Kristina Irion is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. She coordinates and teaches in the Research Master’s Information Law and is the faculty organizer of the Annual IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy. She is Associate Professorat the School of Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest (Hungary).
Tarik Jusic is Lecturer and Guarantor of the study program at the School of Communication and Media, University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Chapter 1: International Assistance and Media Democratization in the Western Balkans: A Theoretical Framework
Kristina Irion and Tarik Jusić
Chapter 2: Limited Assistance for Limited Impact—International Media Assistance in Albania
Ilda Londo
Chapter 3: Media Reform through Intervention: International Media Assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tarik Jusić and Nidžara Ahmetašević
Chapter 4: Starting from Scratch: The Role of Media Assistance in the Establishment of Independent Media Institutions in Kosovo
Naser Miftari
Chapter 5: Assisting Media Democratization after Low-Intensity Conflict: The Case of Macedonia
Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski and Zhidas Daskalovski
Chapter 6: Media Reforms in Turbulent Times: The Role of Media Assistance in the Establishment of Independent Media Institutions in Serbia
Davor Marko
Chapter 7: Looking for Shortcuts? Assistance to—and Development of—Public Service Broadcasting in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Albania
Mark Thompson
Chapter 8: The Uncertain Future: Centers for Investigative Journalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
Nevena Ršumović
Chapter 9: Building Media Systems in the Western Balkans: Lost between Models and Realities
Katrin Voltmer
Chapter 10: Conclusions: A Cross-National Comparison of International Assistance and Media Democratization in the Western Balkans
Kristina Irion and Tarik Jusić
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