CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Rsumovic, Nevena |
|---|---|
| Title | Representation of the Neighbor in the Serbian and Croatian Print Media |
| Summary | The aim of the research was to gain a detailed insight into the patterns of representation of Serbia and Croatia in each other’s print media in 2008 and 2009, almost two decades after the start of the conflict which broke the former Yugoslavia apart. Additionally, the project examined factors influencing the representation of the neighbors specific to the analyzed media organizations. Two newspapers from each country were analyzed by means of content and discourse analysis. Interviews conducted with the editors of the newspapers shed light on the factors behind particular modes of representation. According to the findings, Serbia and Croatia are relatively high on each other’s news agenda, compared to the interest of the media for other neighboring countries in the region and the world. Factors influencing the representation of ‘the neighbor’ were identified primarily in the types of ownership of the analyzed newspapers, their related commercial interests and the accompanying news values. The items covering the issues of war crimes and dealing with the past are marked by prominent remnants of war-time media discourses, primarily by the division between ‘us’ and ‘them’, as well as the silence about own crimes, stressing of the crimes of ‘the other’ and denial of own crimes. This empirical research contributes to the understanding of the present role of the media in overcoming the legacy of the war in the region of former Yugoslavia. |
| Supervisor | Sukosd, Miklos |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/rsumovic_nevena.pdf |
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