Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies (Suny Series in Global Media Studies) (Hardcover)
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Explores the relationship between media and democracy against the broader background of globalization.
From the Back Cover
Negotiating Democracy addresses issues that have defined the challenges and consequences of media transformation faced by new and emerging democracies. These issues include the dismantling of national broadcasting systems, the promotion of private independent and pluralistic media, the clash between liberal democratic and authoritarian political traditions, negotiations about the appropriate broadcast language, and the potential for free press and for freedom of speech. The contributors use examples from countries such as Cambodia, Bulgaria, Iran, Nigeria, and Taiwan to not only provide detailed analysis of regional and/or nation-specific cases of media, but also to identify transnational patterns that help deepen the understanding of the media's role in globalization.
"I like the inclusion of the wide and diverse selection of nations, all the more so because most of them aren't `the usual suspects.' Most of the contributors are relatively new, fresh voices in the field and in a good position to present new perspectives. The topic is highly significant, very important, and as yet has not been addressed in this particular form." -- Donald R. Browne, author of Ethnic Minorities, Electronic Media and the Public Sphere: A Comparative Approach
"This book provides rich, interesting historical and very useful contemporary descriptive material. The cases illustrated show a nice variety of primary concerns, from private media monopolies in Guatemala and Bulgaria, to media globalization in Bulgaria, to press freedom and media democratization." -- Joseph Straubhaar, coauthor of Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology
Contributors include Isaac A. Blankson, Dal Yong Jin, Marwan M. Kraidy, Elza Ibroscheva, Laura Lengel, Noemi Marin, Drew McDaniel, Patrick D. Murphy, Chuka Onwumechili, Maria Raicheva-Stover, Kuldip R. Rampal, Rick Rockwell, Mehdi Semati, Doobo Shim, Judy Rene Sims, and Kent Wilkinson.
