Thanks to technological innovations and a new media environment, democratisation conflicts are highly mediatised events. EU-funded researchers studied media, conflict and politics in countries transitioning to democracy.
The project MECODEM (Media, conflict and democratisation) explored the interconnections between public communication and contentious politics during regime transformation from authoritarian rule. It advanced knowledge and understanding of conflicts in transitional societies through the study of four countries experiencing very different scenarios of democratic transition.
Further information: Public communication during times of conflict