The introductory chapter in the book Opinion Polls and the Media addresses the issues of (re)conceptualisation of the key dimensions of public opinion in relation to the normative-critical conceptualisation of public opinion, which occurred under the influence of the development of (public) opinion polls, and their implications for theories of public opinion, as perceived by proponents and opponents of opinion polling.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31285341
The study combines a discourse analysis of comments on Slovenian news web sites and in-depth interviews with producers of hate speech comments. They are either organized or act on their own initiative. The main motive of “soldiers” and “believers” is the mission. They share characteristics of an authoritarian personality. The key motives of the “players” are thrill and fun. The “watchdogs” are motivated by drawing attention to social injustice. The last two groups share the characteristics of a libertarian personality.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31613789
In this study, deconstruction of ideological practice was performed using a text-based examination of the genealogy of justifying discourse, as found in official documents and policy statements regarding information literacy in Croatia. Croatian information literacy is too narrowly conceptualized as a means of preparing students for the demands of the EU and the global market. In-depth interviews with gymnasium professors showed that they aligned themselves with the neo-liberal imperative of ongoing retraining and saw information literacy as a means of providing students with technical skills.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31402845
The idea of electronic democracy implies a form of democracy which would develop as the result of the implementation of new communication technologies within existing democratic processes. Ideas of electronic democracy are not always accompanied by positive associations, but come also with apprehension of the probable dangers for existing democratic processes. This paper addresses the question of technological democratization through two interrelated steps. First, it focuses on the history of e-democracy and its implementation in different models of democracy. Then, in the second part, it reveals the main proponents of e-democracy as an idea that could transform the existing representative democratic system. Since many obstacles, that are not only technologically driven, the text here extracts the critique of such intentions and beliefs. However, communication technologies seem to be effective tools for citizens to select governors and participate in the formation of laws and policies. By enabling immediate insight into governmental work and into decisions made by other political institutions, an informed electoral body can be formed. In this context, the last section presents a new Slovenian governmental tool which can be understood as an effective bridge between different paradigms on e-democracy.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31647837
The study draws on survey data on the cultural preferences, competencies and practices of a representative sample of the population of the two largest Slovenian cities, Ljubljana and Maribor. The cultural dimensions of class and the role of cultural distinctions in the class structure of both cities are examined. The study focuses on the ways in which non-economic capital, i.e. cultural capital, works in the constitution and reproduction of social inequality The empirical results point to the existence of five separate class-cultural formations or class-specific meaning systems that significantly differ from each another and to a systematic homology between ideal-type cultural classes and four occupational classes (EseC). Tastes are particularly strongly linked to social positions at the bottom and the top of the aesthetic hierarchy. The strongest effect of gender and ethnicity on taste cultures was established at the bottom of the occupational class hierarchy.
COBISS.SI-ID: 31673949