Komunikologijske teorije i historiografija
Communication theories and historiography

Author(s): Tihomir Cipek
Subject(s): Media studies, Government/Political systems, Politics and communication
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: democracy; media; historiography; policy;
Summary/Abstract: Author discusses relations among democracy, media and historiography. The main thesis is that historiography has an important role in legitimacy of a political system. On example of the basic communication theories author reveals importance of political communication and the media for a normal functioning of democracy. On the basis of the media selection code author describes the ways historiographical topics are used by modern media. The analysis includes cases from Western Europe and Croatian radio-television. In the conclusion author emphasizes the importance of interpretation of historiographical knowledge in the media for the development of democracy.

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