Mass Media in the Balkans

Introduction to the current and older information and media system. Agenda setting and mediation. Political parties, power, administration and mass media. Mass media in communist Bulgaria, Romania, Albania. TYhe case of Yugoslavia. The key players. The role of the Commuinist party. The dependency of the media by the communist parties. Journalists. Self-monitoring and censorship. The question of Communist truth. Europe and Balkan countries during Cold Europe period. Radio war and propaganda in the Balkans. Public broadcasting of the Balkan communist countries, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe as information and propaganda media. The Mass Media system after the fall of communism. Changes at the political and information system. The case of Serbia. The media system in Serbia after the fall of communism. The struggle of B92 against Milosevic regime. The Media system in new independent countries such as Montenegro and Kosovo. Relations between politics and media. Turkey a different case, a country with different tradition and different size.

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1. 20141014 Introduction . The current information system and the older. The meaning of mediation. Political parties, power, administration and mass media. 2. 20141021 21st century. Banal Nationalism in the Balkans and the role of media 3. 20150422 Forming new type of Balkan countries under Communist rule. The key players. The role of the Commuinist party. The dependency of the media by the communist parties. Journalists. Self-monitoring and censorship. The question of Communist truth. 4. 20141104 Europe during Cold Europe period. Balkan countries during Cold War. Radio war and propaganda in the Balkans. Public broadcasting of the Balkan countries and the role of communism. Voice of America and Radio Free Europe as media and propaganda against communist countries. 5. 20141111 The Mass Media system in Bulgaria, Romania and Albania during the communist period. 6. 20150401 News in Europe and in the Balkans Printed vs electronic media in Europe Printed vs electronic media in the Balkans Owners and journalists in the Balkans Agenda setting 7. 20150429 The case of the communist Yugoslavia. Relations between the politics, the administration and the media. Press freedom and selfcensorship. The journalists. 8. 20141118 The Mass Media system after the fall of communism. Changes at the political and information system . The case of Serbia. The media system in Serbia after the fall of communism. The struggle of B92 against Milosevic regime. 9. 20141202 Presentation of the poll for Thessaloniki 's media for 2013. Methodology and results. Presentation of the Questionnaire for the 2014 polls. 10. 20141216 The Media system in Montenegro and Kosovo. Relations between politics and media. The use of Internet (social media of that time) during the struggle of the Albanians for the liberation. Turkey a different case, a country with different tradition and different size. 11. 20150527 Globalisation in Europe nowdays. The challenge for EU.