20.500.12556/RUL-177821 Watchdog or copycat? Examining news diversity in Slovenian journalism system Pas čuvar ili mačak-lopov? Ispitivanje raznolikosti vijesti u slovenskom novinarskom sustavu The study examines the dynamics of news diversity within the Slovenian journalism system, a small and structurally constrained media market facing ownership concentration, political instrumentalisation, and resource limitations. Drawing on critical approaches to news diversity and the concept of the journalism system, the study conceptualises pluralisation and homogenisation as concurrent and interdependent processes that structure, enable, and limit democratic communication. The analysis investigates whether the Slovenian journalism system sustains a watch-dog function that fosters plural public debate or gravitates toward a copycat logic marked by content uniformity. Empirically, we analysed 13,207 news items from television, radio, and online outlets using text-reuse detection, network clustering, and large language model–assisted source extraction. The findings reveal that news diversity in Slovenia is structurally conditioned, segmented, and unevenly distributed, shaped by intertwined ownership, organisational, and ideological factors. Pluralisation coexists with homogenisation, yet the symbolic power of dominant actors—political and institutional elites—remains largely intact, reproducing systemic inequalities in the journalism system. These results show that news diversity is fundamentally determined by broader political-economic relations that define who can speak and which perspectives are prominent. The study underscores the normative importance of news diversity as a cornerstone of democratic communication and calls for structural reforms to foster a more inclusive and pluralistic journalism system. news diversity journalism system homogenisation pluralisation novinarstvo informacije Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Članek v reviji 2026-01-08 13:48:20 2026-01-08 13:48:27 2026-01-09 04:30:04 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 5-34 br. 2 God. 30 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 070(497.4) 1330-6928 10.22572/mi.30.2.1 263960579 Vobic_et_al_MI.pdf Vobic_et_al_MI.pdf 1 7EB2742740DA1D36B748A92E63D4F006 21d1f01dff1b698acc5a55fea9f5e6853ea7a4e3d9b95b57003e7849ba74892b b0fe84d1-ec90-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225163 https://hrcak.srce.hr/325154 0 be97c769-ec90-11f0-bf92-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=225164 Fakulteta za družbene vede Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko 0 0 0