Press (newspapers and magazines) in the Balkans

The information system. The concept of mediation. Agenda. Setting. The management of information and knowledge. The difference between the events and the news. Newspapers and magazines. . Newspapers in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. Newspapers in Europe and America. Rising circulation of newspapers in other European countries. The local press. Press in the Balkans. National enlightenment and newspapers. Daily newspapers in the Balkans on the eve of the First World War. Newspapers are converted to modern information sources. Second World War censorship, luck of information, use of propaganda. The newspapers of the Balkan states during communism. Journalists. Censorship. The Communist party truth. The case of Yugoslavia (1948-1980). Media after the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Submission of the media in political power. Newspapers in the Balkan states after the fall of communism (1989 onwards). New political, financial, sports newspapers. The press and electronic media corporations. Journalists under pressure. Political and economic pressure. The history of the Greek press. Newspapers during the Greek Revolution. Development of the Greek Press (20th c.). The press grows when political crises arises (Interwar period). Full control of newspapers during the Second World War. Development of newspapers after 1950. The press groups. The Greek hunta. The press after the fall of the Greek hunta. The rise and fall of circulation of newspapers. Many newspapers but small circulations. The news agencies. The international news agencies (REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AFP, DPA, ITAR-TASS, BLOOMBERG). Structure and operation of news agencies. Athens News Agency and news agencies of the Balkan states.

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1. 20140226 Introduction. The information system. The concept of mediation. Agenda. Setting. The management of information and knowledge. The difference between the events and the news. What is a newspaper and what a magazine. Newspapers and their audience, connection with businesses and with politicians. 2. 20140335 Issuing newspapers in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. The audience of the newspapers at that time. Parliamentarism and newspapers in Britain. Rising circulation of newspapers in other European countries. The local press. The relationship of the local press to the development of the city. Informational newspapers and trash. The Pulitzer case. 3. 20140319 Press in the Balkans. The contribution of the press to the national enlightenment of the Balkan people. The first Serbian and Romanian newspapers published outside the Ottoman Empire. The first German speaking newspapers published in Transylvania. The first Bulgarian newspaper issued in Istanbul and in the Danubian Principalities. The Illyrian movement. 4. 20140326 The 20th century in the Balkans. Daily newspapers in the Balkans on the eve of the First World War. Newspapers are converted to modern information sources. In the interwar newspapers expressing modern ideological trends. The newspapers of minorities. Second World War censorship. Luck of information, use of propaganda. 5. 20140402 The newspapers of the Balkan states during communism. Journalists. Censorship. The Communist party truth. The case of Yugoslavia (1948-1980). Media after the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Submission of the media in political power. 6. 20140409 Newspapers in the Balkan states after the fall of communism (1989 onwards). Decline of communist press. The new political, financial, sports newspapers. The press and electronic media corporations. Journalists under pressure. Political and economic pressure. 7. 20140524 The history of the Greek press. First newspapers in the Greek diaspora. The press during the Greek Revolution. Newspapers serving parties and politicians (19th c.). 8. 20150311 Development of the Greek Press (20th c.). The press grows when political crises arises (Interwar period). Full control of newspapers during the Second World War. Development of newspapers after 1950. The press groups. The Greek hunta. 9. 20150520 Newspapers in Thessaloniki, in Macedonia and Thrace during the German and Bulgarian occupation (1941-1944). A particular case. 10. 20140528 The press after the fall of the Greek hunta. The rise and fall of circulation of newspapers. Many newspapers but small circulations. The types of the Greek press. The economic, sports newspapers. 11. 20140604 The news agencies. The international news agencies (REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS, AFP, DPA, ITAR-TASS, BLOOMBERG). Structure and operation of news agencies. Athens News Agency and news agencies of the Balkan states.