Media and Politics in the Southern Mediterranean: Communicating Power in Transition After 2011
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge (2021), xv, 426 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: History and Society in the Islamic World
ISBN 978-0-367-53894-1 (pbk); 978-1-351-02527-0 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 100:10-Politics 2021
"This edited volume presents ground-breaking empirical research on the media in political transition in Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco. Focusing on developments in the wake of the region’s upheavals in 2011, it offers a new theoretical framework for understanding mediascapes in the confessional and hybrid-authoritarian systems of the Middle East. In this book, media scholars focus on three themes: the media’s structure as an expression of governance, the media’s function as a reflection of the market, and the media’s agency in communicating between power and the public. The result is a unique addition to the literature on two counts. Firstly, analysis of similar players, issues and processes in each country produces a thematically consistent comparative assessment of the media’s role across the southern Mediterranean region. The first cross-country comparison of specific media practices in the Middle East, it covers issues such as women in talk shows, media’s relationship with surveillance, and comparative practices of media regulation. Secondly, actualising the idea that media reflects the society that produces it, the studies here draw on field data to lay the foundations for a new theory of media, Values and Status Negotiation (VSN), which evolved from the region’s unique characteristics and practices, and offers an alternative to prevailing Western-centric approaches to media analysis." (Publisher description)
PART I: STRUCTURAL STATUS OF MEDIA IN GOVERNANCE AND LAW
Structure: Introduction Part I and II, 27
1 Turkish media structure in judicial and political contexts: An illustration of values and status negotiation / Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Ali Sonay & Murat Akser, 35
2 Government-Media Relations in Tunisia: A paradigm shift in the culture of governance? / George Joffé, 51
3 The Authoritarian Trap in State/Media Structures in Morocco's Political Transition / Bouziane Zaid, 75
PART II: STRUCTURES OF MEDIA AND SURVEILLANCE
4 The Scissors and the Magnifying glass: Internet governance in the transitional Tunisian context / Alexis Artaud de la Ferrière & Narseo Vallina-Rodrigues, 99
5 Social Media as a Space for Political Battles: AK Trolls and other politically motivated trolling / Erkan Saka, 118
6 Under Watchful Eyes: Internet surveillance and citizen media in Morocco: the case of Mamfakinch / Samia Errazzouki, 138
PART III: THE FUNCTION OF MEDIA VALUES IN THE POLITICS OF SECTOR TRANSITION
Function: Introduction Part III, 157
7 All is Flux: A hybrid approach to macro-analysis of the Turkish media / Asli Tunç, 165
8 What is Private, What is Public, and Who Exercises Media Power in Tunisia? A hybrid-functional perspective on Tunisia's media sector / Roxane Farmanfarmaian, 185
9 Media in Morocco: A highly political economy: the case of press and online publications since the 1990s / Abdelfettah Benchenna, Driss Ksikes & Dominique Marchetti, 212
10 Local Media in Turkey: The growth of Islamic networks in Konya's radio landscape / Ali Sonay, 235
PART IV: WOMEN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Agency: Introduction Part IV, V and VI, 251
11 Negotiating Identity: Gender and Tunisian talk shows / Zoë Petkanis, 259
12 The Representation of Women in Moroccan Television Talk Shows / Kenza Oumlil, 279
13 Understanding 'New Turkey' through Women's Eyes: Gender politics in Turkish daytime talk shows / Yesim Burul & Hande Eslen-Ziya, 300
PART V: CONTESTATION AND POSITIONALITY BETWEEN POWER AND PUBLIC
14 Negotiating Values in the Islamist Press after 2013 / Michelangelo Guida, 317
15 Reinforcing Citizenship through Civil Society and Media Partnerships: The case of community radios in Tunisia / Samar Samir Mezghanni, 333
16 Radio and Political Change: Listening in contemporary Morocco / Ali Sonay, 351
PART VI: MEDIA STATUS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF COVERING TERROR
17 Representation of Terror and Ethnic Conflict in the Turkish Press: An analysis of the Kurdish peace process / Ayse Seda Yuksel, 375
18 Islamist Cyber-activism in Tunisia: Contesting the message, redefining the public / Kayla Branson, 391
Structure: Introduction Part I and II, 27
1 Turkish media structure in judicial and political contexts: An illustration of values and status negotiation / Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Ali Sonay & Murat Akser, 35
2 Government-Media Relations in Tunisia: A paradigm shift in the culture of governance? / George Joffé, 51
3 The Authoritarian Trap in State/Media Structures in Morocco's Political Transition / Bouziane Zaid, 75
PART II: STRUCTURES OF MEDIA AND SURVEILLANCE
4 The Scissors and the Magnifying glass: Internet governance in the transitional Tunisian context / Alexis Artaud de la Ferrière & Narseo Vallina-Rodrigues, 99
5 Social Media as a Space for Political Battles: AK Trolls and other politically motivated trolling / Erkan Saka, 118
6 Under Watchful Eyes: Internet surveillance and citizen media in Morocco: the case of Mamfakinch / Samia Errazzouki, 138
PART III: THE FUNCTION OF MEDIA VALUES IN THE POLITICS OF SECTOR TRANSITION
Function: Introduction Part III, 157
7 All is Flux: A hybrid approach to macro-analysis of the Turkish media / Asli Tunç, 165
8 What is Private, What is Public, and Who Exercises Media Power in Tunisia? A hybrid-functional perspective on Tunisia's media sector / Roxane Farmanfarmaian, 185
9 Media in Morocco: A highly political economy: the case of press and online publications since the 1990s / Abdelfettah Benchenna, Driss Ksikes & Dominique Marchetti, 212
10 Local Media in Turkey: The growth of Islamic networks in Konya's radio landscape / Ali Sonay, 235
PART IV: WOMEN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Agency: Introduction Part IV, V and VI, 251
11 Negotiating Identity: Gender and Tunisian talk shows / Zoë Petkanis, 259
12 The Representation of Women in Moroccan Television Talk Shows / Kenza Oumlil, 279
13 Understanding 'New Turkey' through Women's Eyes: Gender politics in Turkish daytime talk shows / Yesim Burul & Hande Eslen-Ziya, 300
PART V: CONTESTATION AND POSITIONALITY BETWEEN POWER AND PUBLIC
14 Negotiating Values in the Islamist Press after 2013 / Michelangelo Guida, 317
15 Reinforcing Citizenship through Civil Society and Media Partnerships: The case of community radios in Tunisia / Samar Samir Mezghanni, 333
16 Radio and Political Change: Listening in contemporary Morocco / Ali Sonay, 351
PART VI: MEDIA STATUS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF COVERING TERROR
17 Representation of Terror and Ethnic Conflict in the Turkish Press: An analysis of the Kurdish peace process / Ayse Seda Yuksel, 375
18 Islamist Cyber-activism in Tunisia: Contesting the message, redefining the public / Kayla Branson, 391
