Education
- Received his PhD in 2001 from the Faculty of Political Sciences, with the dissertation titled “Mass Communication in Serbia in the Last Decade of the 20th Century”
- Finished MA studies (199/1997) at the same faculty, with the MA thesis titled “Communication in New Media Circumstances”
- Graduated journalism (average mark 9.15) from the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade (1977/1981)
Fields of scientific interest
- Communication science
- Theory of public opinion
- Contemporary media systems
- Communication strategy
- New media and social changes
Work experience
- Professional journalist: reporter, editor, editor in chief, director (1981/1995);
- Teacher education faculty, Jagodina (1995/2007);
- Faculty for Management of Small and Medium Enterprises, Belgrade (2002/2007);
- Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade (2004/2007);
- Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovica (2005/2006);
- Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade (2006/2007);
- Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad (2006/2010);
- Faculty of Philology, Belgrade (2011/2013);
- Faculty of Culture and Media, Belgrade (2010 /2019).
- Faculty of Social Sciences (2019 – …)
Elections to assistant and teaching positions, teaching experience
- 1995: assistant-apprentice, Teacher Education Faculty, Jagodina (Mass Communications);
- 1997: teaching assistant, Teacher Education Faculty, Jagodina (Mass Communication);
- 2001: assistant professor, Teacher Education Faculty, Jagodina (Mass Communication, Film and TV Culture, Fundaments of Communication Science, Social Ecology);
- 2004: assistant professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade (Communication Science);
- 2006: associate professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad (Communication Science I and II, Media Management, Political Marketing, Serbian Media System, Public Relations – OAS; Communication Theories – MAS);
- 2012: full professor, Faculty of Media and Culture, Belgrade (Communication Science, Public Opinion Theory, Marketing and Public, Cultural Policy Models– OAS; Serbian Media System, Communication Strategies – MAS; Communication Theories I and II – DAS).
- 2020: full professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgrade (Communication Science, Media Advertising, Multimedia Communication, Online Media and Creating Contents, Creative Industries – OAS; Methodology of Scientific Research, Theories and Models of Communication, Modern Media Systems, Digital Media and Culture – MAS; Methods and Techniques of Scientific Research, Media and Communication – DAS)
References
Monographs
- Komuniciranje u novim medijskim uslovima (1998)
- Mas-mediji u vrtlogu promena (2002)
- Komuniciranje, mediji i društvo (2005, 2006, 2008; co-author Miroljub Radojković)
- Resetovanje stvarnosti (2008)
- Struktura i dinamika medijskog sistema Srbije (2014)
- Gospodari socijalizacije (2014)
- Od znaka do hiperteksta (2018, co-author Marko M. Đođević)
Textbooks
- Menadžment medija (2003),
- Osnove menadžmenta medija (2009, 2016).
Lexicography
- Komunikološki leksikon (2012, 2017, 2021, co-author Nevena Miletić)
- Srpsko-engleski komunikološki rečnik (2023, co-author Marija Boranijašević).
Editor of collections and books of proceedings
- Kultura i društveni razvoj I (Scientific conference, 2012)
- Kultura i društveni razvoj II (Scientific conference, 2014)
- Culture and Social Development III (Scientific conference, 2016)
- Kultura i društveni razvoj IV (Scientific conference „Istraživanje, predstavljanje, zaštita i očuvanje kulturnog nasleđa Srbije i srpskog naroda”, 2018)
Awards
- Programme of the year for the radio-reportage “Story of a Strike” (1989).
- Special Award of the Association of Journalists of Serbia “Žika M. Jovanović” for the book Mas-mediji u vrtlogu promena (Mass-media in the Tumult of Changes) and its theoretical contribution to journalism (2002).
- The “Dialogos” award for the best book in the field of media theory and culture in the region for Od znaka do hiperteksta (From Sign to Hypertext)