Percepcija Eurovizije među mladima : Glazbeni događaj u kontekstu zabave i politike

Abstract

Eurovizija je započela kao natjecanje u pjevanju čiji je cilj bio povezati i ujediniti zemlje koje u njemu sudjeluju. Kao takvo, natjecanje je zamišljeno kao apolitično. Međutim, u posljednjih deset godina, vidimo značajni pomak u percepciji toga što se smatra pjesmom u duhu Eurovizije, i koliko poruka pjesme postaje važna. Ta je razlika postala očigledna u velikoj razlici ocjenjivanja žirija i publike. Svrha rada ovoga rada je vidjeti na koji način se Eurovizija kao natjecanje razvila do danas, i koji su to politički i društveni faktori utjecali na to, a cilj istraživanja je vidjeti kakav pogled mladi imaju na Euroviziju, što oni smatraju njezinim najvažnijim aspektom; zabavu, politiku ili nešto posve drugo. Istraživanje putem online upitnika pokazalo je da mladi doista pridaju politici više značenja nego starije generacije, ali da i prvenstveno na Euroviziju gledaju kao na zabavni event s pretežno pozitivnom konotacijom. S obzirom na manjak istraživanja u području Eurovizije koji su provedeni online, bilo bi poželjno kada bi se slična istraživanja provela na još većem uzorku kako bi se pomnije proučila razlika u rodnoj opredijeljenosti ispitanika koji su bili dio istraživanja online i na eventima uživo.Eurovision began as a singing competition whose goal was to connect and unite the countries participating in it. As such, the competition is intended to be apolitical. However, in the last ten years, we have seen a significant shift in the perception of what counts as a song in the spirit of Eurovision, and how important the messages of the songs are becoming. This difference became evident in the big difference in the evaluation of the jury and the audience. This thesis studies the ways in which Eurovision promotes the contestant countries, in which way the political and social context affects this and in which way Eurovision affects them. The goal of the research is to establish to what extent young people view Eurovision through the prism of politics, and entertainment and how much it influences their vote. The purpose of this thesis is to see how Eurovision as a competition has developed until today, and what political and social factors have influenced it, and the aim of the research is to see what young people's view of Eurovision is, what they consider its most important aspect; entertainment, politics or something else entirely. Research through an online questionnaire showed that young people really give politics more importance than older generations, but that they primarily view Eurovision as an entertaining event with a predominantly positive connotation. Considering the lack of online surveys on the topic od Eurovision, it would be benefical if similar surveys were performed on an even larger sample in order to study more closely the difference in the gender orientation of respondents who had participated in the survey online as compared to those from live events