title: Media, conflict and democratisation in Africa: Political communication by other means
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metadata.value: Wasserman, Herman
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-02-12T09:04:47Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-02-12T09:04:47Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Wasserman, H. (2019). Media, conflict and democratisation in Africa: Political communication by other means. Media Linguistics, 6 (4), 429–440.
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu22.2019.401
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17066
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: T﻿he link between the media and democracy is often understood in the liberal-democratic tradition
  to be self-evident. However, the relationship between the media and democracy is often
  complicated, critiqued and varies from context to context. The relationship between the media
  and democracy in established democracies in the Global North is often taken as an example
  that has universal relevance, while the specifics of the South remains under-researched. This
  paper aims to provide an illustration of how the link between media and democracy is manifested
  in some African contexts, and how political communication takes a variety of forms in
  these settings, which may not always correspond to the dominant notions of political communication
  in the Global North. First, a brief background of democratization in Africa, as well as
  the media’s role in relation to democratization processes, is provided. The paper then goes on
  to discuss the reasons why alternative forms of political communication have been emerging
  in Africa. Lastly, two examples of alternative types of political communication in Africa are
  given — firstly, the use of satire to critique hegemonic political power, and secondly, the use
  of alternative platforms to critique the mainstream media itself. Through these examples, the
  paper aims to illustrate why it is important to consider political communication on a theoretical
  level beyond the boundaries of established, liberal-democratic countries.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Media Linguistics;Volume 6; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: media
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: democracy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political communication
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: African contexts
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Media, conflict and democratisation in Africa: Political communication by other means
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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