All Outputs (7)

BBC Radio in Scotland - National, Regional and Local: Mission Impossible? (2023)
Journal Article
Kocic, A. (2023). BBC Radio in Scotland - National, Regional and Local: Mission Impossible?. Journal of Radio and Audio Media, 30(2), 555-569. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376529.2023.2244485

The way radio is set up in Scotland is significantly different from that of England. For the BBC, Scotland is a “national region”, served by the national station, BBC Radio Scotland, and a small network of local or regional stations which operate on... Read More about BBC Radio in Scotland - National, Regional and Local: Mission Impossible?.

Community radio as citizen journalism (2021)
Book Chapter
Kocic, A., Coleman, J., Padfield, J., & Milicev, J. (2021). Community radio as citizen journalism. In D. Harte, & R. Matthews (Eds.), Reappraising Local and Community News in the UK: Media, Practice, and Policy (81-93). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003173144-7

Much of the discourse surrounding local journalism in the UK has been related to its demise: whether it be newspaper titles disappearing from the presses, reductions in staff numbers, or regulatory changes relaxing ownership restrictions and localnes... Read More about Community radio as citizen journalism.

Challenges for public service radio in small nations: Lessons from Scotland (2019)
Book Chapter
Kocic, A., & Milicev, J. (2019). Challenges for public service radio in small nations: Lessons from Scotland. In P. Savage, M. Medina, & G. Ferrell Lowe (Eds.), Universalism in Public Service Media (133-150). Gothenburg, Swden: Nordicom

Scotland does not have any public service radio on a local level, except for a few bulletins or programmes offered by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio Scotland on an opt-out basis. Scottish commercial radio stations do cover local iss... Read More about Challenges for public service radio in small nations: Lessons from Scotland.

Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kocic, A. (2016, June). Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool. Presented at Association for Journalism Education Conference, London, UK

Journalism is now a graduate occupation and apparently it is extremely difficult to enter the industry without a degree. Training no longer occurs systematically on the job. Instead, the industry increasingly relies upon higher education to provide i... Read More about Hands-on or hands off: How useful is Newsday as a teaching tool.

Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study (2019)
Journal Article
Kocic, A., & Milicev, J. (2019). Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 10(2), 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp.10.2.183_1

Scotland does not have any public service radio on a local level, except for a few bulletins or programmes offered by BBC Radio Scotland on an opt-out basis. Scottish commercial radio stations do cover local issues but within brief hourly news bullet... Read More about Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study.

From diplomacy backed by force to force backed by diplomacy: A comparative look at the Bosnia And Kosovo peace talks (2018)
Journal Article
Kocic, A. (2018). From diplomacy backed by force to force backed by diplomacy: A comparative look at the Bosnia And Kosovo peace talks. Balkania : revista de estudios balcánicos, 1(8), 179-199

This paper takes a closer look at the Bosnia and Kosovo peace talks and attempts to analyze why the former was a success and the letter a failure in terms of ending war. This is done through the prism of the three main theoretical approaches in IR -... Read More about From diplomacy backed by force to force backed by diplomacy: A comparative look at the Bosnia And Kosovo peace talks.

Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo (2017)
Journal Article
Kocic, A. (2017). Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo. Balkania : revista de estudios balcánicos, 187-208

Este documento analiza de cerca las conversaciones de paz de Bosnia y Kosovo e intenta analizar por qué el primero fue un éxito y el segundo un fracaso en términos de poner fin a la guerra. Esto se hace a través del prisma de los tres enfoques teóric... Read More about Desde la diplomacia respaldada por la fuerza a la fuerza respaldada por la diplomacia: una mirada comparativa en las conversaciones de Bosnia y Kosovo.