Hollywood a-List celebrities defending Kosovo
IN4S portal, known for its sensationalistic reporting, published on July 21 alleged statement of a renowned American actor and producer, Tom Hanks, about Kosovo. It is generally known that politics is directly involved in all aspects of social life, thus in the culture itself, in the broadest sense. But, when the domestic (read Serbian) politicized […]
Tourism targeted by pro-Serbian media
Over the last years, and particularly over the last months, we witnessed very intensive negative campaigns on Serbian media portals aimed at deteriorating the image of Montenegro as a preferable tourist destination The Serbian and pro-Serbian media do not miss an opportunity to point out at all the tourist offer shortcomings on the Montenegrin coast. […]
Our Djordje Stojovic, whose hero is he?
DJORDJE STOJOVIC, a 13-year-old boy from the Montenegrin village Martinici (Danilovgrad Municipality) has shown tremendous humanity and courage, by saving his friend from drowning in the river Zeta which flows through Danilovgrad, Montenegro. All regional media reported on this heroic deed. And this truly is an act worthy of respect and attention of the media. […]
Clickbait and the region
The key to promoting and advertising content on the Internet is the creation of the Internet “traffic”. The media outlets, in fighting for survival and profit on the online market, often use clickbait as a tool – sensationalist headlines, the content of which mostly does not correspond to the following text. The clickbait uses natural […]
Misuse on social media – the case of D.K.
Soon after the rise of the “popularity” sites, about which was written in the first text, marketing companies and experts, in order to prevent to be defrauded and to pay fake influencers for marketing services, have developed their own tools for „quality“ and „authenticity“ check of followers and likes. So that today with a small […]
Montenegrins before the Kosovo tribunal for war crimes?
On April 3rd, the portal borba.me published an article under the headline “Agreement between Pristina and Podgorica: Thaçi’s Tribunal will try soldiers from Montenegro!”, related to the alleged agreement between the Montenegrin President, Milo Djukanovic and the Kosovo President, Hashim Thaçi, on the extradition of the Montenegrin members of the Yugoslav Army who defended people […]
NATO aircraft did not intercept a passenger plane in the sky above Montenegro
On April 11, 2019, the news about NATO intercepting a passenger plane in the Montenegrin airspace circulated through the Balkan media, along with headlines, such as: Drama in the Montenegrin Sky, NATO Hunters Strike Again on the Border with Serbia, This is a Huge Incident, which led to a benign air policing operation taking quite […]
Facebook warriors
Since February, peaceful civic protests have been organized in Montenegro, primarily as a reaction to the scandal caused by the activities of businessman Dusko Knezevic, who has been accused of tax evasion and money laundering by the Montenegrin authorities. Knezevic accused some of the highest-ranking Montenegrin officials of complicity in the series of posts on […]
Is anti-vaccination campaign the new Operation Infektion?
Disinformation is now without a doubt an integral part of Russian foreign policy, but even though it feels brand new it dates way back. It has a long history and it is closely tied to the birth of the KGB in the 1950s and the doctrine of active measures. These active measures (Russian: активные мероприятия) […]
“Fake” followers on Twitter
The use of social networks, such as Twitter, has significantly changed the interaction in the politician-voter relation. In this manner, the officials have become more available to the public, but, on the other hand, the use of Twitter in political purposes has enabled faster exchange of important information. This analysis, in the context of fake […]