Media system in the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

The article presents the main problems of the Moldovan media system which are mainly connected with the level of development of the political system. It is difficult to assume it as the stable one, especially in the context of problems associated with the election of the president or methods of election of the head of the state challenged by the Constitutional Court. Another problem is a strong politicizing of public institutions which makes it possible to use them in the political fight. The ongoing process of oligarchization of economy also finds it reflection on the media market. The influential businesspeople of the Moldovan economy are connected with concrete political groups. These sympathies manifest in the selectivity of the broadcast and presented program content and favoring of specific political options competing on the Moldovan political scene. The future of the media system is strictly associated with the development of Moldovan democracy, which seems to be in the constant process of transformation rather than systemic consolidation. The domination of the media system by political and business groups leads to the disappearance of the control function of the mass media and cramming them into duels using propaganda narration.