Tunisian media under the authoritarian structure of ben ali’s regime and after

Abstract

The Arab world has witnessed in the 1990s and the 2000s the emergence of a new and progressively competitive private audiovisual sector. In Tunisia, national media in general, and broadcasting in particular, has been reformed in a specific way. The ‘demonopolization’ of the broadcasting system showed how former president Ben Ali has had a patrimonial relationship vis-à-vis Tunisian media.