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Media Reform in Tunisia: A Volatile Process

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2022), 25 pp.
"The halting progress of the Tunisian media reform reflects the uncertainty and vulnerability of the political reform. As Professor of Communication and Democracy Katrin Voltmer contends, emerging ... more
"This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between hybrid media and hybrid politics in Lebanon and Tunisia. While previous research on the media in hybrid regimes has mainly focused on regime strategies of restricting and manipulating public debate, our analysis moves beyond repression. We ar ... more
"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 democratiz ... more
"This books draws a comparative balance of twenty years' international media assistance in the five countries of the Western Balkans. The central question was what happens to imported models when they are transposed onto the newly evolving media systems of transitional societies. Albania, Bosnia-Her ... more
"This MeCoDEM working paper presents an overview of the main findings from a quantitative content analysis covering different types of democratisation conflicts (i.e., conflicts over citizenship, elections, transitional justice and distribution of power) in four countries: Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and S ... more

Observer, Agitator, Target: Media and Media Assistance in Fragile Contexts. FoME Symposium 2016 Documentation

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT);Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2016), 33 pp.

Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective

Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press (2015), xiv, 322 pp.

Building Media Systems in the Western Balkans: Lost Between Models and Realities

Sarajevo: Analitika – Center for Social Research (2013), 33 pp.
"The paper aims to address some of the theoretical and normative issues involved in transforming post-authoritarian media systems, which have been described and analysed in the country studies of this working paper series. The discussion starts by introducing the concept of ‘social constructivismâ ... more

The Media in Transitional Democracies

Cambridge; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2013), ix, 275 pp.
"This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics ... more

Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.
"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.
"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more

"Vierte Gewalt" im Schatten der Vergangenheit: Die Transformation der Massenmedien in neuen Demokratien

In: Massenmedien als politische Akteure: Konzepte und Analysen
Barbara Pfetsch; Silke Adam (eds.)
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2008), pp. 92-115
"This handbook draws on multidisciplinary insights and the experiences of academics and campaign practitioners to provide a comprehensive guide and introduction to planning, implementing and measuring public information and communication campaigns. It outlines the basic theoretical approaches and pr ... more