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Media and democracy-Fading boundaries

Isara solutions, 2023

Media and democracy have always been closely linked, with media playing a vital role in promoting democracy by providing citizens with access to information and the ability to participate in the democratic process. However, in recent years, the boundaries between media and democracy have started to blur, creating new challenges for policymakers and stakeholders. This literature review examines the relationship between media and democracy and explores the ways in which the boundaries between the two have become less distinct. The methodology involved a comprehensive review of relevant literature on the subject, including ten studies that were selected based on their relevance, publication date, and academic rigor. The results of this study highlight the importance of addressing the challenges posed by the fading boundaries between media and democracy.

Media and Democracy: a Plural Approach

T he central theme of Mauro Porto's analysis is the political role of the media in contexts of democratic transition. His reflection is anchored in a case study of the Globo Television Network, a prominent nationwide network usually referred to as TV Globo. It is interesting to note that the history of theories on political communication runs jointly with the history of the rise of representative democracies. But lacunas still exist in the interface between communication and democracy, and the contributions of Porto's book are significant.

The Role of the Media in a Democratic Country

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences

The media is the fourth pillar of democracy after the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. Media as control over the three pillars and underpin their performance with checks and balances. to be able to perform its role should be upheld the freedom of the press in conveying public information in an honest and balanced manner. besides that also to uphold this fourth pillar, the media must also be free from capitalism and politics. Media that does not merely support the interests of the owners of capital and perpetuates political power without considering the interests of the larger society. the possibility of freedom of the press institution that is captured by the interests of capitalism and politics, encourages the spirit of citizen journalism. the term citizen journalism to explain the processing and presentation of news by citizens rather than professional journalists. journalism activities undertaken by citizens as a manifestation of aspirations and the delivery of popul...

Normative media theories: the media in the new democracies

Przegląd Politologiczny, 2016

The political changes which occurred in Central and Eastern Europe in the last decade of the 20 th century resulted in introducing democratic systems to replace authoritarian regimes. The political transformation in the region affected also freedom of speech and leeway for the media. The transformation was of an evolutionary nature, preceded by discussions and disputes over the future form of the media. At the initial stage of the changes, strict state control was required, as the government was responsible for the success of the democratic changes. Following the overthrow of the authoritarian regimes, a need emerged for sorting out the legal and institutional basis of a free media intended to be established on the basis of state-owned media, fully controlled by the political authorities and in fact assuming a single role, namely that of a propaganda machine. Normative theories of the media have become the starting point, as a collection of ideas and postulates stating that the media's mode of operation should facilitate socially desirable values. Discussions of the legal, institutional, functional as well as personal solutions related to the mass media in the new democracies referred to observations and agreements among researchers who came from systems with long democratic traditions. This paper revolves around the relation between the media and democracy, and argues that the theory of the media's social responsibility and the democratic-participant theory were the major source of inspiration for the participants of the debates about the future form of the mass media in the emerging democracies. It is worth noticing that these theories represent not only slightly different opinions on the role of the media in a democracy but they also reflect the differences in understanding the essence of democracy.

Jürgen Habermas’s Theory of the Public Sphere and its Transformation in the 21st Century

This study is embedded in Jürgen Habermas’s theory of the public sphere and its transformation in the twenty-first century. This study aims to show that the public sphere is a concept that is relevant in today’s society. With the developments in the media plane particularly in the present century, the concept shows that it can transcend its traditional limits and can be understood in another context. This study mainly utilizes the method of textual analysis and exposition in further understanding the evolution, decline and transformation of the public sphere. The first chapter contains the usual introductory part. It serves as the preface to the main discussion of the study. The second chapter is a discussion of the evolution and rise of the public sphere theory in the eighteenth-century particularly in European societies. These historical underpinnings serve as the basis of the theory. The third chapter is a discussion of the decline of the public sphere brought about by socio-political changes in the nineteenth-century. This chapter shows that the public sphere has disintegrated mainly due to the citizens’ loss of critical attitude and the manipulation that occurred in the public sphere’s medium. The fourth chapter dwells with the new configurations of the public sphere in the twenty-first century brought about by the rise of different information technologies. Lastly, the fifth chapter contains the summary and conclusion of the study. This study concludes that with the rise of different information technologies in the present century particularly with the rise of the Internet, the concept of the public sphere has not only revived but it has also been transformed as well. The study implies that the developments in the media plane can benefit the society but only through the efforts of the society as a whole as well as with the help of citizens who continuously engage in fruitful dialogue and meaningful debate. Keywords: Bourgeois, Bourgeois Constitutional State, Literary Public Sphere, Political Public Sphere, Press, Public Sphere, Rational - Critical Debate, Representative publicity, Refeudalization

Mediatization" of Politics: A Challenge for Democracy?

Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 105846099198613, 2010

ABSTRACT The growing intrusion of media into the political domain in many countries has led critics to worry about the approach of the "media-driven republic," in which mass media will usurp the functions of political institutions in the liberal state. However, close inspection of the evidence reveals that political institutions in many nations have retained their functions in the face of expanded media power. The best description of the current situation is "mediatization," where political institutions increasingly are dependent on and shaped by mass media but nevertheless remain in control of political processes and functions.