Media, Communication and Cultural Aspects of Civil Society

This project aimed to analyze media and culture as elements of the developing civil society. By exploring the symbolically creative segments of civil society - media and culture - the project examined the construction of civil society and civic culture in the media and political discourse, undertaking an analysis of new modes of intercultural communication and international cultural cooperation prompted by new information and communication technologies, especially in the sense of a network civilization.

The project studied processes of cultural cooperation in Croatia and the world, qualitative changes in the organization of cultural community, the Croatian cultural potential as part of the global tourist economy, and the challenges of globalization to cultural industries. The aim was also the analysis and evaluation of media and cultural policies and strategies of cultural development.

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