Confronting recent history: Serbia’s ‘fateful eight’ and a decade of Kosovo’s independence in the Serbian media (2008–2018)
Confronting recent history: Serbia’s ‘fateful eight’ and a decade of Kosovo’s independence in the Serbian media (2008–2018)

Summary/Abstract: Serbia’s latest “fateful eight” – from the 1918 creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, to the student protests of 1968 – is by far the declaration of independence of its former southernmost province, Kosovo, in 2008. Having in mind that the Kosovo myth – much debated in scholarly circles – is a key instance in understanding Serbia’s nationalism ever since its inception in the nineteenth century, a strong discourse negating Kosovo’s independence has been promulgated by the media. Through the lens of media content analysis, the author tackles the Kosovo-related rhetoric within the media in Serbia’s recent history, from the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, to 2018.

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