"It may be said that the media in Serbia are the Archimedean point of reliance for any political change. Without the liberation of the media, any attempt at political change seems like an attempt to lift oneself or to leap over one's own shadow. The regime in Serbia has built its position on the iron control primarily of the state electronic media which are the only ones that cover the entire territory of Serbia and have the decisive impact on the formation of public opinion. For years now, Milosevic has been combining the politics of crisis building and ethnic conflicts with a media campaign which has created a psychosis of general national threat; in such a situation, so has been the explicit message of the media, Serbia can only survive if we all give up any and all political bickering and unite under the leadership of the legally elected president, i.e. Milosevic.
The first part of this paper gives a brief history of the Serbian media in the post- communist period, while the second part describes how the media have been used to create support for the regime. "

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