The Attitude of the Press Towards the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia in the Period from 1952 To 1970 - On the Example of the Analysis of the Vinkovci Newspaper "Novosti" Cover Image

Odnos tiska prema Katoličkoj Crkvi u Jugoslaviji u razdoblju od 1952. do 1970. godine – na primjeru analize vinkovačkoga lista Novosti
The Attitude of the Press Towards the Catholic Church in Yugoslavia in the Period from 1952 To 1970 - On the Example of the Analysis of the Vinkovci Newspaper "Novosti"

Author(s): Ivana Bendra
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Media studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu
Keywords: Catholic Church; press; Vinkovci newspaper Novosti; Yugoslavia; quantitative-qualitative content analysis;

Summary/Abstract: The complexity of the Yugoslav communist government’s attitude towards the Catholic Church under the creation of a new socialist socio-political system is the topic that will be discussed in this paper based on the analysis of the press’s attitude towards the Catholic Church in the period from 1952 to 1970. Based on the quantitative-qualitative analysis of articles published in the Vinkovci newspaper Novosti in the selected period, we will show the frequency of occurrence results and the context in which the selected keywords for the analysis of the digital version of the newspaper appeared (Catholic Church, priests, religion/religiosity, clergy/clericalism, church, faith, Christianity). Thus, the analysis of the weekly Novosti aims to determine whether we can observe certain changes in the attitude of the press towards the Catholic Church over nineteen years, during which several events took place to question Yugoslavia’s overall attitude towards the Catholic Church (from the severance of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Yugoslavia, the signing of the Protocol, all the way to the re-establishment of diplomatic relations).

  • Issue Year: 29/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 249-275
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Croatian