| Abstract [eng] |
The object of master‘s thesis is the Journalism studies at Vilnius University from its beginning in 1949 to 1991 when the Departments of Printed Journalism, Radio and Television were converted to the Journalism Institute. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the journalism education in Vilnius University from 1949 to 1991. Primary purpose is to review the main tendencies of soviet high education system and to research the processes of reorganizing the academic departments of Journalism studies. In addition to analyze the changes that took place in Journalism study programme, to represent the academic staff, to introduce the statistics revealing how many school-leavers wanted to enter studies of journalism and how many of them succeeded. The researcher used theoretical and empirical methods: comparative historical, data analysis, interview research methods. The majority of the information and data sources were found in the Archives of Vilnius University (legislations of the rectors, History and Philology Faculty’s protocols (it was reorganized to History Faculty in 1968) council and Journalism Institute’s sessions, personnel department files): it was the only valuable source providing the accurate information about Journalism studies and their development in 1949-1991. Furthermore, the researcher used the interviews with docents Bronius Raguotis and Liubomiras Viktoras Žeimantas as an information source. The master‘s theses also include information concerning the history and development of Vilnius University. The period from 1949 to 1991 was full of ups and downs. From 1960 to 1965 Vilnius University suggested school-leavers to enter part-time Journalism studies because full-time Journalism studies were stopped. These five years caused an enormous damage to Journalism studies, because of formalized part-time students’ teaching. The requirements for students were too low to compare to the requirements of full-time journalism studies. Furthermore, when the right to launch full – time Journalism study programme was gained by the University again, the transformations of programme and difficulties experienced in studies management affected the popularity of full-time Journalism studies. Despite all the obstacles of the bureaucracy and poor study management, the studies of journalism were serious and intensive since 1949. Professional journalists and journalism alumni joined the University and became a part of academic community. They worked at the university passionately and helped more than thousand students to become professional journalists and sharpen their profession skills. The majority of them is working in media outlets today and has huge impact on Lithuania’s journalism. |
