Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatisation of Democratic Change

Katrin Voltmer; Lone Sorensen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-16748-6_2

Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatisation of Democratic Change

Katrin Voltmer, Lone Sorensen

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Abstract

The chapter investigates the concept of mediatization as a theoretical framework to understand the dynamics of democratic transitions and democratization conflicts in an era of hybrid media ecologies. Existing literature on mediatization has focused on advanced Western democracies and the transformative power that media and communication technologies have on democratic politics, assuming an increasing dominance of ‘media logic’ in the political process. Drawing on evidence from Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa, this chapter extends this debate to transitional politics, arguing that mediatization in emerging democracies is a multi-faceted and often ambiguous process that is used as a resource both for citizen empowerment and authoritarian manipulation, thus at times serving to strengthen democratic transition, at others to undermine it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change
Subtitle of host publication	Case Studies on Contested Transitions
Editors	Katrin Voltmer, Christian Christensen, Irene Neverla, Nicole Stremlau, Barbara Thomass, Nebojsa Vladisavljevic, Herman Wasserman
Place of Publication	Basingstoke
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	2
Pages	35-58
Number of pages	24
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030167486
ISBN (Print)	9783030167479, 303016747X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16748-6_2
Publication status	Published - 6 Sep 2019

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Voltmer, K., & Sorensen, L. (2019). Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatisation of Democratic Change. In K. Voltmer, C. Christensen, I. Neverla, N. Stremlau, B. Thomass, N. Vladisavljevic, & H. Wasserman (Eds.), Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions (1 ed., pp. 35-58). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16748-6_2

Voltmer, Katrin ; Sorensen, Lone. / Media, Power, Citizenship : The Mediatisation of Democratic Change. Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions. editor / Katrin Voltmer ; Christian Christensen ; Irene Neverla ; Nicole Stremlau ; Barbara Thomass ; Nebojsa Vladisavljevic ; Herman Wasserman. 1. ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. pp. 35-58

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Voltmer, K & Sorensen, L 2019, Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatisation of Democratic Change. in K Voltmer, C Christensen, I Neverla, N Stremlau, B Thomass, N Vladisavljevic & H Wasserman (eds), Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions. 1 edn, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 35-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16748-6_2

Media, Power, Citizenship : The Mediatisation of Democratic Change. / Voltmer, Katrin; Sorensen, Lone.

Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions. ed. / Katrin Voltmer; Christian Christensen; Irene Neverla; Nicole Stremlau; Barbara Thomass; Nebojsa Vladisavljevic; Herman Wasserman. 1. ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 35-58.

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Voltmer K, Sorensen L. Media, Power, Citizenship: The Mediatisation of Democratic Change. In Voltmer K, Christensen C, Neverla I, Stremlau N, Thomass B, Vladisavljevic N, Wasserman H, editors, Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change: Case Studies on Contested Transitions. 1 ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. p. 35-58 Epub 2019 Aug 29. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-16748-6_2

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