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Tackling Kremlin's Media Capture in Southeast Europe: Shared Patterns, Specific Vulnerabilities and Responses to Russian Disinformation
Top Insights
Sofia: Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) (2021), 124 pp.
"The current report illuminates the scope, means, and reach of Russia’s sharp power influence through the phenomenon of media capture. It traces the regime’s malign impact on good governance and democratic development in eight Southeast European countries (EU members: Bulgaria and Croatia, as we
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Up in the Air? The Future of Public Service Media in the Western Balkans
Central European University Press (2021), vi, 300 pp.
"The agenda for transition after the demise of communism in the Western Balkans made the conversion of state radio and television into public service broadcasters a priority, converting mouthpieces of the regime into public forums in which various interests and standpoints could be shared and delibe
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Media Polarization and Media (Dis)trust in Albania
Ljubljana: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM) (2021), 23 pp.
"The opinion poll and the discussion with journalists provided interesting insights into the current public perception of media trust and the factors that contribute to such trust, as well as to the overall understanding of the public of media issues. The poll confirmed the dominance of television a
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Media Coverage of Violent Extremism and Terrorism: An Assessment of the Needs of Journalists, Journalism Students, and Spokespersons of Public Institutions
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2020), 31 pp.
"The study revealed the lack of sufficient knowledge on the part of journalists on violent extremism and terrorism. Furthermore, alongside a lack of expertise on violent extremism, journalists in Albania also display a poor level of knowledge about religions, which makes it even harder for reporters
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Gender and the Media in the Western Balkans
Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2020), 42 pp.
"This rapid literature review explores the role that media in the Western Balkans plays in issues of gender (in)equality. The countries discussed are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia [...] While there is a body of literature that discusses a
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Mapping Fake News and Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Identifying Ways to Effectively Counter Them
European Parliament, Directorate General for External Policies of the Union (2020), 101 pp.
"Disinformation is an endemic and ubiquitous part of politics throughout the Western Balkans, without exception. A mapping of the disinformation and counter-dis in for mation landscapes in the region in the period from 2018 through 2020 reveals three key disinformation challenges: external challenge
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Sustainability of Professional Journalism in the Media Business Environment of the Western Balkans
European Union;TACSO 3 project;GDSI (2020), 54 pp.
"Independent media outlets in the Western Balkans are facing major challenges to their financial sustainability. With the exception of some of the largest broadcasters with national coverage and the most visited online media, the majority of media outlets across the region are not sustainable busine
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Hate Speech, Propaganda and Disinformation in Albanian Media
Tirana; Ljubljana: South East European Network for Professionalization of Media (SEENPM);Peace Institute;Albanian Media Institute (2020), 27 pp.
"[...] the purpose of this paper is to highlight the main models and elements that media in Albania manifest regarding hate speech, propaganda and disinformation. The research focuses mainly on online media, as they are identified as the main carriers of disinformation and hate speech, with a few ex
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Background Document: National Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Policies and Strategies in Albania
Albanian Media Institute;UNESCO (2020), 37 pp.
Media Sustainability Index 2019: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: IREX (2019), xxi, 308 pp.
"The 2019 Europe and Eurasia Media Sustainability Index (MSI) saw another improvement in the combined average score for the 21 countries studied: In 2018, the combined average score was 1.84, and in 2019 this increased to 1.86. In comparison with the previous year’s study, there were modest gains
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Advertising Market in Albanian Media
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2019), 54 pp.
"The advertising market in Albania is relatively small, especially in regard to the large number of media that exist in the country. The market clearly favours televisions, which receive the lion’s share of the advertising. While the print media is in continuous decline, online media’s advertisi
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Media Image Among the Public and Media Trust in Albania
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2019), 36 pp.
"The survey discovers that the Albanian public, in its overwhelming majority, considers that the media has great importance for the democracy of a country. However, although they recognize the very important role of the media vis-à-vis democracy, about half of respondents say that Albanian media ha
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An Overview of Local Media in Albania
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute;Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2019), 68 pp.
"This study focused on creating a picture of the local media in the country, by analyzing the main institutional players, the problems that they are facing, the status of the local journalists, as well as prospects for the future. The objective of this study was the identification of the whole unive
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A Pillar of Democracy on Shaky Ground: Public Service Media in South East Europe
Top Insights
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS);Media Programme South East Europe (2019), vi, 236 pp.
"This book gives an overview of public service media in South East Europe; referring to the ten countries, which the Media Programme of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung covers. From Croatia to North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the Republic of Moldova, liberalised media markets have emerged following the c
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Media Ownership Monitor Albania
Reporters Without Borders;Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) (2018), 871 pp.
"The boundaries between media, politics and business have always been blurry in Albania. However, because of the small size and the high number of outlets the market was perceived by some local observers as vibrant and plural. However, a joint research project between Reporters Without Borders and t
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The Feasibility of a Public Service Orientation in the Western Balkans: Complications for a ‘networked Society’ in an Illiberal Context
In: Public Service Media in the Networked Society
Gregory Ferrell Lowe; Hilde van den Bulck; Karen Donders (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2018), pp. 125-141
"This chapter analyses contextual factors that are common to the seven countries of this region that affect developing a genuine public service orientation in media policies and performance. By better understanding historical legacies, inadequate technological development and late entry into digital
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Albanian Media Scene Versus European Standards: Report Based on Council of Europe’s Indicators for Media in a Democracy
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2018), 79 pp.
"This report, which follows the Council of Europe’s list of “Indicators for Media in a Democracy”, intends to provide an analysis of the current media situation based on the standards upheld by this list. The aim of this report is to raise awareness on the status of affairs in the media scene
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Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans
Top Insights
Budapest: Central European University Press (2018), xiii, 346 pp.
"This books draws a comparative balance of twenty years' international media assistance in the five countries of the Western Balkans. The central question was what happens to imported models when they are transposed onto the newly evolving media systems of transitional societies. Albania, Bosnia-Her
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Media Coverage of the Justice Reform in Albania: Between Public Interest and Political Clientelism
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2018), 58 pp.
Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2018), xiii, 556 pp.
"Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s).
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