Up in the Air?

The Future of Public Service Media in the Western Balkans

Manuel Puppis editor Tarik Jusić editor Laia Castro Herrero editor Davor Marko editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Central European University Press

Published:15th Jun '21

Should be back in stock very soon

Up in the Air? cover

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.

"Vrijednost ove knjige sastoji se u detaljnim prikazima organizacijskih struktura, promatranju isprepletenih odnosa politike i javnih servisa, kao i suvremenih pokušaja transformacije javnog medija u demokratski alat koji će javnost obrazovati, informirati i zabaviti te će biti koristan priručnik medijskim profesionalcima, znanstvenicima, studentima, ali i kreatorima javnih politika." https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/388786 -- Tamara Kunić * Medijska istraživanja *
"Apart from presenting a much-needed analysis of the state of public service media in the region, the book offers rich data about media systems. Another positive aspect is its critical approach towards mimetic policy change and focus on the sociopolitical contexts in which PSM operate. This is a valuable book which will be very useful for scholars studying media systems and conducting comparative media research." https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/soeu-2022-0066/html -- Dina Vozab * Comparative Southeast European Studies *

ISBN: 9789633864012

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 574g

312 pages