THE MEDIA AND OFFICIALS – A NEGATIVE SYMBIOSIS DURING THE YUGOSLAVIA CRISIS OF THE 1990S
THE MEDIA AND OFFICIALS – A NEGATIVE SYMBIOSIS DURING THE YUGOSLAVIA
CRISIS OF THE 1990S
Author(s): Slobodan VukovićSubject(s): Media studies, Military history, Evaluation research, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Politics and Identity
Published by: Српско социолошко друштво
Keywords: Serbs; Serbia; West; Media; Officials; qualifications; threats;
Summary/Abstract: In this article author gives analysis of paradigm enforced through western media on the crisis and desintegration of Yugoslavia. By the aid of comparative analysis mutual influence is demonstrated between official’s pronouncements and media informing. Along with the deepening of crisis one could notice daily grow of accusation of Serbs in number writen with aim to portray them as morally Evil. Therefore, Serbs for many officials were simply pigs and trash, оr they were dumb-ass criminals, and at last they were the nation without law or any set of beliefs. Thereafter they were accused for terrorism and nazism, with threats that they must be brought to their knees begging for mercy, and finally that Serbia deserves to be turned into dust and ashes.
Journal: Социолошки преглед
- Issue Year: 43/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 35-50
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English