Implicarea presei în modernizarea lumii rurale. Studiu de caz: Gazeta Poporală „Șezătoarea” (1875-1882)
The Involvement of the Press in the Modernization of the Rural World. Case Study: The Newspaper Published for Peasants: „Șezătoarea” (1875–1882)

Summary/Abstract: The present research aimed to analyze the main topics through which the newspaper published for peasants Șezătoarea [The social soire] tried to modernize the Romanian rural world in the second half of the nineteenth century. Representing a particular type of press, dedicated primarily to the rural world, the newspapers published for peasants disseminated the essential information of the period in the countryside area, “translating” the data transmitted to the villagers. Our study focused on revealing the topics addressed by one of the most important publications of this time, Șezătoarea, which appeared between 1875–1882, initially in Budapest and then in Oradea. Its editor was one of the most influential intellectuals of the Romanians within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Iosif Vulcan. He published one of the most long-lived and representative Romanian magazines, Familia [Family] (1865–1906). Through the studied gazette, various information was published, from those dedicated to agriculture, regarding new agricultural methods and techniques, the introduction of machine tools, to those dedicated to the economic field, the need to support children at school, especially those of trades, active participation in the economic life of Transylvania through the organization of village banks and agricultural associations, etc. All these topics and others were followed in the published articles. One of our research aims was to assess whether or not the publication had achieved its goal of publishing materials aimed at modernizing the Romanian rural world at the end of the nineteenth century.

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