Dr Aleksandar Kocic

Dr Aleksandar Kocic's Qualifications (4)

PgCert in Education
Master's Degree

Status Complete

Part Time No

Years 2015 - 2016

Awarding Institution Edinburgh Napier University

Status	Complete
Part Time	No
Years	2015 - 2016
Awarding Institution	Edinburgh Napier University

Phd
Doctorate

Status Complete

Part Time Yes

Years 2018 - 2024

Project Title A comparative examination of local news provision by public service radio in Scotland and England

Project Description Scotland occupies a distinct communicative space within the United Kingdom. The BBC, as the main public service broadcaster in the UK, treats Scotland as a national region, which in media terms leaves it neither here nor there. As a nation, Scotland is served by a quasi-autonomous BBC Scotland, which is subordinate to its ‘older brother’ in London. At the same time, Scotland is too big to be treated as a simple region and lacks significant regional and local news provision. It actually finds itself in a peculiar position of not having any local public service radio, neither in major urban areas such as Glasgow or Edinburgh, nor in those rural ones such as the Borders or Highlands. The study proposed here aims to establish whether the current local news provision in Scotland - characterized in the radio market by the existence of BBC Radio Scotland and a host of commercial radio stations throughout the country - serves Scottish audiences well or not. It will do so by comparing the Scottish model with the English ones, where in addition of national radio there exists a network of local public service radio stations, serving all distinct parts of the country, urban and rural alike. The proposed study will use several methodologies. In order to establish the extent of local news provision by public service radio, the study will employ content analysis in the form of counting the news stories and other types of content broadcast by public service radio over a period of one week. These will be compared to the output over the same period of time by commercial rivals in the same area, as well as output by local newspapers and the BBC website. In Scotland, three types of areas will be looked at: Glasgow, as the largest urban area, Edinburgh or Aberdeen as mid-sized ones, and Highlands, as a rural area with BBC community opt-in radio service. Then, similar areas in England will be analysed too, again including BBC local radio, its commercial rivals, local newspapers and the BBC website. In order to establish the importance of the findings, a focus group with audience members in the analysed areas in Scotland will be conducted. Finally, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with news editors of BBC Radio Scotland, commercial rivals in the chosen areas and those of newspapers.

Awarding Institution University of Stirling

Status	Complete
Part Time	Yes
Years	2018 - 2024
Project Title	A comparative examination of local news provision by public service radio in Scotland and England
Project Description	Scotland occupies a distinct communicative space within the United Kingdom. The BBC, as the main public service broadcaster in the UK, treats Scotland as a national region, which in media terms leaves it neither here nor there. As a nation, Scotland is served by a quasi-autonomous BBC Scotland, which is subordinate to its ‘older brother’ in London. At the same time, Scotland is too big to be treated as a simple region and lacks significant regional and local news provision. It actually finds itself in a peculiar position of not having any local public service radio, neither in major urban areas such as Glasgow or Edinburgh, nor in those rural ones such as the Borders or Highlands. The study proposed here aims to establish whether the current local news provision in Scotland - characterized in the radio market by the existence of BBC Radio Scotland and a host of commercial radio stations throughout the country - serves Scottish audiences well or not. It will do so by comparing the Scottish model with the English ones, where in addition of national radio there exists a network of local public service radio stations, serving all distinct parts of the country, urban and rural alike. The proposed study will use several methodologies. In order to establish the extent of local news provision by public service radio, the study will employ content analysis in the form of counting the news stories and other types of content broadcast by public service radio over a period of one week. These will be compared to the output over the same period of time by commercial rivals in the same area, as well as output by local newspapers and the BBC website. In Scotland, three types of areas will be looked at: Glasgow, as the largest urban area, Edinburgh or Aberdeen as mid-sized ones, and Highlands, as a rural area with BBC community opt-in radio service. Then, similar areas in England will be analysed too, again including BBC local radio, its commercial rivals, local newspapers and the BBC website. In order to establish the importance of the findings, a focus group with audience members in the analysed areas in Scotland will be conducted. Finally, semi-structured interviews will be conducted with news editors of BBC Radio Scotland, commercial rivals in the chosen areas and those of newspapers.
Awarding Institution	University of Stirling

International Policy and Diplomacy
Master's Degree

Status Complete

Part Time No

Years 2007 - 2010

Awarding Institution Staffordshire University

Status	Complete
Part Time	No
Years	2007 - 2010
Awarding Institution	Staffordshire University

International Relations
Bachelor's Degree

Status Complete

Part Time No

Years 2011 - 2014

Awarding Institution London School of Economics & Political Science