Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government

The research assesses media freedom or media sustainability and politics in 37 Muslim majority countries. Media sustainability is measured using the International Researches and Exchange Board (IREX) score whereas political regime is measured using the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democrac...

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Main Author: Moniruzzaman, Md.
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Language:English
Published: Medwell Publishers 2018
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spelling iium-591572018-07-04T03:50:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59157/ Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government Moniruzzaman, Md. JA Political science (General) The research assesses media freedom or media sustainability and politics in 37 Muslim majority countries. Media sustainability is measured using the International Researches and Exchange Board (IREX) score whereas political regime is measured using the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy. The analysis indicates that three countries fall in the unsustainable media category; about 20 countries fall in the “unsustainable mixed system” of media. However, another set of eight countries are characterized as “near sustainability” category. None of the countries studied has an average score to enable it to be in the “sustainable” category. Medwell Publishers 2018-01-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59157/1/Media%20and%20Politics%20The%20Social%20Science%2013%20%281%29%202017.pdf Moniruzzaman, Md. (2018) Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government. The Social Sciences, 13 (1). pp. 70-79. ISSN 1818-5800 http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=sscience.2018.70.79 10.3923/sscience.2018.70.79
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Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
description The research assesses media freedom or media sustainability and politics in 37 Muslim majority countries. Media sustainability is measured using the International Researches and Exchange Board (IREX) score whereas political regime is measured using the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy. The analysis indicates that three countries fall in the unsustainable media category; about 20 countries fall in the “unsustainable mixed system” of media. However, another set of eight countries are characterized as “near sustainability” category. None of the countries studied has an average score to enable it to be in the “sustainable” category.
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author Moniruzzaman, Md.
author_facet Moniruzzaman, Md.
author_sort Moniruzzaman, Md.
title Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
title_short Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
title_full Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
title_fullStr Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
title_full_unstemmed Media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and Illiberal government
title_sort media and politics in the muslim world:unfriendly relationship between press freedom and illiberal government
publisher Medwell Publishers
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/59157/
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