RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

monopolism phenomena. Numerous external associates could also play an activs role in such bodies, associates who in the present state of affairs аге not active in the creation of editorial policy. COUNCIL WORK CONTENT Results achieved in council work are varied, depending on the concrete state of affairs, the founder-council-collective relation and the level of involvement of socio-political organisations both within the organ and in the broader socio-political communities. Certain councils are asserting themselves to an increasing extent and achieving renown both in the coilective and farther afield, while others have not been so successful. The councils have dealt with various questions which come under their competency. In this respect they have achieved the corresponding social influence in the socialisation of informative activities, The programme council of RTB, for example, examined a large number of quesdons in the course of 1977 as foilows: the organisadon of self-management communides of interest (quesdon for discussion on the organisations of RTB self-management communities of interestt; the examination of work reports; discussion on analyses of the economic foundation of radio and television programmes in the iight of the structure of radio-broadcasdng organisadons of the non-aligned countries; opinions on the self-management organisadon of communities of interest in the domain of informadon; programme pian for 1978 etc. At the RTB programme council sessions, a number of questions of importance for editoriai policy were discussed. Radio Belgrade I council analysed the realisation of tasks from the Tenth Congress of the League of Communities of Tugoslavia and the Seventh Congress of the League of Communists of Serbia in Radio I prograrames. The council gave a positive assessment of resuits achieved and suggested the further promodon of programmes to include the following; the presentation of more examples of delegate work and pracdce, the work of the self-management communities of interest, more information on residents’ associadons and other measures for improving the programme. This councO also assessed future plans for programmes for Tugoslav workers employed abroad, the personnel situation and measures for improving it in Radio I, etc. All assessments show that the councils deal to a greater or lesser extent with essential questions for the further development of radio and television and the promotion of their information, educational, •

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