The croatian print media – the mediator between the legislation, Ministry of science, education and sports and the interested public

Svakodnevica hrvatskoga i drugih društava pokazuje da mediji ponekad miješaju informaciju i zabavu, a trebali bi davati prednost onim temama koje mogu imati utjecaja na život neke društvene skupine, pa i same zemlje i njezine budućnosti. Smatramo da je od takvog značenja upravo i donošenje Zakona o znanosti, visokom obrazovanju i sveučilištu. Naime, Ministarstvo znanosti, obrazovanja i športa Republike Hrvatske iznijelo je prijedlog nacrta triju zakona u listopadu 2010. godine, čime je potaknulo javnu raspravu između akademske javnosti i šire javnosti, zainteresiranih pojedinaca i društvenih skupina. Analizom sadržaja odabranih dnevnih novina željeli smo istražiti jesu li mediji dovoljno pisali o donošenju zakona kao ključnoj promjeni u visokom obrazovanju. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da su dnevni listovi o ovoj temi pisali premalo, no kada su pisali, bili su posrednik između zakonodavnih tijela i zainteresirane javnosti.Everyday life of the Croatian society and other societies as well shows that media sometimes mix information with entertainment instead of putting forward subjects that can influence the life of a certain social group, a country or even humankind. That is the significance of passing the Science, Higher Education and University Law. Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia introduced the bill in October 2010, which generated public discussion between the Academia and a wider public, between interested individuals and social groups. By using textual analysis we wanted to explore whether media have written enough about passing the law as it is a crucial change in higher education. The results of the research show that the daily newspapers have not written enough about this subject, and when they have, they were only the mediator between the legislation and the interested public