CHANGES IN THE WORK OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S CANTONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, RADIO TELEVISION HERCEG BOSNA AND FACE TV DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, UNTIL JUNE 2020
CHANGES IN THE WORK OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA’S CANTONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, RADIO TELEVISION HERCEG BOSNA AND FACE TV DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, UNTIL JUNE 2020

Summary/Abstract: After five decades of existence, television in Bosnia and Herzegovina stands how it found itself, not of its own volition, nearly thirty years ago. Even today, there are “state media” that unquestioningly broadcast the approved thoughts of the ruling structures and private tv stations, some of which may carry the epithet “independent”, but only in a certain territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In fact, there is no universal independence in BiH. All the media that were observed in this research have a war past, if not direct then through the founders. This wartime past helped to prevent a collapse in reporting at the time the special measures were announced, but on the contrary, this experience was used to quickly adapt to the new working conditions. In addition, the experience helped to quickly identify the needs of the public, and find opportunities to meet these emerging needs. However, the experience gained during the war did not help in reporting the bad decisions of the founders who represent the government in a certain area. A large number of scandals that marked the time of the pandemic, passed “under the radar” of these media. In fact, self-censorship has prevented the publication of even already known facts. This lack of BH public media was compensated by independent media, and this form of concealment became even more visible in the cantonal media. At the time of the pandemic, there was a rapid development of online communication, and “thanks” to the coronavirus, there was an increase in digital competencies among all media workers, their audiences, but also the general public. It is the television websites that have become the place where, at the time when it suits the audience the most, content of the audience’s choice is found. Some tv stations have used this form of work to the greatest extent, while some have not fully recognized the benefits of such published news.

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