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Tunisian Media in Transition
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2012), 27 pp.
"The Tunisian media is still a venue for manipulation, intimidation, and bias. Media outlets are becoming the main stage for the fierce political and ideological battle between the country’s opposing camps: conservative Islamists and secular elitists. Ennahda, the Islamist winner of the first free
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Konzentration, Selbstverständnis und innere Demokratie: Nachrichtenmedien und ihr Beitrag zur Demokratie im internationalen Vergleich
Medien & Kommunikationswissenschaft, volume 60, issue 4 (2012), pp. 501-519
"Der hier vorgestellte Ansatz untersucht die empirischen Leistungen der Medien für die demokratische Freiheit in Gesellschaften mit Hilfe einer Reihe von demokratietheoretisch abgeleiteten Indikatoren. Diese betreffen sowohl die gesamtgesellschaftlichen Medienstrukturen, als auch die konkreten Leis
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The Democratic Impact of ICT in Africa
Africa Spectrum, volume 47, issue 1 (2012), pp. 73-88
"This paper takes a critical look at the view that the Internet can serve as a laboratory of political experimentation for reconfiguring the repertories of political actions. The overall discourses on information and communications technology (ICT) are too often focused on technology and infrastruct
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Tackling Ideological Clashes: Positional Cultural Identification in Political Commentaries by Chinese Overseas Online Commentators
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 6 (2012), pp. 540-555
"This investigation is about how Chinese overseas online commentators (COOCs) respond to political discourses on China. COOCs present the ideological heterogeneity of Chinese overseas. Their diverse responses to different ideological debates show patterns that manifest how the Chinese diaspora enact
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Fight for Democracy: The ANC and the Media in South Africa
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2012), xiv, 250 pp.
"Glenda Daniels examines the pattern of paranoia that has crept into public discourse about the media and the ANC, and their conflictual relationship. She analyses this fraught relationship through various popular media stories, such as Manto and Mondli, Zapiro and Zuma. Her argument ist that there
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Medien und Medienpolitik in Brasilien
In: Das politische System Brasiliens
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2012), pp. 254-262
Zimbabwean Diaspora Politics and the Power of Laughter: Humour as a Tool for Political Communication, Criticism and Protest
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 3 (2012), pp. 295-314
"Zimbabwean journalists and civil society activists in the diaspora have employed humour not merely to mock or ridicule but to conscientize people, and to raise attention for and awareness of the situation in Zimbabwe, including the social, economic and political realities and everyday life concerns
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Is There a Link Between Media and Good Governance? What the Academics Say
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 45 pp.
"From this short survey of some key thinkers, can we conclude that there is a causal link between media and good governance? Does the existence of a free media increase accountability and reduce corruption? Do media influence society in positive ways and liberate the individual? As one would expect,
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Frühling im chilenischen Winter: Eine Einordnung der studentischen Proteste sowie der Rolle der Medien in Chile
Communicatio Socialis, volume 45, issue 3 (2012), pp. 226-233
"Die Medien des heutigen Chile zeichnen sich durch eine zunehmende Kommerzialisierung und inhaltliche Entpolitisierung aus. Sie sind durch eine starke Zentralisierung gekennzeichnet, die sowohl politisch, wirtschaftlich als auch territorial gefestigt ist. Zudem sind sie von einer starken ideologisch
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Medien und Demokratie in Lateinamerika
Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag (2012), 298 pp.
Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy
Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012), xxvii, 176 pp.
Digitale Herausforderung: Internationale Beziehungen in Zeiten / Web 2.0
Göttingen: Steidl; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 188 pp.
"Der arabische Frühling war nicht nur der Beginn eines gesellschaftlichen und politischen Umwälzungsprozesses in Nordafrika, sondern auch der Startpunkt einer neuen außenpolitischen Ära im Zeichen / Web 2.0. Auch wenn die Bedeutung der Mobiltelefone und sozialen Medien, mit der die Oppositionell
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Responding to an Activist Public: Hangzhou Press Office Rethinks its Role
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 8 (2012), pp. 1013-1027
"In China as elsewhere, netizens have made new demands upon government and challenged conventional media to respond to popular concerns. Established approaches to controlling the media may be otiose; Party leaders are stressing the value of cooperation rather than confrontation and calling for a new
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Exile Media, Global News Flows and Democratization: The Role of Democratic Voice of Burma's 2010 Elections
Media, Culture & Society, volume 34, issue 5 (2012), pp. 537-554
"This article explores the links between transnational media flows and social and political change in authoritarian regimes through a conjunctural study of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a Burmese exile media organization. Drawing on observation and interviews conducted at DVB's Oslo studio during
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Out of Control: Palestinian News Satire and Government Power in the Age of Social Media
Popular Communication, volume 10, issue 1-2 (2012), pp. 106-118
"This article analyzes the Palestinian sketch comedy show Watan Ala Watar, placing the groundbreaking program in the context of theories of satire, government control, and popular resistance. Detailing the show’s tumultuous relationship with the Palestinian Authority, the article argues that despi
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Jordan's Local Radio Revolution: Progress, Challenges and Possibilities
"The surge in the proliferation of Jordanian private radio stations can be seen as part of the broader expansion of media technologies in the Arab region. However, despite the massive expansion in the number of private sector stations, radio is not currently playing a decisive role in Jordan in incr
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Internet und Demokratie
Wien: Mandelbaum (2012), 124 pp.
Politik und Internet in Lateinamerika
St. Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2012), 118 pp.
