Political struggles over media's democratic roles: A discursive-material approach

Key Points

• The presentation explores the dynamic tensions in media's role within democratic frameworks.
• Discourse analysis of media representations.
• Evaluation of regulatory frameworks in hybrid media systems.
• Assessment of algorithmic impacts on media accountability.
• Identified key tensions between media's democratic functions and regulatory practices.
• Highlighting the influence of algorithms on content diversity and accountability.
• Proposed a discursive-material approach for understanding media regulation in complex environments.