The Romanian Newspapers Published for Transylvanian Peasants in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century A Theoretical and Thematic Approach.

In the present study, we aim to highlight the main characteristics of the Romanian newspapers published for the Transylvanian peasants in the second half of the nineteenth century. These newspapers were a special type of press dedicated to the rural world, in which various issues were debated, from agriculture, food, and medical care to political and daily news. In the first part of the paper, we analyzed the editorial mission statements of the most important gazettes of the second part of the nineteenth century, such as ªezãtoarea and Cãrþile sãteanului român, which appeared for long periods, but also two examples, Opinca and Gazeta economului, which, despite their transient appearance, fully reflected the message and characteristics of this type of press. In the second part we looked at the main common themes, trying to highlight the major subjects that the Transylvanian Romanian elites wanted to raise in the rural areas. The research capitalized on the articles published in the researched periodicals but also on the specialized literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]