CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Pulliam, Cedric Devon |
|---|---|
| Title | The Role of Media in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina and The Failure of EU Conditionality in Statebuilding |
| Summary | The role that the media plays in a nation is based on various ramifications on how media is perceived. These varying perceptions can be impacted by cultural, historical, political, or social factors within a nation. My central argument is that the role of media in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina plays a significant role in the public discourse on issues involving the European Union. By using a qualitative media content analysis of print media sources in Bosnia-Herzegovina I demonstrate the role that media has on building public discourse for the citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina regarding the European Union by looking at how different ethnic-based print media outlets portray the European Union and Bosnia’s journey towards European integration. By utilizing semi-structured field interviews conducted throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina from senior policy officials I provide a guiding framework of varying opinions on the success and failure of the European Union in statebuilding efforts throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina since the 2008 process of the European Union’s Stabilization and Association Agreement. Throughout the analysis it was found that print media agencies produce articles with varying levels of ethnic-based bias for their audiences with Bosniak and Bosnian Croat having higher levels. In other words, the ethnic groups that newspaper agencies publish articles for reinstate the ethnic biases already persistently engraved within Bosnian society. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin PhD |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/pulliam_cedric.pdf |
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