Rough Place with Fine Culture: Media View on Ostrava Jan Sucháček Cultural Management: Science and Education 8 No. 1 (2024) https://doi.org/10.30819/cmse.8-1.05     pp: 81-89     2024-06-28

Rough Place with Fine Culture: Media View on Ostrava

Culture, media, national TV reporting, territorial image, Ostrava, old industrial territories Cite: APA    BibTeX

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Abstract
Spatial sciences increasingly tackle less traditional soft factors of location and development. Mental maps reflecting the psychological-social perception of space belong to the most fre-quented notions in this respect. Geographical patterns of information in the media constitute one the most relevant determinants for the formation of mental maps. More importantly, the media transfer information selectively, presenting merely a part of a highly complex reality. It is far from surprising that traditional industrial urban areas, such as Ostrava rank among the most sensitive entities from the view of their media perception. Old industrial territories are often labelled by negative information. This is in spite of the fact that real life in these territories can be much more motley and interesting than that portrayed by the media. The main objective of this article consists in the analysis, evaluation and interpretation of various contributions broadcasted within the national TV reporting that are related to the town of Ostrava. In this context, the special attention is devoted to the culture-related contributions that concern Os-trava. It is shown that Ostrava as portrayed within a national TV reporting can be in a nutshell paradoxically characterised as a rough place befallen by many socioeconomic issues where the fine culture is however existing.

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