Profession at the Crossroads: Journalism at the Threshold of an Information Society

Milivojević, Snježana and Radojković, Miroljub and Milojević, Ana and Krstić, Aleksandra and Ugrinić, Aleksandra and Matović, Marijana (2012) Profession at the Crossroads: Journalism at the Threshold of an Information Society. [Study]

Study description

The future of journalism, threatened by rapid and comprehensive advancement of information and communication technologies, may be problematized within three key dimensions: professional (journalistic practice, normative framework, the organization of newsrooms, production processes of journalistic content, relationship to the public), sociological sociological (new roles of media an journalism in the information society) and economic dimension (economics of media industry, new media business models etc.). The purpose of this research was to collect and systematize the initial knowledge of how those changes affect the media and journalism Serbia and to identify major problems in respective areas. The main goal was to investigate the socio-economic, technological and educational characteristics of the journalistic community in Serbia, its capacity to respond to the challenges that journalism faces in terms of global media changes as well as the changes in domestic transition processes. The research included combination of quantitative (survey) and qualitative (focus group and individual interviews) method.

Keywords:	Serbia, survey, research, information society, journalism
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2019 10:50
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2019 13:26
URI:	http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/32
Additional details Additional details Alternative title: Profesija na raskršću - novinarstvo na pragu informacionog društva Creators: Creators Email Milivojević, Snježana UNSPECIFIED Radojković, Miroljub UNSPECIFIED Milojević, Ana UNSPECIFIED Krstić, Aleksandra UNSPECIFIED Ugrinić, Aleksandra UNSPECIFIED Matović, Marijana UNSPECIFIED Type of data: standardised interviews ; focus groups ; qualitative interviews Research funder: RRPP Study period: From To 1 July 2011 30 June 2012 Date: 14 June 2012 Date type: Completion Geographic coverage: Serbia Study method: Due to the fact that in Serbia there is no reliable statistical base about the press or media owner population, the survey was not possible to perform on a representative random sample, so the sample of this study can be considered as appropriate and available. Stratified, quota sample was created based on the only available base of journalists’ novinari.rs. Quotas were related to the type of media, while the strata related to the territorial distribution of the media. Based on these data quota sample includes in proportion journalists working in electronic and print media. Of all respondents, two-thirds of the journalists working in the electronic media, while the remaining third belongs to the print media. According to the territorial scope, more than half of the registered media is located in Belgrade, one-quarter of the media in Vojvodina, and the rest are situated in central and southern Serbia. This parameter was used to stratify our sample. Research was conducted with two different questionnaires (surveys) and on the two different samples. The first sample included 260 journalists/editors and the second consisted of 51 owners/managers. In selecting respondents for journalism/editors sample three major criteria were applied: media type (TV, radio, print, agencies, Internet), territorial reach and gender parity. Selection of respondents for the owners/managers sample was based on available information In selecting these respondents in the sample, except that was taken into consideration to comply with a regional scope and type of media in which they are engaged (TV, print, radio, agencies, Internet), it is also taken into account the proportional relation of gender representation. In the sector of the owners / managers of 51 patients were included. The selection of these subjects in the sample was carried based on available information on media owners in Serbia, and their willingness to cooperate. The sample establishes a balance between the public broadcaster, media corporations based abroad and media corporations based in Serbia, as well as smaller independent media companies. Resource language: English Metadata language: English Publisher: UK Data Archive Copyright holders: Snježana Milivojević Contact email address: snjezana.milivojevic@fpn.bg.ac.rs Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 13:26