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Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change

Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change

Case Studies on Contested Transitions

Katrin Voltmer
Barcode 9783030167479
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Release Date: 06/09/2019

Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Genre: Society & Culture
Sub-Genre: Law & Politics
Label: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Contributors: Katrin Voltmer (Edited by), Christian Christensen (Edited by), Irene Neverla (Edited by), Nicole Stremlau (Edited by), Barbara Thomass (Edited by), Nebojša Vladisavljević (Edited by), Herman Wasserman (Edited by)
Language: English
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Case Studies on Contested Transitions.

This book investigates the role of media and communication in processes of democratization in different political and cultural contexts.

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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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