CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Graham, Ian Thomas |
|---|---|
| Title | Release and Catch: Jordan's Experience with Media Capture |
| Summary | This thesis examines the use of soft power tactics by the Jordanian government to capture media during the country’s most recent period of democratic reform. Jordan has been engaged in efforts to liberalize its media system for the better part of 30 years. Most recently, international organizations like the European Union and UNESCO have pledged tens of millions of dollars as well as technical assistance to support media reforms that had initially been instigated by the Jordanian government in the wake of the Arab Spring in 2011. Despite ongoing assistance for reform and the disappearance of various forms of hard censorship, journalists inside Jordan report that media freedom and independence is rapidly declining. Drawing on interviews with Jordanian journalists and media analysts, this thesis highlights how media liberalization in Jordan has proceeded hand in hand with the rise of a new soft-censorship that relies on regulatory capture and financial manipulation. |
| Supervisor | Dragomir, Marius |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/graham_ian.pdf |
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