Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans
Abstract
This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition. 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 in these countries. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by local contexts. In hindsight it becomes clear that escalating media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes.
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, domcratization, frontpage, international assistance, Kosovo, Macedonia, media assistance, media supervisory authority, media systems, public service media, Serbia, western Blakan
Bibtex
Book{Jusić2018,
title = {Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans},
author = {Jusić, T. and Irion, K.},
url = {http://ceupress.com/book/media-constrained-context},
year = {1031},
date = {2018-10-31},
abstract = {This book compares the results of twenty years of international media assistance in the five countries of the western Balkans. It asks what happens to imported models when they are applied to newly evolving media systems in societies in transition. 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 in these countries. The cross-national analysis concludes that the effects of international assistance are highly constrained by local contexts. In hindsight it becomes clear that escalating media assistance does not necessarily improve outcomes.},
keywords = {Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, domcratization, frontpage, international assistance, Kosovo, Macedonia, media assistance, media supervisory authority, media systems, public service media, Serbia, western Blakan},
}