Hanula, Matej (2024) Under the control of political parties: Ownership of the Press in Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. CENTRAL EUROPEAN HORIZONS, 4 (2). pp. 122-147. ISSN 2732-0456
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Abstract
The article examines press ownership in interwar Czechoslovakia, focusing on Slovakia, where most newspapers and magazines were owned or controlled by political parties through affiliated publishing houses. This model, inherited from the Austrian part of the monarchy, also shaped the Czech press. In the Czech lands, only four formally independent dailies existed, yet all were linked to political groups or subsidized by the government or the president’s office. The daily press served as the key instrument of political communication and competition, making party dominance in media ownership almost inevitable. In Slovakia, the entire press was under party control, and no major independent papers like Lidové noviny existed. The sole attempt to create one, Slovenský hlas (1938), was also financed by Agrarian Party leader and Prime Minister Milan Hodža.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Slovakia; Czechoslovakia; political parties; democracy; |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History / történeti segédtudományok > CB History of civilization / művelődéstörténet D History General and Old World / történelem > D4 Modern History / új- és legújabb kor története D History General and Old World / történelem > DN Middle Europe / Közép-Európa |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2025 13:11 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2025 13:11 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/230385 |
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