Штампа у служби КПЈ на територији Војводине после Другог светског рата (1944–1953)
Press in the service of the CPY on the territory of Vojvodina after the Second World War (1944–1953)

Author(s): Ivana Petrović
Subject(s): Politics, Cultural history, Media studies, History of Communism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: press; Agitprop; communists; Vojvodina; journalists; economy; political parties; church
Summary/Abstract: The 20th century had shown that the possessing of the right information by political system represents the source of social power, but also their sustainability. Especially the techniques and propaganda in totalitarian regimes were extremely aggressive and were not hiding the intention of propaganda, followed by cruel punishments towards everybody who did not obey their methods. In this respect the CPY considered that the duty of the state was to make the press in the way to serve exclusively to the interests of the party, as a mean of communication with broad masses, as well as a weapon of fight for promotion ideological and political program. Author of the paper has analysed, using periodicals and archival records, establishment of the mechanism of control over media and described the ways of manipulation in Vojvodina press from 1944 to 1953. Inital year represents understandable referent point for establishining the new government in the territory of Vojvodina, and the final, according to most of historians of this period, rounding out reforms in the spirit of democratization of the society.

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