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The crisis of journalism has been the subject of extensive scholarly and public debate. We argue that this debate needs to focus on actual developments on the ground that may be specific for a given society and that have serious consequences for the material conditions of journalists' work. We focus specifically on local print newsrooms in the Czech Republic, one of the 'new democracies' of Eastern Europe. We interviewed local journalists in middle-management positions at key stages of the transformation of the local newspaper publishing group Vltava Labe Press (VLP). We first approached journalists in 2015 when VLP's German owners – the publishing house Verlagsgruppe Passau – sold the company to the Slovak investment group Penta and followed up a year later when the 're-structuralization' of the local newspaper publisher was completed. It is not surprising that our case study demonstrates that commercial pressures impact directly on the material conditions and the locations and spaces of journalists' work, with the latter ones representing areas that form a crucial part of workplace autonomy, but have thus far been under-researched.

U ovom članku dajemo pregled nekih od ključnih promjena na tržištu čeških tiskanih medija nakon pada komunizma 1989. godine. Fokusirale smo se na promjene vlasništva te na utjecaj tih promjena na profesionalno novinarstvo. U 1990-ima strane medijske kompanije (pretežno njemačke i švicarske) ušle su na češko medijsko tržište te donijele model novinarstva koji je orijentiran na profit. Naše istraživanje koje je provedeno prije desetak godina bavilo se tim promjenama i njihovim utjecajem na profesionalno ponašanje novinara. U to vrijeme mnogi su novinari bili pod komercijalnim pritiscima. Ipak, sredinom 2010-ih, odlaskom stranih vlasnika tiskanih medija (osim jednoga) te pojavom lokalnih vlasnika, novinari su izrazili zabrinutost zbog uplitanja vlasnika medija u medijski sadržaj u političke svrhe. Također naglašavamo da novinari koje smo intervjuirale nisu iznosili svoje mišljenje o vladinom utjecaju na njihovo profesionalno djelovanje, primjerice putem medijske regulacije. ; In this article we map some of the key developments on the Czech print media market following the fall of communism in 1989. We focus on ownership changes and their impact on the conduct of professional journalism. In the 1990s foreign media companies (dominantly German and Swiss) entered the Czech media market and brought with them a profit-oriented model of journalism. Our research in the mid-2000s explored these changes and their impact on journalists' professional conduct. At the time journalists stressed commercial pressures, however, in the mid-2010s with the departure of foreign print media owners (except for one) and the emergence of local ones, journalists voiced concerns about interference in content for political purposes. We also note that the journalists we interviewed did not reflect on the influence of government on the conduct of their profession, for example, through media regulation.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- About the editors -- Introduction Monika Metykova, David Smahel, Pascaline Lorentz, Michelle F. Wright -- Section 1: Self-Presentation and Impression Management in the Digital Age Michelle F. Wright -- "Fraped" Selves: Hacked, Tagged, and Shared Without Permission. The Challenges of Identity Development for Young Peopleon Facebook Monica Barbovschi, Anca Velicu -- The Educational Dimension of Pornography: Adolescents' Use of New Media for Sexual PurposesLaura E. Simon, Kristian Daneback, Anna Ševčíková -- The Role of the Media and Cyber Context in Adolescents' Pursuit of Popularity Michelle F. Wright -- Section 2: Online Networking among Youths David Smahel -- Online Communities and Early Adolescents Hana Machackova -- Stranger Is Not Always Danger: The Myth and Reality of Meetings with Online Strangers Lenka Dedkova -- Children's Privacy Management on Social Network Sites Hana Machackova, Martina Cernikova, David Smahel, Zuzana Ocadlikova -- Section 3: Gaming and Playing Digitally Pascaline Lorentz -- Live Online Betting: The Answer to Every Gambler's Wish Šárka Licehammerová -- The Risks of Online Gambling for Younger Males: Insights from Czech National Surveys Anastasia Ejova, Šárka Licehammerová, PavlaChomynová, Zuzana Tion Leštinová, Viktor Mravčík -- Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Games: A Dangerous Time-Consuming Leisure? Pascaline Lorentz -- Section 4: Participating in Politics Monika Metykova -- Czech Politicians Go Online: Is this e-Democracy or Justa Campaign Move? Alena Macková -- New Media, Old Inequalities: Technological Fixes, National Containers, and the Roma Monika Metykova -- Social Media and Diffused Participation Jakub Macek -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.