Conference paper
INFLUENCE OF MEDIA PLURALISM ON THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Marko Sapunar
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Tomić
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The international community, with the implementation of a well-thought out strategy, has established in Bosnia and Herzegovina a pluralist and independent media sphere which has enabled the public discourse with objective informationproviding and promotion of a plethora of different opinions. Such pluralist media scene contributes to the full freedom of expression, promotes the culture of dialogue and civil society, and represents a corrective to the state and the political structures. The article analyses the media scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 1980s (the then socialist BiH) until now. In stages, the plurality of the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina before the war, during the war, and after the signing of the Dayton Accord are analyzed. The author also lists the statistical data which serve for the quantitative analysis of the development of the media in BiH and as the measure of the diversity of its media scene.
Keywords
media; pluralism; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dayton agreement; international community
Hrčak ID:
22800
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Publication date:
11.1.2005.
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