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Media studies have not amply dealt with the concept of clientelism, although it is the widespread opinion that political clientelism more or less exists in all modern societies. The first part of this paper examines political clientelism in the media through the presentation of the results of comparative research around the globe, in post-communist European countries that are members of the European Union, and in the countries of Southeast Europe. The foundation of the study involves the characteristics of political clientelism identified by Daniel C. Hallin and Stylianos Papathanassopoulos. This paper raises the issue of the relationship between the slow democratization of Serbian society and the political instrumentalization of the media. The paper reviews the extent to which non-transparent media ownership, the state's media market, and state funding of the media affect the utilization of the media. Within this problem circle, the changes brought by new media laws adopted in August 2014 are also analysed and the necessity of implementing good solutions in practice is highlighted.

Different implications of media ownership on democratic capacity of Serbian
society in the beginning of the new millennium are analyzed in the paper. The
frame of the research is democratic and market model of media policy which
was established after political changes in Serbia in 2000. The aim of the
paper is to identify the main problems of media ownership in Serbia in the
process of adjustment to the European media policy. In order to understand
the genesis of marked problems, they are observed in the context of current
trends on wider - global - media market. It can be concluded that democratic
and market model of media system does not guarantee the conditions for
democratic public discussion and satisfaction of public interest.