Digital transformation of journalism and media in Serbia
What has gone wrong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7477940 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandra Krstić (0000-0003-0090-9911, University of Belgrade, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1014-1030 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14648849231151798 |
| OpenAlex | W4322627597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
The aim of this paper is to sketch a brief history of complex digital transformation of media and journalism in the context of Serbia, a European country which has undergone politically turbulent transition from authoritarian to democratic rule over the past 20 years. Despite the long process of the EU integration, the country has been recently downgraded to a partly free hybrid regime with rapid decline of press freedom, high political and media polarization and raising political and economic instrumentalization of media. Against this background, the paper problematizes how the main structural transformations of the media environment, such as the transition from state to public broadcasting, the introduction of new media laws and the lengthy process of media privatization intersected and influenced different phases and outcomes of the digital transformation of journalism and news media in the country. Unlike the digital journalism development in established democracies of the West, the real systemic change and adaptation of Serbia’s media market to easy-to-use technologies, newsrooms convergence, profitable content and participatory journalism has been largely limited and overpowered by the interplay between the state and the media over the past two decades
Authoritarianism · Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Digital media · Digital transformation · Freedom of the press · Geography · Journalism · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Law
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Online audience from the perspective of national scholars
Digital switchover in Serbia in a comparative perspective
The role of media assistance in the establishment of public service broadcasting in Serbia
(Too) High Expectations of Democracy in Serbia? Interpretation of Empirical Research Results
Digital Journalism
Hierarchy of influences on transitional journalism – Corrupting relationships between political, economic and media elites
From State Controlled to Public Service Broadcasting
Locating the “Digital” in Digital Journalism Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |