»The media in Macedonia have been at the center of acute political instability in recent years, affecting the country’s path toward digitization in many ways.
Assisting Media Democratization after Low-Intensity Conflict: The Case of Macedonia, 2013
This paper offers an analysis of media development in relation to international media assistance in the Republic of Macedonia.
Given the importance of media assistance programs and projects in Macedonia over the last two decades, this paper examines the complex interplay of factors that conditioned the success or failure of such media development efforts. In the first section, a brief overview of the recent political history and system of the Republic of Macedonia is provided,
followed by a summary of the defining elements of the local media system. The second section discusses international donor involvement in the media assistance projects, analyzes the nature and scope of assistance strategies and develops a conclusion for the sustainability of media assistance results. The paper proceeds with three in-depth case studies: the Broadcasting Council, Macedonian Radio Television and the Macedonian Institute for Media.