Representation of Journalists in the TV drama series Novine, Počivali u miru and Crno-bijeli svijet

Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je ispitati kako se prikazuju novinari u domaćim dramskim serijama Novine, Počivali u miru i Crno-bijeli svijet. Ove tri serije primjer su kvalitetnih televizijskih sadržaja koji se posljednjih godina sve češće javljaju u popularnoj kulturi. Znanstvenici se slažu da prikaz novinara u popularnoj kulturi može utjecati na kreiranje slike o ulozi novinara u društvu. Stoga televizijski sadržaji služe kao ključ za razumijevanje stvarnosti. Kriterij odabira bio je tematika. Naime, sve tri se u nekoj mjeri bave temom novinarstva u hrvatskoj pa tako tu profesiju prikazuju širokim masama gledatelja. Analizom narativa autorica je pokušala utvrditi kako se likovi novinara ponašaju u prikazanim situacijama te koje su im osobine. Na temelju toga, uspoređene su njihove karakteristike s tipologijom Briana McNaira koji likove novinara u američkim filmovima dijeli na heroje i zlikovce. Likovi promatranih serija uglavnom se ne mogu svrstati u jednu pod skupinu tih dviju podjela i većina ih posjeduje karakteristike koje ih svrstavaju u više tipova, dok je neke likove moguće svrstati i u heroje i u zlikovce. Kad su u pitanju ženski likovi, novinarke su rijetko prikazane na visokim funkcijama. Čak i kad jesu, jasno je da to nisu postigle zaslugama, već zakulisnim igrama.The main aim of this thesis was to examine how are journalists portrayed in the Croatian drama TV series Novine, Počivali u Miru, and Crno-bijeli svijet. These three series, for example, are quality television content that has been increasingly published in popular culture lately. Scholars agree that portraying journalists in popular culture can influence an image of the journalists in society. Therefore, television content serves as a key to understanding reality. All three of these series are dealing with the topic of journalism in Croatia, and they present the profession to a wide mass of viewers. By analyzing the narratives, the aim was to determine how the characters of the journalists behave in the presented situations and which are their characteristics. Based on that, the author compared those characteristics to Brian McNair’s typology that divides characters as heroes and villains. In conclusion, characters of the observed series generally cannot be classified into one subgroup of these two divisions and most of them can be categorized into multiple types, while some characters can be classified as both heroes and villains. When it comes to female characters, journalists are rarely portrayed in high positions. Even when they do, it is clear they did not deserve it by hard work, but behind-the-scenes games