Emerging media and press freedoms as determinants of nonviolent and violent political conflicts, 1990–2006
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
International Communication Gazette
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Abstract
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. Using aggregate-level data, this study compares instances of intrastate political conflict that occurred in both nonviolent and violent forms. Specifically, analyses presented in this study examine the relationships that exist between diffusion rates of emerging media and enhanced press freedoms in countries that experienced differing types of conflicts from 1990 through 2006. Through a series of analytic models, the results observed here indicate that higher levels of emerging media and press freedoms are better predictors of nonviolent—as opposed to violent—conflict. Findings from this study thus bridge an important gap in the literature between communication and political science research in establishing linkages between emerging media technologies and press freedoms and their interconnections with nonviolent and violent political conflict. Implications for related interdisciplinary fields are discussed.
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ISSN
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Volume
79
Issue
4
First Page
335
Last Page
356
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
Comparative politics, democratic change, emerging media, nonviolent conflict, press freedom, violent conflict
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Recommended Citation
Groshek, Jacob and Christensen, Britt, "Emerging media and press freedoms as determinants of nonviolent and violent political conflicts, 1990–2006" (2017). All Works. 1451.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1451
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yes
Open Access
no