ABSTRACT
Much of the writing on democratic transitions seeks to capture the essence of the relationship between media change and social change and to develop a general framework for analyzing it. However, there is currently no unanimity in the literature on the relationship between mass communications and social change. The issues of whether mass media lead or follow change, whether they mirror or mould society, and whether they should be conceptualized as agents of social change or of the status quo are yet to be resolved.
