Opinion: as we saw in Harare last week and Argentina, Uganda and Chile previously, the media have long been targeted in attempts to seize power by members of military forces
“In times of a perceived social media dominance of communication formats, traditional state-run media have particular relevance during a coup.”
Our PhD candidate Muireann Prendergast (School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics) explains why on RTÉ’s Brainstorm: www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2017/1120/921401-media-and-the-military/