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INTRODUCTION
Dear reader,
 You have before you the new September issue of Social Science Forum, which 
coincides with the 100th issue of the journal, having been published regularly 
since 1984, and in the format of three issues a year since 1998. Over the deca -
des, the journal has seen many design and organisational upgrades. The editors 
have always sought to ensure that the journal participates in current discussions 
in the social sciences and humanities in terms of both content and form, and that 
it serves as a science-communication channel presenting new empirical and the -
oretical findings in the social sciences along with up-to-date literature reviews. 
The journal’s 100th issue brings another important formal and organisational 
upgrade, equipping every article with a DOI (digital object identifier). The DOI 
handle helps to improve the permanent transparency and accessibility of online 
scientific and scholarly texts, databases, and audio-visual content. It has been 
developed to meet the needs of academic publications authors, researchers, 
and other users of research data with a view to facilitating and increasing the 
reliability of source citation.
 The 100th issue of Social Science Discussions is also this year’s first special 
issue, zooming in on young people’s media repertoires. Guest co-editors of the 
issue are Veronika Tašner and Dejan Jontes, with fresh research findings being 
presented, as generated in the Media Repertoires among Youth: Social, Political 
and Cultural Aspects of Digitalised Everyday Čife basic research project led by 
Tanja Oblak Črnič and co-funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), 
no. J5-2564. This issue consists of four articles written by the co-editors, as well 
as Tina Lengar Verovnik, Breda Luthar, Katja Koren Ošljak, Tanja Oblak Črnič, 
Maruša Pušnik and Nika Šušteršič. The articles are preceded by an extensive 
editorial focused on the scientific and social relevance of the mentioned topic. 
The editorial also contextualises each contribution in the literature in the fields 
of media and communication studies and youth studies. 
 The thematic articles in this issue of Social Science Forum are accompanied 
by an original scientific article by Peter Stanković and Robert Bobnič, which 
adopts a cultural-studies perspective to present the results of a statistical survey 
of listeners of Slovenian folk-pop music – one of the most popular music genres 
in Slovenia. The article was written as part of Stanković’s research project Slove-
nian Folk-Pop Music as Politics: Perceptions, Receptions, Identities, also funded 
by the ARRS (code J6-2682). The text builds on the internationally recognised 
socio-cultural significance of popular-music genres that appropriate, interpret and 
idealise ‘traditional’ or historically characteristic elements of folk musicscapes (e.g. 

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sounds, lyrics, costumes, dances) in the context and conditions of contemporary 
popular-music industries. Although the modifications are so strong that one can 
speak of invented traditions, these genres are often popularly perceived as ‘na-
tional’, ‘ours’, and as a reflection of a national tradition. Stanković and Bobnić’s 
text identifies folk pop’s significance in the context of audience studies, with the 
intention to open up discussion and outline some starting points for further audi -
ence research. Accordingly, it offers insights into the structural characteristics of 
Slovenian folk-pop music listeners by presenting an overview and basic analysis 
of statistical data collected in 2021 within the Slovenian Public Opinion Survey 
(SJM) framework. Based on these characteristics, the authors conclude that the 
most impactful factors shaping the distinctions between cultural formations in 
Slovenian society are education, religion, political preferences, and place of 
residence, rather than economic status. 
 Even though this issue of the journal only features contributions in Slovenian, 
I wish to use this opportunity to stress that all articles are accompanied by exten -
sive informative summaries in English, together with the authors’ contact details, 
which you are welcome to use should you be interested in their work. 
 As usual, the issue ends with our “Book reviews” section edited by Klemen 
Ploštajner. This time, we warmly invite you to read three reviews that capture the 
spirit of the whole issue dedicated to media content and cultural phenomena. 
Jernej Kaluža presents Deja Crnović’s debut book Politika kot medijski perfor-
mans (Politics as media performance), while Karla Tepež reviews the Slovenian 
translation of Gal Kirn’s study Partisan Counter-Archive (Partizanski protiarhiv: 
o umetniških in spominskih prelomih jugoslovanskega NOB). The book review 
section concludes with Darja Zaviršek’s reflections on Nina Vodopivec’s Tu se 
ne bo nikoli več šivalo: doživljanje izgube dela in propada tovarne (No sewing 
will happen here ever again: Experiencing the loss of work, and destruction of 
the factory). This review provides both a valuable insight into the demise of the 
Mura sewing factory and the experiences of its workers in the context of the 
post-socialist transition, and a sneak-peek into the next special issue on social 
work and gender, guest-edited by Darja Zaviršek and scheduled for December.
 The Social Science Forum editorial team wishes you enjoyable reading!
Natalija Majsova
Main co-editor, Social Science Forum