The average citizen of Serbia is informed about the war in Ukraine primarily through the most influential and pro-government mainstream media, reinforced with social media algorithms to spread manipulative, biased, propagandistic and conspiratorial content. Russian propaganda, backed by unethical and unprofessional reporting of local media, fits like a puzzle piece into the already established pro-regime and anti-Western manipulation tactics used for years in Serbia.
Citizens’ trust in civil society organizations is growing – this is one of the findings of the public opinion survey “Audit of political engagement in Serbia 2022” presented by Crta on the occasion of the World NGO Day. Almost 50 percent of respondents now believe that the civil sector protects the public interest, while ten years ago, only a third of citizens shared this opinion.
Citizens’ trust in civil society organizations is growing – this is one of the findings of the public opinion survey “Audit of political engagement in Serbia 2022” presented by Crta on the occasion of the World NGO Day. Almost 50 percent of respondents now believe that the civil sector protects the public interest, while ten…
The current situation in Serbian media is characterized by information disorder with extreme propaganda and manipulation of facts. In this analysis, we tried to uncover the main mechanisms, scope and nature of disinformation in Serbian media. Spread of disinformation in Serbian media Our main findings show that, numerically, disinformation overpowers the news. More precisely, …
The mapping of disinformation was conducted in the period September–December 2021 on four weekly samples (a total of 28 days). It included 15 media in Serbia: central news of 5 TV channels with national coverage (RTS 1, TV Pink, TV B92, TV Prva and Happy TV), central news of 3 local TV channels (TV Pančevo,…
The media landscape in Serbia is in a state of expansion with numerous non-transparent areas of the media scene, particularly related to media ownership and financing. A continual need for indicators and evidence that are essential for the debate on the extent to which the media market in Serbia supports values of democracy and pluralism, and functions according to the principles of the rule of law, is recognised.
Media ownership maps cover the period from 2020 to 2021 and is integral part of Research Report “Mapping the media landscape in Serbia 2020-2021” developed by CRTA. Sample of analysed media owners are owners of all commercial television stations with the national coverage, owners of the cable channels with dominant informative content, owners of all…
Media landscape in Serbia is in a state of expansion, with currently 2,600 registered media outlets. This number refers to both traditional, i.e. television, radio and print, and online media. Television remains the most consumed media, without significant oscillations throughout the years. The launch of new cable channels in the past two years did not…
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