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Istrian Memories in the Dark Tourism Context: The Quantitative Analysis
Research purposes and objectives from the introductory chapter (1.2 ‘Re-
search Purpose and Objectives’) served as the main orientation for the
work.
According to Riffe et al. (2005, pp. 43–45) and Bryman (2012, p. 291),
quantitative content analysis is most efficient when dealing with explicit
hypotheses or research questions. Three precise research questions were
created on the basis of the two objectives:
rq4 Which type of dark commemorative events related to the con-
flicts of the 20th century have the highest regional coverage by
the Istrian regional media?
According to the findings presented in the previous chapters, the
two world wars, the period of fascism, the socialist revolution and
the Italian emigration (exodus) and, to a lesser extent, the bloody
disintegration of the former federation in 1990, affected Istrian so-
ciety. It has not been yet explained which contemporary events that
present a reflection of past conflicts are the most interesting for the
regional media.
rq5 How many different clusters of contemporary history-centric
dark commemorative events in Istria can be created based on
media reporting?
The regional media ‘controls’ the phenomena (dark commemora-
tive events) that are presented to the people. By reporting on events,
the stories, knowledge and values from the events are transferred to
the readers of all generations, including youth. The ancillary ques-
tion is, what do the media report about events and what kind of
media construction of events (social/memorial reality) is charac-
teristic for Istria in the dark tourism and memorial context? Dark
commemorative events as described in the electronic media are the
focal point of the study. This has not been investigated yet.
rq6 What is the actual geographical dispersion of contemporary
history-centric dark commemorative events all over the Istrian
peninsula?
Not all conflicts affected Istria with the same intensity. w w i pri-
marily affected the southern coastal area, fascism and w w ii influ-
enced the coastal and central part, while no major military clashes
took place during the Croatian Homeland War; there were mili-
tary clashes during the war of independence in the Slovenian part.
Blažević (1984, p. 64) mapped some examples of memorial heritage
194
Research purposes and objectives from the introductory chapter (1.2 ‘Re-
search Purpose and Objectives’) served as the main orientation for the
work.
According to Riffe et al. (2005, pp. 43–45) and Bryman (2012, p. 291),
quantitative content analysis is most efficient when dealing with explicit
hypotheses or research questions. Three precise research questions were
created on the basis of the two objectives:
rq4 Which type of dark commemorative events related to the con-
flicts of the 20th century have the highest regional coverage by
the Istrian regional media?
According to the findings presented in the previous chapters, the
two world wars, the period of fascism, the socialist revolution and
the Italian emigration (exodus) and, to a lesser extent, the bloody
disintegration of the former federation in 1990, affected Istrian so-
ciety. It has not been yet explained which contemporary events that
present a reflection of past conflicts are the most interesting for the
regional media.
rq5 How many different clusters of contemporary history-centric
dark commemorative events in Istria can be created based on
media reporting?
The regional media ‘controls’ the phenomena (dark commemora-
tive events) that are presented to the people. By reporting on events,
the stories, knowledge and values from the events are transferred to
the readers of all generations, including youth. The ancillary ques-
tion is, what do the media report about events and what kind of
media construction of events (social/memorial reality) is charac-
teristic for Istria in the dark tourism and memorial context? Dark
commemorative events as described in the electronic media are the
focal point of the study. This has not been investigated yet.
rq6 What is the actual geographical dispersion of contemporary
history-centric dark commemorative events all over the Istrian
peninsula?
Not all conflicts affected Istria with the same intensity. w w i pri-
marily affected the southern coastal area, fascism and w w ii influ-
enced the coastal and central part, while no major military clashes
took place during the Croatian Homeland War; there were mili-
tary clashes during the war of independence in the Slovenian part.
Blažević (1984, p. 64) mapped some examples of memorial heritage
194
