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Master Til Udprint D Table of Contents PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................3 CREDITS ........................................................................................................................................................................................4 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS .......................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................8 Purpose of the Research ............................................................................................................................................................13 Problem Formulation ..................................................................................................................................................................13 CHAPTER 2 – THE SITUATION IN BIH ......................................................................................................................................15 Background .................................................................................................................................................................................15 Institutionalised Ethnic Divisions .............................................................................................................................................15 A Weak Civil Society ..................................................................................................................................................................19 CHAPTER 3 – THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ..........................................................................................................................22 A.) A Review of the Role of the Media in Nation Building .....................................................................................................22 Media in conflicts ........................................................................................................................................................................22 The Media in Post-Conflict BiH ..................................................................................................................................................23 The Role of News Media in Election Campaigns in BiH...........................................................................................................24 B.) Understanding the Effects of the Media in Peace and Reconciliation ...........................................................................25 Reconciliation .............................................................................................................................................................................25 Media as an Implementer of Peace ...........................................................................................................................................26 A Combined Framework of Understanding ..............................................................................................................................27 CHAPTER 4 – METHODOLOGICAL FRAME ............................................................................................................................29 Theory of Knowledge..................................................................................................................................................................29 Approach .....................................................................................................................................................................................29 A.) Quantitative Content Analysis ...........................................................................................................................................30 B.) Qualitative Content Analysis .............................................................................................................................................34 Reliability......................................................................................................................................................................................35 Delimitation and Specification ..................................................................................................................................................35 Sources of Data: Bosnian Newspapers ....................................................................................................................................36 Supplementary Empirical Material ............................................................................................................................................39 CHAPTER 5 – PRESENTATION OF THE CASE ........................................................................................................................41 Responsibility of the News Media .............................................................................................................................................41 Quantitative Content Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................46 Presentation of Results ..............................................................................................................................................................47 Partial Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................................................60 From Quantitative to Qualitative Analysis ................................................................................................................................61 Qualitative Content Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................63 Influential Factors on Bosnian Print Media ..............................................................................................................................67 CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................................................................72 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..........................................................................................................................................................................74 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................................................................................................77 ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................................................................79 1 Preface This master‟s thesis is an end product of six months intensive empirical research on the role of the local newspaper media in the current reconciliation and reintegration process of the Bosnia-Herzegovina. Due to my background as a BSc of History and a coming M.Sc. of Development and International Relations I have during my time of study mainly focused my research projects on issues related to causes of national and international conflicts, internationally-driven interventions and nation-building – with a particular focus on various conflict-ridden states on the Western Balkans. However, in this master‟s thesis I decided, after spending six months in Bosnia-Herzegovina due to my internship at the Royal Danish Embassy in Sarajevo, to do a research with a very different point of departure by examining some of the results on ground caused by conflict and subsequent international intervention. As a coming M.Sc. of Development and International Relations, predominantly occupied with research projects dealing with international relations and top-down policy issues, I decided that this final research should be focused upon development aspects and bottom-up approaches by the virtue of analysing some of the main actors in the Bosnian newspaper market and their contribution to the reconciliation process of the ethnically divided country on the Western Balkans. The compilation of this project has taken place with skilled supervision and guidance from my supervisor Ms. Corrie S. McDougall. In this connection I would like to say my sincere thanks to Corrie for being a source of inspiration for me and for providing me with constructive and very useful response and criticism. Moreover, I owe a special debt of gratitude to people who did assist me at the beginning stage of this project. I would especially like to thank Ms. Selma Zulic from Mediacentar Sarajevo, who helped me in my search for Bosnian newspaper articles. I also want to thank Ms. Natasa Zoric from Aalborg University who assisted me in translating and categorising the Bosnian newspaper articles, and finally I would like to express my gratitude to the translator of a great part of the Bosnian articles, Mr. Sebastjan Markelj, Aalborg University. Without your skilled assistance
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