Becoming a journalist in Kosovo: a collision between guaranteed freedom, censorship and self-determination

Session

Journalism, Media and Communication

Description

Guaranteeing free speech and becoming a journalist without being hindered is a necessity and indicator of the level of social and democratic development of a country. In Kosovo, freedom of expression and non-censorship, though are constitutional rights, are being denied for journalists. The paper will deal with the phenomenon of censorship and self-censorship of journalists in Kosovo's media, which are also highlighted in reports of local and international organizations, where they also raise as an issue. For the realization of this paper, the following will be used: content analysis, surveys and interviewing with journalists. The paper concludes that in Kosovo there is a violation of free speech and not rarely happen that journalists are censored, even worst also are self-censored, which endangers the free speech, truth, and doing the independent journalism.

Keywords:

journalists, freedom of expression, censorship, self-censorship

Session Chair

Ferid Selimi

Session Co-Chair

Mimoza Hasani

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-19-2

Location

Pristina, Kosovo

Start Date

26-10-2019 1:30 PM

End Date

26-10-2019 3:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.133

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Becoming a journalist in Kosovo: a collision between guaranteed freedom, censorship and self-determination

Pristina, Kosovo

Guaranteeing free speech and becoming a journalist without being hindered is a necessity and indicator of the level of social and democratic development of a country. In Kosovo, freedom of expression and non-censorship, though are constitutional rights, are being denied for journalists. The paper will deal with the phenomenon of censorship and self-censorship of journalists in Kosovo's media, which are also highlighted in reports of local and international organizations, where they also raise as an issue. For the realization of this paper, the following will be used: content analysis, surveys and interviewing with journalists. The paper concludes that in Kosovo there is a violation of free speech and not rarely happen that journalists are censored, even worst also are self-censored, which endangers the free speech, truth, and doing the independent journalism.