, and the way they shaped public opinion in wartime circumstances. The paper shows how newspapers were simultaneously a channel of information, a means of ideological mobilization, and a platform for expressing local political views. Newspapers functioned as a tool for mobilizing public opinion in conditions of censorship, paper shortages, and political pressure. Variations in content indicate the transformation of political power and social priorities of the local community within the broader Habsburg context.
Journal: Radovi Zavoda za znanstveni rad Varaždin
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 36
- Page Range: 143-168
- Page Count: 26
- Language: Croatian
