Like a hurricane that exposes the underlying bedrock--and an occasional hidden treasure--by washing away the accumulated grains of sand, the pandemic blew away the accumulated certainties and securities of the globally connected, digitized society. Suddenly, nothing can be taken for granted: visiting ailing relatives, shopping--or going to church. The internet and, particularly, social networking sites have become the indispensable infrastructure holding our sociability together. The global companies of the digital economy profited handsomely. How about the users of their services? This volume explores how priests inhabit the digital environment of social networking sites, specifically Facebook. The authors looked at how they present themselves, what they publish, and how people engage with this content. The context of the pandemic suggested that we should also examine how digital technology and social media are being used for purposes of priestly ministry. Our hope is that these analyses and considerations will help not just priests but every person at becoming proficient not only in things virtual but also in practicing virtue.

The present publication within the series Working Papers of International Journalism describes the transformation of Slovenian media landscape since 1991. The author, Peter Lah, has a Master's degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (USA) and is presently pursuing a Ph. D. in Mass Communications at the same university. Lah, who worked at Kristjanova Obzorja, a Catholic magazine for theology, culture, and society in Slovenia, and at the Vatican Radio in Rome, relishes the opportunity to research the ethical and regulatory issues in mass communication, with a focus on European integration and globalisation.

This dissertation project explored Slovenian and German quality newspapers in the context of European integration. Specifically, the notions of social communication by Karl W. Deutsch, and those of commercialism and colonization as proposed by Jurgen Habermas, Thomas Meyer, and Jurgen Heinrich were addressed through a multi-method design. A content analysis of Delo and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, years 1988 and 2002, as well as Finance and the Financial Times Deutschland in 2002, examined both formal and substantive characteristics of newspapers' coverage of the European Union (EU) as well as individual member and candidate countries. Managers, editors, and journalists of Slovenian and German quality national dailies were interviewed about their newspapers' approach to covering the EU countries and issues, about their professional routines and practices, as well as about their perceptions concerning the state of quality (international) journalism. Finally, Slovenian journalists covering the general news and international events for Slovenian quality dailies were surveyed about their professional practices, media consumption, journalistic roles and values, and attitudes toward European integration.

PROBLEMATIKA OBLOKA, INTERFERENCNIH POJAVOV, PREHODNIH POJAVOV IN OZEMLJILNEGA SISTEMA, ANALIZA MERILNIH REZULTATOV.