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Tunisian Media under the Authoritarian Structure of Ben Ali’s Regime and After

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National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries

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The Arab world has witnessed in the 1990s and the 2000s the emergence of a new and progressively competitive private audiovisual sector. In Tunisia, national media in general, and broadcasting in particular, has been reformed in a specific way. The ‘demonopolization’ of the broadcasting system showed how former president Ben Ali has had a patrimonial relationship vis-à-vis Tunisian media.

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  1. Blanquerna Communication School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain

    Joan Barata (Professor of Communication Law and Vice Dean of International Relations)

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  1. Laboratory of Communication and Politics at CNRS, University of Clermont-Ferrand and Researcher, France

    Tourya Guaaybess (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Barata, J. (2013). Tunisian Media under the Authoritarian Structure of Ben Ali’s Regime and After. In: Guaaybess, T. (eds) National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137301932_9

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