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Title: | “A Sword of Damocles”: Media Policy, Digital Cultures, and the Discourse of Press Code Reform |
Other Titles: | International Journal of Communication |
Authors: | Iddins, Annemarie |
Keywords: | cultural digital policy |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | International Journal of Communication |
Citation: | Iddins, A. (2021). “A Sword of Damocles”: Media Policy, Digital Cultures, and the Discourse of Press Code Reform. International Journal Of Communication, 15, 19. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17262/3544 |
Abstract: | This article analyzes the evolution of media policy in Morocco, focusing on discourse surrounding 2016 revisions to Morocco’s press code. As part of a larger conservative turn in digital media policy post–Arab Spring, Moroccan authorities framed press code revisions as fulfilling commitments to the international community, adopting a more conciliatory approach than other oft-cited authoritarian states. This disparity makes it worth considering why Morocco’s new press code became the site of contentious and protracted struggle and what the policy-making process reveals about the intersection of neoliberal globalization, digital culture, and authoritarian politics. Policy analysis based on comparative reading of legal texts and discourse analysis demonstrates how the policy-making process works as a mechanism for authoritarian legitimacy on the world stage. I argue that revisions to Morocco’s press code demonstrate a reassertion of sovereign power alongside increased mechanisms for the legal and discursive distribution of responsibility to diverse stakeholders |
URI: | https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/8949 |
ISSN: | 1932-8036 |
Appears in Collections: | Documentos internacionales sobre libertad de expresión y derechos conexos |
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