@article{2014:hafez:radikale_p,
title = {Radikale Polarisierung im Arabischen Frühling: Aufstieg und Niedergang der Medienfreiheit in Ägypten},
year = {2014},
note = {The article seeks to analyze both the achievements and failures of the
Egyptian public sphere based on the theory of comparative media
systems and transformation theory. The fact that new military rulers
introduced harsh censorship proves that media are vulnerable to
political manipulation. However, the reasons for the regression of the
Egyptian media system are manifold. Media capital, largely
concentrated in the hands of old elites, exerted pressure against the
democratic transformation. During the Arab spring transition,
radically polarized media and publics abandoned the basis of the
democratic consensus and pluralist public spheres. The journalistic
profession, as well as audiences can be considered co-responsible for
the neo-authoritarian downswing of the public sphere that followed the
military coup.},
journal = {S&F Sicherheit und Frieden},
pages = {254--259},
author = {Hafez, Kai},
volume = {32},
number = {4}
}