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NWET KAY KHINE is a post-doctoral fellow in the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. IMPRINT ONLINE-Publikation 14/2021 is published by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Responsible: Loren Balhorn Straße der Pariser Kommune 8A · 10243 Berlin, Germany · www.rosalux.de ISSN 2567-1235 · Editorial deadline: November 2021 Editing/Proofreading: Gegensatz Translation Collective Layout/Production: MediaService GmbH Druck und Kommunikation Produced with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. This publication is the sole responsibility of the publisher. The positions expressed herein do not reflect the views of the funding agency. The publication is distributed free of charge and may not be used for electoral campaigning purposes.

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

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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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