The Fourth State Power - Case Study: Pamfil Seicaru

• Author: Fanel Teodorascu
• Position: Danubius University of Galati, Romania
• Pages: 543-549

The Fourth St

Danubius University

Abstract:

The first years of th

Romanian society. The politic

be a newspaper editor meant to

important political parties wer

cabinets. Thus the journalist t

seriously. Pamfil Şeicaru is o

fierceful institution, the fourth

Keywords: journalism;

politic

The interwar period brought i

provoked deep transformation

citizens’ spirits. The Romanian

electoral reform providing the

The system of political parties

dissolution of the conservativ

emergence and the active role

within the Romanian state of

historical provinces

with the m

the appearance and the affirm

some extremist organizations i

During this

period, the role p

significant changes as well. T

journalists’ influence upon t

became soon aware of the new

stage was successful, one of t

time had one purpose, namel

discontent”. (Şeicaru, 1924, p.

As Pamfil Şeicaru outlined in

A.A. Bardescu and N. Geor

Interdisciplinary Dimensions of Com

State Power

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Case Study: Pamfil Şeic

Fanel Teodorascu

ity of Galati, Romania, teodorascu.fanel @ univ

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dan

the interwar period b rought a major change within the role th

iticians could not ignore the journalists’ opinions any longer.

t to defend

the interests of the poor and of the defendless peop

ere forced to allow the press representatives in the Parliame

t turned into a p rototypical dict

ator, and the whole press too

s one of those journalists who had the great merit of having

rth state power, alongside with the executive, judicial and

legis

tics

; press history; rhetorics

t important changes in Romanians’ lives. The

ons not only in the economic, socio

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political l

ian political life was profoundly marked by the

he necessary conditions for the appearance of ne

ies underwent through a significant evolution ch

tive parties, t

he consolidation of the National

ole of new parties in the Romanian political l

of those parties which led the fight for the

e mother

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country, the emergence of the Nation

irmation of the parties of national minorities,

s in the political life. (Scurtu, 2010, pp. 106

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107

e played by the journalists within the comm

. The greater the prestige of the printed word

the readers’ political convictions increased

new reality and their endeavor of gaining a pla

f the reasons being the voters’ belief that the

ely to cultivate “the gullibility of th

e masses

p. 1)

in an article dedicated to the journalist

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deputies

eorgescu, the first years of the interwar p

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Şeicaru

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that the press played in the

er. For many Romanians, to

ople. The heads of the most

ment and in the ministerial

took its “fourth power” ro le

ing turned the press into a

gislative powers.

The First World War

l life, but also in the

the

universal vote, the

f new political actors.

characterized by: the

al Liberal Party, the

l life, the integration

he unification of the

ional Peasants’ Party,

es, the imposition of

107)

munity life suffered

rd was, the more the

sed. The journal

ists

place on the political

the politicians at that

ses overwhelmed by

ties Const. Gongopol,

period brought the