How to Protect Media From Soft Censorship in Montenegro

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Ana NenezićFollow

Document Type

Poster

Language

English

Date

Summer 2020

Keywords

Montenegro, media freedom, public funding, political influence, market competition

Description/Abstract

Free and independent media are the basis of every democratic society. In order for media to fulfil their watchdog role, they need to be politically and economically independent in their work, operate under clearly prescribed legal standards and be free from inadequate external political influence. In this way the competition would define the market, and not the political influence. Freedom of expression and media freedoms are under constant political pressure in Montenegro resulting in deep polarization of media environment. The non-transparent and non-competitive state distribution of public funds disrupts the media market in Montenegro, and additionally weakens the economic independence of media, directly determining on how media report on governmental activities.

Disciplines

Economic Policy | Mass Communication | Social Influence and Political Communication

Funder(s)

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State

Funding ID

S-ECAGD-20-CA-0009

Recommended Citation

Nenezić, Ana, "How to Protect Media From Soft Censorship in Montenegro" (2020). International Programs. 226.
https://surface.syr.edu/eli/226

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Additional Information

This work has been created with support from the Institute of International Education (IIE)/Fulbright - English for Graduate Students Program.

Source

submission

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