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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-11-127-30
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.11.127.30
Language: English
Citation: Mdzinarashvili, B. (2023). Democratic Discourse, Media pluralism and the Threat of Deepening the Confrontation. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 11 (127), 249-253. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-11-127-30 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2023.11.127.30 |
Pages: 249-253
Published: 30.11.2023
Abstract: In the article Democratic Discourse, Media pluralism and the Threat of Deepening the Confrontation, the author focuses on both positive and negative aspects of media pluralism in the context of political pluralism; and, through comprehensive analysis of the post-Soviet media, illustrates preconditions of the problem and threats of deepening confrontation as a result of further process development. The article focuses on the impact of political parallelism, media agenda and framing on the political life that accompanies the depiction of the political agenda in the media. Furthermore, it shows how the media fosters the confrontational democracy first and then replaces it with accusatory democracy, which is preceded by a loss of public confidence in the political process, and which facilitates the emergence of a society of distrust. By explaining democratic discourse (the model of polarized pluralism), the author shows the desire of political elites to use media outlets as much as possible to entice the public in their favor, often encouraged by a lack of democracy and the ideology of political struggle. Taking into consideration the political and economic situations of the newly independent states, the article discusses threats and challenges that the post-Soviet and post-socialist countries face, and in the solution of which media is actively involved, but often political manipulation and instrumentalization compromise the state security. In the concluding part of the article, the author stresses out the categorical imperative of political choice - overcoming confrontation as a vital condition for the state security and media pluralism as one of the essential components of providing this security.
Key words: political pluralism, polarized pluralism, state security, media pluralism, political parallelism, media agenda.
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