Media, communication and the struggle for democratic change : case studies on contested transitions /: case studies on contested transitions. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Katrin Voltmer [and six others].
• Editors: Voltmer, Katrin
• Contents: 1.Introduction: Democratization conflicts as communicative contestations.- 2. Media, power, citizenship: democratization in an age of media abundance.- 3. Conflict-Sensitive Journalism? Journalistic Role Perceptions and Practices in Democratization Conflicts.- 4. Peace but at what cost? Media coverage of elections and conflict in Kenya.- 5. Creativity and strategy: how civil society organizations communicate and mobilise in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa.- 6. Tweeting in precarious times: Comparing Twitter use during the 2013 general election in Kenya and the 2012 presidential election in Egypt.- 7. Minority Media, Democratization conflicts and the politicization of Coptic communal identity in Egypt.- 8. Hybrid governance, strategic communication and the quest for institutional legitimacy.- 9. Communicating power and resistance in democratic decline: the 2015 smear campaign against Serbia's ombudsman.- 10. Dialogue of the Deaf: Listening on Twitter and Democratic Responsiveness during the 2015 South African State of the Nation Address.- 11. The Participation Approach in Media Development Cooperation.- 12. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 302.23; Mass media -- Political aspects; Democratization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030167486
• Related ISBNs: 9783030167479
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