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The Politics of Media Law in Romania. From Authoritarian to Non-Authoritarian

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English Abstract: The paper approaches the issue of media instrumentalization/control in Romania and focuses on media law as an instrument of political control. It starts with the assumption that, based on the instruments used, we can distinguish between authoritarian and non-authoritarian control of the mass media. The analysis focuses on media law as well as cases of pressure exerted over journalists. Is shows that from 1990 to 2004 there is a slow move from using explicit legal instruments of media control, characteristic of authoritarian systems, to using structural and economic instruments, characteristic of non-authoritarian systems. Romanian Abstract: Lucrarea abordeaza problema instrumentalizarii / controlului asupra mass media in cazul României, concentrându-se pe legislaţie si puterea de a legifera ca metoda de control. Punctul de plecare este ideea potrivit careia exista doua tipuri de control politic asupra mass media, autoritar si non-autoritar, care se diferenţiaza din perspectiva instrumentelor / metodelor folosite. Analiza se bazeaza pe legislaţia referitoare la instituţiile de presa, dar si analiza unor cazuri de presiuni asupra jurnalistilor semnalate de organizaţiile neguvernamentale cu activitate in domeniu, in rapoarte privind libertatea de expresie in România. Analiza evidenţiaza pentru perioada 1990-2004 o trecere graduala de la folosirea unor instrumente legale explicite, caracteristice sistemului autoritar de control, la instrumente economice si structurale, caracteristice mai degraba sistemelor non-autoritare de control.