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ONLINE-PUBLIKATION By Nwet Kay Khine The Repression and Erosion of Independent Media in Myanmar Since the Military Coup

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The Repression and Erosion of Independent Media in Myanmar Since the Military Coup

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English

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Disinformation
Information Operation
Military Coup

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Nwet Kay Khine

Date Published: Nov 1, 2021

Abstract: The resilience of Myanmar’s military regime since 1962 has largely been attributable to its institutional capacity to maintain control over repressive and ideological state apparatus (ISA). Since the coup of 1 February 2021, military leaders have been employing the usual tactics of fusing repressive and ideological state apparatus to suppress the social movement. Authoritarian survival in Myanmar has always been possible through the inherited legal and policy tools — tools which have never guaranteed an independent check on power nor the defence of human rights. This paper argues that an insufficient willingness for media reform under the two previous governments has led to the institutional defect that undermines media resilience in the post-coup political crisis. Despite the people of Myanmar being able to enjoy advancements in communication technology that have provided an enabling environment for the flow of revolutionary ideas, the existing hegemony of the State in the media sector has almost eliminated independent and free media organizations.

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