Јован Павловић као парадигма либерализма у историји српске журналистике
Jovan Pavlović as a Liberalism Paradigm in the History of Serbian Press

Summary/Abstract: This paper is focused on a celebrated Serbian journalist and liberal, Jovan Pavlović, who founded and edited, in the second half of the 19th century, the following newspapers: Pančevac, Graničar and Novi Graničar. Pavlović turned his newspapers into the most militant and the most liberal media printed in Serbian language in Austria-Hungary in the second half of the 19th century. This paper analyzes the beginnings of Serbian liberal thought and individuals who were significant for the development of liberal ideas in the 19th century. The work of Vladimir Jovanović and other liberals in Serbia has been considered, including the influence of Svetozar Marković and Serbian liberals in Austria-Hungary. The authors analyzed Pavlović’s articles in Zastava, Pančevac, Graničar, and Novi Graničar. Pavlović’s newspapers supported very liberal and militant attitudes unlike other printed media throughout the history of Serbian journalism. Pavlović was very incisive when writing in anticlerical spirit, and in many of his articles he criticized church hierarchy. The Eastern question was also extensively dealt with in his articles. In the history of Serbian journalism, Jovan Pavlović has been remembered as a great supporter of human rights, national liberation and emancipation, as well as a significant representative of liberal ideas.

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