21.04.2011 – 04.02.2012
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Vukasin Obradovic: How many pupils were in the class?Rarely has an official document ever been so thoroughly ignored by the Serbian media. "The Report on Pressure and Control Over the Media in Serbia" issued by the Anti-Corruption Council is a very exciting document, with elements of a thriller, and it deals with three major issues in the Serbian media scene: the non-transparency of media ownership...more |
Dragan Radovic: Is there such a thing as a sustainable local news web site?The crisis has hit all the media outlets – both the traditional and the new media – almost without exception, but its most serious effect has been felt by the local media. While the news are abundant about earthquakes and their consequences in Kraljevo, Japan and Libya...more |
Angelina Radulovic: Why do journalists in Serbia hesitate to use social media as a professional tool?Social media are "the land of wonders and plenty" for journalists. Even in Serbia. Media professionals all over the world live in this "promised land" every day. Last year, the BBC introduced the use of social...more |
Danica Radisic: The Evolution of MediaIt is now common knowledge that, with the popularisation of digital media and social networks, there has been a significant drop in traditional media audiences. The Internet, as a tool for transmiting information, is no longer a new phenomenon. On the contrary, it has been present in the everyday livesof urban populations for a decade...more |
Jasna Kamatovic: On Internet usage, users, and informationSerbia has slowly awakened, she is rubbing her sleepy eyes and entering the age of information sharing. We began using the Internet completely unaware of its significance, potential and the power that it has given us. So far, we used to only read, listen and watch content on the Internet, similarly to other media forms. We were only silent...more |
Stevan Majstorovic: Twitter RevolutionI imagine a journalist who is not enamored with communication or at least conveying of messages. Every day, the journalistic profession adopts new patterns (paradigms) of communication. Most often, the innovations lead to passionate acceptance or resistance...more |
Nedim Sejdinovic: Media denial of genocideThe media hysteria in Serbia after the arrest of Ratko Mladic, indicted by the Hague Tribunal, who has for a long time been a symbol of genocide and war crimes committed during the armed conflicts in the territory of former Yugoslavia, proves that the media in Serbia...more |
Dragan Varagic: The future of the media lies in journalism that is oriented towards news consumersIn many countries of the world, including Serbia, Facebook has proved that the internet is not limited to a small segment of the population. Even more importantly, Facebook has demonstrated...more |
Ljubisa Bojic: What are the causes of the dependence on the media?Ten years ago was the first time I began thinking about the influence of the media on the human mind. At the time, I was living in Hong Kong and often used to ride on their subway surrounded by advertisements for McDonald's restaurants. The trains even had pictures of hamburgers on passengers' seats. After a few days, I felt a desire to eat in...more |
Bojan Toncic: The electronic media and the Media StrategyIf a group of serious people, representatives of the media and their employees, makes an ambitious and archaically-named Draft Strategy for Development of the System of Public Informing in the Republic of Serbia Until 2016 – which is intended to be reviewed by the...more |
Olivija Rusovac: Avala closes down?Journalists working for TV Avala have began a strike because they have not received their salaries for six months. We have been offered a chance to hear their side of the story only after the strikers appeared in reports aired by other television stations. On the one hand, we have had a chance to see the despair of a small group of TV employees...more |
Ljubomir Zivkov: How did I become so fearless?During the glorious era when the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and the Yugoslav Left (JUL) were in their prime (although the SPS is a shining star even today), I had a chance to read childhood memories of Dr Bojic who, apparently, had to face wolves while going to school each day on a snow-covered road. "Therefore, I became quite fearless..."more |
Milena Jerkov: Advice for online journalists in SerbiaAlthough all renowned newspapers, radio and TV stations already have their web sites, online journalism in Serbia has not achieved a wide-ranging presence, although it is the subject of many discussions. It is unclear for how long the traditional media's news web sites will be able to resist competition...more |
Jovanka Matic: Neither here nor thereThe long-awaited Draft Strategy for Development of the Media System (which would be a better title instead of the Public Informing System) would have been perfect had it been adopted in 2001. Ten years later, it does not necessarily reflect the current social context...more |
Sasa Trifunovic: Recipient of journalistic award Dusan Bogavac rudely insults colleaguesAs it seems, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Borske Novine, Miroslav Radulovic, who received the award Dusan Bogavac in 1998 – which is awarded for courageous and ethical journalism – will find himself tried by the Court of Honor comprised of those who gave...more |
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