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Revision with unchanged content. During the war against Bosnia and Herzegovina over 100,000 people were killed, and countless others were injured and lost loved ones. Almost half of the B&H population was forced from their homes. The ethnic map of the country was changed drastically and overall damage was estimated at US $100 billion. Experts agree that misuse of the media was largely responsible for the events that triggered the war and kept it going despite all attempts at peace. This study examines and follows the efforts of the international community to regulate the broadcast media environment in postwar B&H.

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has degree in Journalism and M.A. degree inCommunication. He received German fellowshipHeinrich Böll and US graduate program Ron Brownsponsored by the US - Department of State. Heworked as radio and TV reporter; as a IWPRreporter he covered war crime trials at the ICTYand ICJ. He worked as a spokesperson for theOSCE MBH.

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