Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20901/pp.12.2.02

Serbia and Kosovo between secession and normalisation: exploring media discourses on the Washington Agreement (2020)

Irina Milutinović orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-1906 ; Institute for European Studies, Belgrade
Jovica Pavlović orcid.org/0000-0003-1477-7665 ; Institute for European Studies, Belgrade

Abstract

The Washington Agreement on Kosovo and Serbia economic normalisation (2020) is the subject of this enquiry, while its aim is to examine the role of news media in Serbia in the discourse on normalisation between Belgrade and Pristina. The main hypothesis is that the Washington Agreement was manipulatively used for self-promotion of political elites that negotiated in Washington. The research relies on Critical Discourse Studies, instrumentalist approaches to secession, media framing and agenda-setting theories. We conclude that the issue of Serbia and Kosovo normalisation in Serbian media is mostly framed with aim to mobilises citizens’ support for executive authorities. The media thus reproduce political hegemony within Serbian society, while pluralism is obstructed in a manner characteristic for competitive authoritarianism.

Keywords

Washington Agreement; Serbia and Kosovo normalisation; secession; media discourse

Hrčak ID:

289340

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/289340

Publication date:

28.12.2022.

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