Communicating Democracy : : The Media and Political Transitions / / ed. by Patrick H. O'Neil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Bourgault, Louise M.,; Fox, Elizabeth,; Hall, Richard A.,; Johnson, Owen V.,; Lance Bennett, W.,; Lent, John A.,; Martin, Robert,; O’Neil, Patrick H.,; Waisbord, Silvio R.,; Youm, Kyu Ho,
• HerausgeberIn: O'Neil, Patrick H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1 Democratization and Mass Communication: What Is the Link? --; 2 Latin American Broadcasting and the State: Friend and Foe --; 3 The Unfinished Project of Media Democratization in Argentina --; 4 Notes on Freedom of Expression in Africa --; 5 Nigeria: The Politics of Confusion --; 6 The Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe --; 7 Institutions, Transitions, and the Media: A Comparison of Hungary and Romania --; 8 The Mass Media in Asia --; 9 Democratization and the Press: The Case of South Korea --; 10 The Media and Democratic Development: The Social Basis of Political Communication --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685851682; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685851682
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Patrick H. O'Neil.

Communicating Democracy presents the first comprehensive comparative investigation of the role of the media in the move toward democracy in developing and post-communist countries. Recognizing the central role of an independent press in the formulation of stable democracies, Patrick H. O'Neil and a team of area and country specialists explore the particular cultural, economic, and political conditions that have shaped the media in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The authors examine how the print and electronic media function in societies that have recently made the move toward democracy--whether successfully or not. They pay particular attention to the role of the media in political life prior to transition; the impact of an authoritarian legacy on media structures after the move toward democracy; the problems in developing an independent media; and issues involving content, objectivity, and bias.