Researches conducted by ženska infoteka

Based upon archived information within databases of Ženska infoteka, several researches have been conducted:

Public opinion research on feminism
Research conducted among women students of the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy; aim: researching what young women in Croatia think of feminism and feminists (results published in the magazine "Bread & Roses", issue 9, 1998)

Comparative analysis of feminist dictionaries
Comparative analysis of feminist dictionaries (published in "Bread & Roses", issue 11, 1999).

Content analysis of media prior to pre-election campaign 1999/2000
Content analysis of news watches and similar TV broadcasts, as well as articles in printed media in the pre-election period in Croatia (published in the brochures "Women and Elections '99" (only in Croatian) and "Elections in Croatia 2000 - 20 % is (not) Enough".

Analysis of printed media
Research "Demon on the Shoulder" (only in Croatian). The research was conducted on the sample of 183 newspaper articles, taken from the Zenska Infoteka database, for October 2000. Due to the fact that selected sample was "convenient", our intention was not to make any final decision, but primarily to indicate to movements that dominate in our media.
We were interested to find out who are the women appearing in local newspapers; how journalists describe them; in which time-space terms journalists think; how is the media space divided between state and civil society…

Research on violence against women
Research conducted by the method of content analysis of printed media in February 2003. This research wants to determine to what extent the media are covering the problem of violence against women, the media space that is dedicated to it as well as profile of victims, perpetrator and violent act. The results are published in a brochure "Violence against Women".

Content analysis of printed media prior to election campaign 2003
Brochure Marginalisation of women politicians in the media: results of daily newspapers' analysis contains results of one-week monitoring and content analysis of daily newspapers, published before official beginning of election campaign in November 2003. It is continuance of previous pre-election research and it also brings review on representation of women in legislative and executive authority.

Content analysis: Until it Stops: Violence Against Women Across Transitional Europe
Results