Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media

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Autor(a) principal: Burrett, Tina
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v5i2.831
Resumo: This article investigates the media context of Myanmar’s recent political reforms and transition of power. Drawing on interviews with 57 Yangon-based media professionals, the article analyzes the media’s role as both an agent and subject of political change as Myanmar prepared for parliamentary elections in November 2015. It asks to what extent changes in the Myanmar media system adhere to existing theories of the media’s role in the democratization process. Specifically, the article analyzes the features and functions of Myanmar’s media during the country’s liberalization from 2010 to 2015. The article concludes by assessing what Myanmar’s experience adds to our theoretical understanding of the media’s transformation during liberalization.
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title Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
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Burrett, Tina
Burma; democratization; freedom of the press; journalism; liberalization; media; Myanmar; reform; transition
title_short Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
title_full Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
title_fullStr Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
title_full_unstemmed Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
title_sort Mixed Signals: Democratization and the Myanmar Media
author Burrett, Tina
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topic Burma; democratization; freedom of the press; journalism; liberalization; media; Myanmar; reform; transition
description This article investigates the media context of Myanmar’s recent political reforms and transition of power. Drawing on interviews with 57 Yangon-based media professionals, the article analyzes the media’s role as both an agent and subject of political change as Myanmar prepared for parliamentary elections in November 2015. It asks to what extent changes in the Myanmar media system adhere to existing theories of the media’s role in the democratization process. Specifically, the article analyzes the features and functions of Myanmar’s media during the country’s liberalization from 2010 to 2015. The article concludes by assessing what Myanmar’s experience adds to our theoretical understanding of the media’s transformation during liberalization.
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