Media in the Western Balkan : who controls the past controls
the future

C 2022

Media in the Western Balkan : who controls the past controls the future

STOJAROVÁ, Věra

Basic information

Original name

Media in the Western Balkan : who controls the past controls the future

Authors

STOJAROVÁ, Věra

Edition

London, Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe : How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy, p. 156-176, 21 pp. The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series. 2022

Publisher

Routledge

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-1-032-07689-8

Keywords in English

Media freedom; Western Balkans; media financing; captured state; illiberal politics

Abstract

V originále

The contribution assesses the role of the media in respect to democratization and EU accession in the countries of the Western Balkans (WB) and the development of press freedom over the long run. The author closely analyses the legislative framework and its implementation in practice and focuses in particular on the economic and political pressure on the media in the region. The article offers three arguments to explain the bad shape of media freedom in the Balkans: structural factors (state advertisements as the main source of income, economic tycoons close to incumbents as media owners), proximate or external factors (the deteriorating level of media freedom in some EU countries and the whole WB region, with an accent on stability rather than democracy) and political-societal dynamics (defamation and libel as means to punish journalists, verbal and physical assaults on journalists). The media in the WB region do not serve as the watchdog of democracy but are instead used as a means to reinforce illiberal regimes.
The chapter was originally published in a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Citovat

STOJAROVÁ, Věra. Media in the Western Balkan : who controls the past controls the future. Online. In KAPIDŽIĆ, Damir a Věra STOJAROVÁ. Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe : How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy. London: Routledge, 2022, p. 156-176. The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series. ISBN 978-1-032-07689-8.

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The chapter was originally published in a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
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STOJAROVÁ, Věra. Media in the Western Balkan : who controls the past controls the future. Online. In KAPIDŽI\'C, Damir a Věra STOJAROVÁ. \textit{Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe : How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy}. London: Routledge, 2022, p.~156-176. The Southeast Europe and Black Sea Series. ISBN~978-1-032-07689-8.

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