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This chapter pays special attention to the thorny process of reforming state media, from a redundant and stale institution to a provider of quality public service information. The chapter dissects the handicaps that have obstructed state media reform: practices of self–censorship, interdependency with the political sphere, and the state media’s seemingly immutable identity as guardians of the regime.
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El-Issawi, F. (2016). State Media: A Public Service?. In: Arab National Media and Political Change. The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-70915-1_5
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