Išpanović Igor
Igor Išpanović is a PhD student in Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade and a Research Assistant at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory. He holds a BA in Journalism (2020) and a MA in Communication Studies (2021), defending his thesis titled “Fascism as a signifier in political discourse in the online editions of the daily newspapers Danas and Informer”. He is a member of ECREA’s Central and East-European Network. Through his research, he deals with the precarization of journalistic work, the impact of insecure working conditions on journalistic professionalism, and forms of (self-)organized, collective actions both inside and outside the newsroom. In addition, Igor is active as a freelance investigative journalist, collaborating with several national and regional research centers in Serbia and the Balkans.
Latest publications
- Ninković Slavnić, D., Ilić, V., Išpanović, I., & Kleut, J. (2025). Serbian audiences’ news consumption and choosing sides in the Russia-Ukraine war. Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 12(2), 169-188. DOI: 10.25364/02.12:2025.2.9
- Nikolić, S., Išpanović, I., & Milosavljević, D. (2025). State-Sponsored Unhomeliness: Struggle for Certainty and Privacy in Serbia Social Housing. Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology, 73(3), 403-432. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/SN.2025.3.32
- Išpanović, I. (2025). The Double-edged Sword of Digital Technologies: Exploring Precarious Work and Life in Serbia’s Local Newsrooms. The Political Economy of Communication, 11(2), 43-57. Retrieved from https://www.polecom.org/index.php/polecom/article/view/184
- Kleut, J., Ninković Slavnić, D., Ilić, V., & Išpanović, I. (2023). Report on Digital News in Serbia. Novi Sad: Nezavisno društvo novinara Vojvodine.