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Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions

Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions

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General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 303016750X
ISBN13: 9783030167509
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Sep 6 2020
Pages: 305
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.68 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book investigates the role of media and communication in processes of democratization in different political and cultural contexts. Struggles for democratic change are periods of intense contest over the transformation of citizenship and the reconfiguration of political power. These democratization conflicts are played out within an increasingly complex media ecology where traditional modes of communication merge with new digital networks, thus bringing about multiple platforms for journalists and political actors to promote and contest competing definitions of reality. The volume draws on extensive case study research in South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Serbia to highlight the ambivalent role of the media as force for democratic change, citizen empowerment, and accountability, as well as driver of polarization, radicalization and manipulation.

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