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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 reconfig

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Katrin Voltmer · Christian Christensen Irene Neverla · Nicole Stremlau Barbara Thomass · Nebojša Vladisavljević Herman Wasserman

Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change

Katrin Voltmer  •  Christian Christensen Irene Neverla  •  Nicole Stremlau Barbara Thomass Nebojša Vladisavljević • Herman Wasserman Editors

Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change Case Studies on Contested Transitions

Editors Katrin Voltmer University of Leeds Leeds, UK

Christian Christensen Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden

Irene Neverla University of Hamburg Hamburg, Germany

Nicole Stremlau University of Oxford Oxford, UK

Barbara Thomass Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum, Germany Herman Wasserman University of Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa

University of Johannesburg Johannesburg, South Africa Nebojša Vladisavljević University of Belgrade Belgrade, Serbia

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Acknowledgements

The findings presented in this book are based on an international research project—Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM)—that was funded by the European Union’s Framework Seven Programme (grant agreement no. 613370), 2014–2017. We are grateful for this generous support that enabled us to conduct extended fieldwork with a group of scholars from seven countries—Egypt, Germany, Kenya, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden and the United