Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2019), xvii, 305 pp.
Contains 12 illustrations
ISBN 978-3-030-16748-6 (ebook); 978-3-030-16747-9 (print)
"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 democratization conflicts are played out within an increasingly complex media ecology where traditional modes of communication merge with new digital networks, thus bringing about multiple platforms for journalists and political actors to promote and contest competing definitions of reality. The volume draws on extensive case study research in South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Serbia to highlight the ambivalent role of the media as force for democratic change, citizen empowerment, and accountability, as well as driver of polarization, radicalization and manipulation." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Democratization Conflicts as Communicative Contestations/ Katrin Voltmer, 1
PART I: MEDIATING DEMOCRATIZATION CONFLICTS: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, JOURNALISM AND NORMATIVE AMBIGUITIES
2 Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatization of Democratic Change / Katrin Voltmer and Lone Sorensen, 35
3 Conflict-Sensitive Journalism? Journalistic Role Perceptions and Practices in Democratization Conflicts / Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla, and Sandra Banjac,59
4 Peace, But at What Cost? Media Coverage of Elections and Conflict in Kenya / Nic Cheeseman, Jacinta Maweu, and Seth Oumaa, 83
PART II: MOBILIZING PARTICIPATION: CIVIL SOCIETY, ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL PARTIES, 107
5 Creativity and Strategy: How Civil Society Organizations Communicate and Mobilize in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa / Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma, Herman Wasserman, and Rebecca Pointer, 109
6 Tweeting in Precarious Times: Comparing Twitter Use During the 2013 General Election in Kenya and the 2012 Presidential Election in Egypt / Walid Al-Saqaf and Christian Christensen, 133
7 Minority Media, Democratization Conflicts and the Politicization of Coptic Communal Identity in Egypt / Yosra El Gendi and Gamal Soltan, 159
PART III: COMMUNICATING POWER: INSTITUTION BUILDING, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY, 183
8 Hybrid Governance, Strategic Communication and the Quest for Institutional Legitimacy / Gianluca Iazzolino and Nicole Stremlau, 185
9 Communicating Power and Resistance in Democratic Decline: The 2015 Smear Campaign against Serbia's Ombudsman / Nebojša Vladisavljevic, Aleksandra Krstic, and Jovica Pavlovic, 205
10 Dialogue of the Deaf: Listening on Twitter and Democratic Responsiveness during the 2015 South African State of the Nation Address / Lone Sorensen, Heather Ford, Walid Al-Saqaf, and Tanja Bosch, 229
PART IV INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 255
11 The Participation Approach in Media Development Cooperation / Ines Drefs and Barbara Thomass, 257
12 Conclusion: How Does the Concept of Public Communication Challenge the Concept of a Media System? / Terhi Rantanen, 281
PART I: MEDIATING DEMOCRATIZATION CONFLICTS: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, JOURNALISM AND NORMATIVE AMBIGUITIES
2 Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatization of Democratic Change / Katrin Voltmer and Lone Sorensen, 35
3 Conflict-Sensitive Journalism? Journalistic Role Perceptions and Practices in Democratization Conflicts / Judith Lohner, Irene Neverla, and Sandra Banjac,59
4 Peace, But at What Cost? Media Coverage of Elections and Conflict in Kenya / Nic Cheeseman, Jacinta Maweu, and Seth Oumaa, 83
PART II: MOBILIZING PARTICIPATION: CIVIL SOCIETY, ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL PARTIES, 107
5 Creativity and Strategy: How Civil Society Organizations Communicate and Mobilize in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa / Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma, Herman Wasserman, and Rebecca Pointer, 109
6 Tweeting in Precarious Times: Comparing Twitter Use During the 2013 General Election in Kenya and the 2012 Presidential Election in Egypt / Walid Al-Saqaf and Christian Christensen, 133
7 Minority Media, Democratization Conflicts and the Politicization of Coptic Communal Identity in Egypt / Yosra El Gendi and Gamal Soltan, 159
PART III: COMMUNICATING POWER: INSTITUTION BUILDING, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY, 183
8 Hybrid Governance, Strategic Communication and the Quest for Institutional Legitimacy / Gianluca Iazzolino and Nicole Stremlau, 185
9 Communicating Power and Resistance in Democratic Decline: The 2015 Smear Campaign against Serbia's Ombudsman / Nebojša Vladisavljevic, Aleksandra Krstic, and Jovica Pavlovic, 205
10 Dialogue of the Deaf: Listening on Twitter and Democratic Responsiveness during the 2015 South African State of the Nation Address / Lone Sorensen, Heather Ford, Walid Al-Saqaf, and Tanja Bosch, 229
PART IV INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, 255
11 The Participation Approach in Media Development Cooperation / Ines Drefs and Barbara Thomass, 257
12 Conclusion: How Does the Concept of Public Communication Challenge the Concept of a Media System? / Terhi Rantanen, 281
