SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HARMONIZATION OF MEDIA LAWS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA WITH THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS Cover Image

ДРУШТВЕНИ АСПЕКТИ ХАРМОНИЗАЦИЈЕ МЕДИЈСКИХ ЗАКОНА РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ СА ЕВРОПСКОМ СТАНДАРДИМА
SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HARMONIZATION OF MEDIA LAWS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA WITH THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS

Author(s): Rade Veljanovski, Jelena Surčulija Milojević
Subject(s): Media studies, Evaluation research
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: mass media; media law; European standard; public sphere; democracy;

Summary/Abstract: The transformation of Serbian media system, as social subsystem, has started in the first years of this century as part of the overall transition. The main process was change of legal framework that was supposed to bring discontinuity from previous periods and the implementation of experiences and principles that are seen as democratic standards. The modification of media legislation in Serbia was supposed to adjust the democratic capacities of public sphere, as citizen’s sphere, to insure the guarantee the freedom of expression and free flow of information as well as to enable the higher participation of citizens in public debate while at the same time diminish unwanted influences by political, economic and other centers of power.

  • Issue Year: 48/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 259-285
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Serbian