Professional paper
Television broadcasting in Eastern Europe: How much has changed after the 1989 revolutions
Maja Vađić
Abstract
This paper analyses changes in television broadcasting in Eastern Europe
after the break-up of communism. They are considered in the light of the
socio-political changes that parallel them. It is argued that the changes were
modest rather than radical. Two explanations we proposed to support the
main argument. Firstly, changes in television broadcasting after 1989 did not
mean a radical break with the communist model, because that model itself had
partly changed before 1989, especially in the 1980s. Secondly, they were not
complete because of the different legacies from the past that acted as serious
obstacles blocking more systematic changes.
Keywords
television broadcasting; Eastern Europe; communism; changes; legacies from the past
Hrčak ID:
23009
URI
Publication date:
20.6.2004.
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