Prilog analizi medijskih predstava o Albancima u srpskoj štampi 1912–1913
A Contribution to the Analysis of Media Images of Albanians in Serbian Periodicals (1912-1913)

Author(s): Milan Miljković
Subject(s): Media studies, Nationalism Studies, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: KPZ Beton
Keywords: First Balkan War; Serbian periodicals; representation; stereotypes; Albanians; nationalism;
Summary/Abstract: In the time of the First Balkan War 1912–1913, there was a significant number of articles published in Serbian general and literary periodicals, which presented various images of the Albanian population, its cultural, social and political irrelevance in the context of new territorial division after the end of the First Balkan War. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyze these media representations in order to determine the level of ideological and thematic coherence among the images, and to evaluate the extent to which these images corresponded to the official rhetoric of the Serbian government regarding the national aspirations of the Albanians. I will attempt to map the most dominant tendencies and narratives in the production of stereotypes about the Albanian ethnic, cultural and political identity; also, the paper will raise certain questions related to the issue of fictional and documentary aspects of articles in Serbian periodicals, and the way these aspects shaped the public opinion. The analysis of the articles focuses on a chosen representative sample, taken from the most important periodicals of the time in Serbia: Politika, Radničke novine, Srpski književni glasnik, Delo, Ilustrovana ratna kronika (Beograd), Ilustrovana ratna kronika (Novi Sad).

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