Undergraduate thesis attempts to illuminate the question, how the newspapers, which were published in 1918 in the Slovene ethnic territory, reacted to the collapse of the AustroHungarian Empire and the establishment of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In that time the newspapers, that were published in the Slovene ethnic territory, were not only written in the Slovene language but also in the German language. The first group of newspapers usually represented the national interests of the Slovenes, while the second group of newspapers usually stood for the political beliefs of the Germans. Consequently, the Germans and the Slovenes were often in conflict with one another, and those feuds usually unraveled in the newspapers. In the second half of the 19th century, two different political movements started to form, which divided the Slovenes in two political groups, the liberal and the conservative group. The newspapers were often under the influence of either one or the other group, which is why this characteristic was taken into account during the analysis. The main research question of this undergraduate thesis was, whether there were any differences between the reactions of the German and the Slovene newspapers. The second question was, if the political orientation of the newspapers had any influence on their reactions.
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