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Up in the Air?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

Up in the Air?

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 deliberated. There is general agreement that this endeavor has not been a success. Formally, the countries adopted the legal and institutional requirements of public service media according to European standards. The ruling political elites, however, retained their control over the public media by various means. Can this trend be reversed? Instead of being marginalized or totally manipulated, can public service media become vehicles of genuine democratization? A comparison of public service media in seven countries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) addresses these important questions.

Media Constrained by Context
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

Media Constrained by Context

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-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia undertook a range of media reforms to conform with accession requirements of the European Union and the standards of the Council of Europe, among others. The essays explore the nexus between the democratic transformation of the media and international media assistance. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highl...

Media in Process
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 193

Media in Process

The post-communist development of media systems has been uneven in the countries of the region. Television and newspapers, together with the emergence of social media, have had great influence on the political debate in various countries. Ownership of the media has been a factor in many instances. The integration of traditionally isolated Central/Eastern Europe into larger, worldwide trends has fundamentally changed the way we look at the media in this region. This volume proposes to address the transition of the media and communication industries in the contemporary period. The contributions discuss, among other things, the obstacles that still remain for the media to play an effective watc...

Albania The Cost of Speech: Violations of Media Freedom in Albania
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 62
World trends in freedom of expression and media development: regional overview of the Arab region
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 35
World trends in freedom of expression and media development: regional overview of Central and Eastern Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 31
Advancing Democracy in Albania
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

Advancing Democracy in Albania

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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World trends in freedom of expression and media development: regional overview of Asia and the Pacific
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 32
World trends in freedom of expression and media development: regional overview of Western Europe and North America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 35