Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Contents

List of Figures vii List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Media and Democracy in the Age of Globalization 1 Patrick D. Murphy PART I. REGIONAL TRENDS IN MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY 1 Media Independence and Pluralism in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges of Democratization and Liberalization 15 Isaac A. Blankson 2 Vestiges of Authoritarianism: Monopoly Broadcasting in Central America 35 Rick Rockwell 3 Emerging Media Transformations in the New Europe: Past and Future Challenges 51 Noemi Marin and Laura Lengel v Contents PART II. STATE CONTROL, LIBERALIZATION, AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM 4 An Awakening in Cambodia: From Failed State to a Media-Rich Society 77 Drew O. McDaniel 5 First Democracy in Chinese History: Media’s Role in the Democratization of Taiwan 99 Kuldip R. Rampal 6 Nigeria: Equivocating while Opening the Broadcast Liberalization Gates 123 Chuka Onwumechili 7 Media, the State, and the Prodemocracy Movement in Iran 143 Mehdi Semati 8 Transformations and Development of the Korean Broadcasting Media 161 Doobo Shim and Dal Yong Jin PART III. TELEVISION, RADIO, GLOBALIZATION, AND DEMOCRACY 9 Reality Television, Politics, and Democratization in the Arab World 179 Marwan M. Kraidy 10 Democracy Sponsored by NAFTA? Mexican Television in the Free Trade Era 199 Kenton T. Wilkinson 11 First Green Is Always Gold: An Examination of the First Private National Channel in Bulgaria 219 Elza Ibroscheva and Maria Raicheva-Stover 12 Globalization and the Privatization of Radio in Greece: Influences, Issues and Consequences 239 Judy Rene Sims Notes on the Editors and Contributors 259 Index 265 NEGOTIATING DEMOCRACY vi ...