Vztah ke KSČ, autocenzura a zpětné hodnocení médií: rozhovory s českými regionálními novináři z období normalizace
Relationship with the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Self-censorship, and Retrespective work evaluation: Interviews with Czech Regional Journalists in the Time of Normalization

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the result of research using methods of oral history to find out the attitudes and work of Czech journalists working in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century in the regional (provincial and district) media controlled by the Communist Party. The interviews were conducted with a total of 13 journalists from 7 editorial departments (newsrooms) from different cities within the Czech Socialist Republic. The experimental part of the paper is divided into five chapters in relation to the main research questions: self-censorship; retrospective work evaluation and the role of (regional) Communist press; relationship with the Communist Party, the influence of political actors to topics selection; preferred vs. banned topics; and the last part, including specific cases, due to which journalists were in trouble, mostly on the basis of published material, which was in conflict with Communist Party politics.

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