How can we Agree on Anything in This Environment? Tunisian Media, Transition and Elite Compromises: A View From Parliament. (October 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- How can we Agree on Anything in This Environment? Tunisian Media, Transition and Elite Compromises: A View From Parliament. (October 2021)
- Main Title:
- How can we Agree on Anything in This Environment? Tunisian Media, Transition and Elite Compromises: A View From Parliament
- Authors:
- Cavatorta, Francesco
Mekki, Nidhal - Other Names:
- Hill Jonathan guest-editor.
El Issawi Fatima guest-editor. - Abstract:
- The literature on the role of the media during processes of transitions to democracy is divided over the positive or negative influence media outlets have. Both theoretically and empirically cases can be substantiated. In the case of the 2011 Arab revolts, however, there is a scholarly consensus that the media—traditional and social—have negatively affected the processes of transitions. While the criticism of the role of the media is empirically borne out, it does not explain how Tunisia was able to consolidate its democracy despite a polarizing media environment. Based on participant observation and interviews, the article argues that the inner workings of the Constituent Assembly and the role of individual deputies were crucial in overcoming a hostile atmosphere. This suggests that the role of political actors in negotiating the new rules of the game is more important than other factors shaping a transition.
- Is Part Of:
- International journal of press/politics. Volume 26:Number 4(2021)
- Journal:
- International journal of press/politics
- Issue:
- Volume 26:Number 4(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 26, Issue 4 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0026-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 822
- Page End:
- 841
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10
- Subjects:
- Tunisia -- constituent assembly -- transition to democracy -- media -- deputies
Press and politics -- Periodicals
Government and the press -- Periodicals
Journalism -- Political aspects -- Periodicals
070.449324 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.sagepub.com/home/hij ↗
http://hij.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/19401612211018088 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1940-1612
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