In the process of accession to the European Union, Serbia is harmonizing laws with the EU legislation. In this process, the majority of regulations related to the prevention of hate speech and the spread of disinformation generally meet standards or are in the process of being amended. This factsheet briefly
SEENPM presents a regional overview of studies on public trust in media in the Western Balkans “Media Trust in the Western Balkans: Together Apart” authored by Sandra B. Hrvatin, Brankica Petković and Sanela Hodžić. The publication is the result of research conducted in 2021 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia
Complementing research on hate and propaganda models of media and communication and hate narratives conducted earlier as part of SEENPM’s Resilience project, this report analyses media trust and media gender issues in Serbia and offers a set of policy recommendations. The study makes the following conclusions: The media system of the Serbian (not so) young democracy is
This research aims to identify the main patterns and examples of hate and disinformation narratives in the new media in Serbia are; actors and events that serve as the main generators of hate narratives, and the main ideas and messages being disseminated. This report also provides an overview of prevention
The hate, propaganda and disinformation models of media and communication are integral parts of the propaganda-oriented media systems. Should we wish to understand the key characteristics of a propaganda-oriented media system, we must reflect on where, how and why the system came about. It is thoroughly wrong to consider the
The hate, propaganda and disinformation models of media and communication are integral parts of the propaganda-oriented media systems. Should we wish to understand the key characteristics of a propaganda-oriented media system, we must reflect on where, how and why the system came about. It is thoroughly wrong to consider the
The organizations partnered under the project “BEHAVE – SEE Beyond Hate: Learning and Acting to Counter Hate Speech Online in South East Europe” focused the initial study on the practices and actors battling hate speech in the target countries – Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia. First, we summarized the definitions of
The publication presents bad media practices of reporting on various social groups – women, migrants, neighboring nations, political dissidents. The publication was created by consulting secondary sources – previously published media research and analytical texts. This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union and Ministry of
Novi Sad School of Journalism conducted a research within the “Resilience” project. This research tried to establish how the financial and economic structure of the media market in Serbia affects the decline in the level of professional standards, the collapse of media autonomy and the misuse of disinformation and hate
Novi Sad School of Journalism conducted a one-month monitoring of seven media outlets in order to determine whether and in what way the media report on violent extremism, radicalization and terrorism. Also, an attempt was made to determine whether the media in Serbia, by their reporting, contribute to the creation
The Handbook for Journalists “Media coverage of violent extremism and terrorism” was created as part of the project “Improving Media Reporting on Extremism” with the aim of helping journalists avoid unintentional mistakes when reporting on these sensitive topics. The research that preceded the development of the manual indicates the need
“With this publication and the regional project we do not mean to suggest that media and information literacy is the answer to all problems and failures of media policy and media system reforms in the countries of the region. Quite to the contrary, media reforms are imperative. But we see
