CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Ivanovic, Marija |
|---|---|
| Title | (Im)Possible State(s): Media Representations of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Republika Srpska in the Entity-Based Media in light of the Migration 'Crisis' |
| Summary | Present research explores the ways in which Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and one of its entities, Republika Srpska (RS), were represented in the entity-based public broadcaster RTRS in light of the 2018 migration ‘crisis’. The study is completed through a discourse analysis of the RTRS informative news show Dnevnik 2 during the period of four months (May – August 2018). The conducted analysis demonstrates that the ruling party in RS, Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), is utilizing its control over public broadcaster with aim to frame the migration phenomena as the ‘crisis’ of the state. While portraying the BiH state as ineffective, with porous borders, and being controlled by the Bosniak interests solely, the RTRS narrative contests the BiH statehood itself. At the same time, and inseparable from the representations of BiH, depictions of RS as a ‘state-like being’ that controls its territory and protect its population, is framed as an antithesis of ineffective, and thus superflous, BiH. In this sense, the research contributes to the understanding of the role of the media in the deconstruction or contestation of states from the perspective of subnational entities. Simultaneously, the study reveals the strategies present in the media through which aspiring states are represented as states. |
| Supervisor | Huszka, Beata |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/ivanovic_marija.pdf |
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