期刊名称：MEDIANALI - International scientific journal of media, journalism, mass communication, public relations, culture and society
印刷版ISSN：1846-436X
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：47-66
出版社：Sveučilište u Dubrovniku
摘要：Print media in Croatia have still a very important influence on public opinion formation. A tragic event on the island of Kornat, where 12 fire fighters lost their lives, attracted a great deal of public attention. This paper analyses the daily press with national coverage. The analysis of the published articles in the first four days after the tragedy shows that the print media had a same approach on this subject, if the number and size of the published articles are taken into consideration. The news released immediately after the tragedy were not true with regard to the number of victims, and later news in the form of press releases by certain politicians, fire fighter officials or eye-witnesses were incomplete and sometimes contradictory. Headline-grabbing approach and political journalism have resulted in splitting public opinion into interest groups that represent only partial interests, while the truth about the tragedy became of secondary importance.
关键词：daily newspapers; investigative journalism; sensationalism; ethics of journalism;public information
