Through the content analysis of basic ethnologic and folkloristic journals from the years 1945-1989 (Český lid [The Czech Folk], Československá ethnografie [The Czechoslovak Ethnography], Národopisný věstník československý [The Czechoslovak Ethnographical Journal] including Věstník národopisné společnosti
česko-slovenské [The Journal of the Czechoslovak Ethnographic Society] and Zprávy Společnosti česko-slovenských národopisců [The Newsletter of the Society of Czechoslovak Ethnographers], Národopisné aktuality [The Ethnographical News]), the study shows the tendencies in the development of particular periodicals, major themes studied, and interconnections of their authors and editors.