ISSN 2039-2117 (online) Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol 5 No 13 ISSN 2039-9340 (print) MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy June 2014 The Subject of Rural Areas in Croatian Daily Newspapers Doroteja Kriviý Bukovaþki vijenac I. odvojak 5, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia, PhD candidate at the postgraduate study in Agricultural Economics E-mail:
[email protected] Rade Šaroviý University of Montenegro, Faculty of Philosophy, Danila Bojoviüa bb, 81 400 Nikšiü, Montenegro ĉurĀica Žutiniý University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture, Svetošimunska 25, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n13p87 Abstract The mediatization of countryside has multiple effects on sociocultural, economic and political life of rural population. By spreading various and valuable information, the media can contribute to the awareness and education of rural population and accordingly immediately influence the development of rural communities. At the same time the media can significantly contribute to the knowledge of urban population about the importance of rural spaces and in this way contribute to wider global social affirmation of rural population. It is widely known that the printed media, unlike any other, offers the higher level of written subject analyticity. Therefore, the aim of this research is to find out the number of articles on the topic of village, their subjects and the purpose of publishing based on the example of daily Croatian newspapers. The research has been conducted on three national and two regional newspapers in Croatia, published in February and March 2012. The method of content analysis was used and the unit of analysis was newspaper article. The research proved the rare appearance of rural subjects.