Comparing media systems in new democracies: East meets South meets West

• Authors: Katrin Voltmer
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents a comparative framework for understanding the emerging media systems in so-called third-wave democracies. Three pathways of democratization are distinguished – from communist oligarchy in Eastern Europe, from military dictatorship in Latin America, and from one-party dictatorship in Asia and Africa. Following Hallin & Mancini’s approach the paper then discusses for each of these pathways the particular patterns of transition of media markets, state-me- dia relationships, political parallelism, and journalistic professionalism. The paper concludes by argu- ing that Western models of media systems cannot be easily applied to new democracies. Instead, new hybrid forms of political communication are emerging that blend liberal ideals of a free press with the trajectories of the past, indigenous values and the constraints and experiences of transition.

Keywords

EN

new democracies; transition of media systems; Hallin & Mancini models; comparative; political communication

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Komunikacji Społecznej
• Journal: Central European Journal of Communication
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-40

Dates

published

2008-09

Contributors

author

Katrin  Voltmer

• University of Leeds, Great Britain

Identifiers

ISSN

1899-5101