ISBN:
9780745674186
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (IX, 275 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Contemporary political communication
Series Statement:
Contemporary Political Communication Ser. v.2
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Voltmer, Katrin, 1953 - The Media in transitional democracies
DDC:
343.0998
Keywords:
Mass media -- Political aspects
;
New democracies
;
Electronic books
;
Mass media
;
Political aspects
;
New democracies
;
Electronic books
;
Massenmedien
;
Demokratisierung
Abstract:
The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order, the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also inhibiting, democratic practices to take root. This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics: 〈l
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contemporary Political Communication; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction; About the book; Part I: What Democracy? What Media?; 1 Democracy and Democratization: One Idea, Many Roads; Lost in definitions: democracy and democratization; Democratic paradoxes; Exporting democracy; 2 Democratic Media: A Question of Means and Ends; Means and ends; Independence; Diversity; Part II: The Media and Political Change Across Time and Space; 3 Communication Technologies and Journalistic Agency: Mass Media and Political Change; Structure and agency; The contingent power of the media
Description / Table of Contents:
4 Complex Transitions and Uncertain Outcomes: The Media and Democratization Over TimeStages of democratization: always moving forward?; Before regime change: pushing the boundaries of control; Collapse and new beginning: the drama of regime change; Consolidation after regime change: a rocky journey with uncertain outcomes; 5 Emerging Media Systems and the Legacies of the Past; Pathways of democratization; Authoritarian regime types and media transformation; Part III: Transforming the Media; 6 Media and the State; Between two evils: dominant state and weak state
Description / Table of Contents:
Cornerstones of an 'enabling environment' for media independenceFocus: Transformation of state broadcasting to public service broadcasting in Eastern Europe; 7 Media Markets; The political economy of the media; Democratization and media markets; Focus: Media, money and power; 8 Political Parallelism; Parallelism, partisanship and political engagement; Parallelism and the dark side of partisanship; Focus: Rebuilding public communication in post-conflict societies; 9 Journalistic Professionalism; Journalism as a profession; The global divergence of journalism
Description / Table of Contents:
Democratizing journalism in a time of crisisFocus: Brown, red and other envelopes: the hidden story of paid journalism; Conclusion; References; Index
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