Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Professor at the University of Wrocław, Poland. She has published several books and articles. Her research interests include political communication, media systems and journalism in Central and Eastern Europe. She is a specialist in comparative studies. She was a founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication and the series Studies in Communication and Politics of Peter Lang Edition.Jelena Kleut is an Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She is a coordinator of BA programme Communication and PR and a council member of the BA and MA programme Cultural Studies. She is a Chair of the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section. Her research interests include audiences and journalism in new media contexts, on which she has published several articles and one book.

• Part I: The media systems environment in Balkan countries - Part II: Democratic standards in the European Union member- countries: Between Hybrid Liberal and Politicized Media models - Part III: The media systems outside the European Union: democracy, semi- democracy, or undemocratic way?

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Professor at the University of Wrocław, Poland. She has published several books and articles. Her research interests include political communication, media systems and journalism in Central and Eastern Europe. She is a specialist in comparative studies. She was a founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication and the series Studies in Communication and Politics of Peter Lang Edition.Jelena Kleut is an Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She is a coordinator of BA programme Communication and PR and a council member of the BA and MA programme Cultural Studies. She is a Chair of the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section. Her research interests include audiences and journalism in new media contexts, on which she has published several articles and one book.

• Part I: The media systems environment in Balkan countries - Part II: Democratic standards in the European Union member- countries: Between Hybrid Liberal and Politicized Media models - Part III: The media systems outside the European Union: democracy, semi- democracy, or undemocratic way?

Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska is a Professor at the University of Wrocław, Poland. She has published several books and articles. Her research interests include political communication, media systems and journalism in Central and Eastern Europe. She is a specialist in comparative studies. She was a founder and editor of Central European Journal of Communication and the series Studies in Communication and Politics of Peter Lang Edition.Jelena Kleut is an Associate Professor at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. She is a coordinator of BA programme Communication and PR and a council member of the BA and MA programme Cultural Studies. She is a Chair of the ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section. Her research interests include audiences and journalism in new media contexts, on which she has published several articles and one book.

• Part I: The media systems environment in Balkan countries - Part II: Democratic standards in the European Union member- countries: Between Hybrid Liberal and Politicized Media models - Part III: The media systems outside the European Union: democracy, semi- democracy, or undemocratic way?