FM Radio’s Response to a Dual Crisis Situation in the Republic of Croatia: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 Zagreb Earthquake
Anita Šulentić - Prethodno priopćenje
Odgovor FM radija na dvostruku kriznu situaciju u Republici Hrvatskoj: pandemija COVIDA-19 i potres u Zagrebu
Abstract
The paper examines the programming and organisational responses of FM radio to a dual crisis situation in the Republic of Croatia. At the very beginning of the national COVID-19 lockdown, on 22 March 2020, the capital city of Zagreb was struck by the strongest earthquake in the last 140 years. With the purpose of ‘recording’ the situation at the time when the disaster was actually occurring, the research aims to question how the radio stations in the area acted under such unprecedented crisis circumstances. Methodologically, it is a qualitative and descriptive research based on the analysis of questionnaire answers. Open-ended questions are grouped into three main topics: organization and programme changes, sources of information and the role of digital platforms. The results reveal that radio stations tended to retain their formatted programme content regardless of the dual crisis. This finding indicates the necessity to re-examine the overall role of FM radio in a modern democratic society.
Sažetak
Rad proučava programske i organizacijske odgovore FM radija u dvostrukoj kriznoj situaciji u Republici Hrvatskoj. Na samom početku lockdowna uslijed epidemije kovida-19, u Zagrebu se 22. ožujka 2020. dogodio najjači potres u posljednjih 140 godina. Sa svrhom uvida u situaciju u vremenu u kojem se zaista i odvijala, istraživanje je imalo za cilj propitati kako su se radiji na tom području snašli u nezabilježenim kriznim okolnostima. Metodološki, riječ je o kvalitativnom i deskriptivnom istraživanju temeljenom na analizi odgovora iz upitnika. Pitanja otvorenog tipa grupirana su u tri glavne teme: organizacijske i programske promjene, izvori informiranja te uloga digitalnih platformi radija. Rezultati pokazuju sklonost zadržavanju formatiranih programskih sadržaja (dominacija glazbe, manjak novinara, prenošenje kupljenog informativnog sadržaja) bez obzira na dvostruku krizu te upućuju na preispitivanje ukupne uloge FM radija u modernom demokratskom društvu.
Naslov: | 10_FM Radios Response to a Dual Crisis Situation in the Republic of Croatia The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 Zagreb Earthquake.pdf |
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