Media Systems in Balkan Countries: Context and Dynamics of Changes
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Lausanne et al.: Peter Lang (2023), 290 pp.
Series: Studies in Communication and Politics, 18
ISBN 978-3-631-90923-2 (pdf); 978-3-631-90489-3 (print)
"We selected ten post-communist countries for this research. Eight of them are located on the Balkan Peninsula, from a geographical point of view. We added Romania and Slovenia for historical reasons. The main aim of research is to provide a model of the media system in each of them. We are interested in the political, societal, economic and technological situation, journalistic standards and media accountability. The important thing is to know how media systems evolve in each country, under the influence of political institutions and external stakeholders. We examined how political, media, economic and social systems co-work or influence each other and how they affect each other." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Jelena Kleut, 7
PART I: THE MEDIA SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT IN BALKAN COUNTRIES
1 Balkan media systems in a comparative studies perspective of Central and Eastern Europe / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 15
2 The historical context: The political and social modernization process in the Balkan region in the 19th and 20th century / Miroslaw Dymarski, 39
3 The political, social, economic and technological contexts of the media in the region / Jelena Kleut, 55
4 Journalism standards and media accountability: Research overview for the Balkan states / Susanne Fengler, 73
PART II: DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER-COUNTRIES: BETWEEN HYBRID LIBERAL AND POLITICIZED MEDIA MODELS
5 Bulgaria: The complex mosaic of the media system / Bissera Zankova, 91
6 Croatia: Historical conditions and policies that shaped the contemporary media landscape / Zrinjka Perusko, 111
7 Romania: Four development phases, one struggle to survive in a liberal market / Anamaria Nicola, Oana Maria Calin, Gheorghe Anghel, Bogdan Oprea, 125
8 Slovenia: A paternal-commercial media environment amid the digital transformation of social communication / Igor Vobic, 149
PART III: THE MEDIA SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION: DEMOCRACY, SEMI-DEMOCRACY, OR UNDEMOCRATIC WAY?
9 Albania: The difficult transition of the media system / Ismet Kallaba, Isida Hoxha, 169
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Liberal democratic standards and ethnonationalism under the patronage of international community / Amer Dzihana, Zarfa Hrnjic Kuduzovic, Amela Delic Ascic, 193
11 Kosovo: Political transition, digitalization and the media landscape / Dren Gërguri, Alban Zeneli, 211
12 Montenegro: Transformation from Communist via Transitional to Polarized Pluralist media system / Nataša Ružic, 229
13 North Macedonia: Media system in a long transition period / Jasna Bacovska Nedikj, 249
14 Serbia: One-party dominance over media market and media institutions / Jelena Kleut, 265
Summary: How does democracy and media work in the Balkans? / Jelena Kleut and Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 283
PART I: THE MEDIA SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT IN BALKAN COUNTRIES
1 Balkan media systems in a comparative studies perspective of Central and Eastern Europe / Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 15
2 The historical context: The political and social modernization process in the Balkan region in the 19th and 20th century / Miroslaw Dymarski, 39
3 The political, social, economic and technological contexts of the media in the region / Jelena Kleut, 55
4 Journalism standards and media accountability: Research overview for the Balkan states / Susanne Fengler, 73
PART II: DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER-COUNTRIES: BETWEEN HYBRID LIBERAL AND POLITICIZED MEDIA MODELS
5 Bulgaria: The complex mosaic of the media system / Bissera Zankova, 91
6 Croatia: Historical conditions and policies that shaped the contemporary media landscape / Zrinjka Perusko, 111
7 Romania: Four development phases, one struggle to survive in a liberal market / Anamaria Nicola, Oana Maria Calin, Gheorghe Anghel, Bogdan Oprea, 125
8 Slovenia: A paternal-commercial media environment amid the digital transformation of social communication / Igor Vobic, 149
PART III: THE MEDIA SYSTEMS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION: DEMOCRACY, SEMI-DEMOCRACY, OR UNDEMOCRATIC WAY?
9 Albania: The difficult transition of the media system / Ismet Kallaba, Isida Hoxha, 169
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Liberal democratic standards and ethnonationalism under the patronage of international community / Amer Dzihana, Zarfa Hrnjic Kuduzovic, Amela Delic Ascic, 193
11 Kosovo: Political transition, digitalization and the media landscape / Dren Gërguri, Alban Zeneli, 211
12 Montenegro: Transformation from Communist via Transitional to Polarized Pluralist media system / Nataša Ružic, 229
13 North Macedonia: Media system in a long transition period / Jasna Bacovska Nedikj, 249
14 Serbia: One-party dominance over media market and media institutions / Jelena Kleut, 265
Summary: How does democracy and media work in the Balkans? / Jelena Kleut and Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, 283
