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The media of Tunisia is an economic sector. Under the authoritarian regimes of Habib Bourguiba, and then Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, it saw periods of liberalization and then challenges, notably due to Tunisian censorship. The 2010-2011 Tunisian protests and the subsequent change in government may bring significant change in this domain.


In 2007, the Tunisian government's Website counted 245 daily newspapers and reviews, grown from 91 in 1987.[1] These are in large part (90%) owned by private groups and individuals, with much of the press dominated by discussion of government matters. On April 29, 2011, the Minister of the Interior announced authorization was granted to 51 new newspapers and reviews published since the beginning of the revolution.[2]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Legislation


  • 3 Print media

    • 3.1 General publications


    • 3.2 News magazines


    • 3.3 Magazines on economic affairs


    • 3.4 Political press


    • 3.5 Niche publications


    • 3.6 Defunct publications



  • 4 Plagiarism


  • 5 Radio and television

    • 5.1 Television


    • 5.2 Radio



  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 Bibliography




History[edit]




Headquarters of the newspaper La Presse de Tunisie in Tunis


The first daily newspaper printed in Tunisia appeared on July 22, 1860 under the name Arra'id Attunisi, calling itself "The official journal of the Tunisian Republic", founded by the ruler of that period, Sadok Bey.[3] The anti-Arab attacks by the Colonial Party and its Editor in Chief, Victor de Carnières, pushed Tunisian intellectuals to launch Le Tunisien in 1907, the first newspaper in the French language in Tunisia, with the aim of influencing the authorities of the Protectorate of Tunisia and French public opinion.


Starting from that date, the number of French-language titles grew to reach 41 in 1956, while the Arab-language press counted 288 titles by that year.[4] At the beginning of 1991, there were six French language dailies, and nine in Arabic; there were 140 weeklies — 45 in French — and 160 monthly publications.[5]


Tunisian political parties had the right to publish their own newspapers but those of the political opposition were only published intermittently.[6] Faced with this situation, in 1991 the government issued a grant of 30,000 Tunisian dinars to each of the parties. Other assistance was also provided to cover other expenses (paper, postage, and so on), but appeared to be granted under unclear criteria.[6] In a decree amending the law in 1999 relating to public financing of political parties, the government allocated a grant of 120,000 dinars to political party publications and 30,000 dinars to other periodicals. These mechanisms constituted a pressure tactic that the government could use on newspapers that expressed too much criticism of the regime.



Legislation[edit]


The Code de la presse de 1975 was revised on August 2, 1988, on July 23, 1993, and on May 3, 2001. It notably banned publications that disturbed public order or "defamed" the authorities, even if the allegations had been proven.[7] The crime of "defaming public order" was removed from legislation, as was the administrative formality of preemptive filing of newspapers with the Minister of the Interior before publication, on May 27, 2005.


Freedom of the press is guaranteed by the Constitution of Tunisia, although in practice, it has been usual for publications to follow the government line without a critical perspective, and to report the activities of the president, the government and the ruling party, based on dispatches issued by the government Tunis Afrique Presse. This agency has in the past examined some of the subjects "not to the liking of the government." A report by the UN Human Rights Committee in 2000 showed that despite the 188 titles in the Tunisian press, it was marked by its "uniformity of tone". This was recognized by the President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Prime Minister Hamed Karoui[8] without introducing significant change. According to Lise Garon, the press followed "an imperious demand to show a smooth image to the outside world", resulting in a kind of "internal unanimity".[9]


All newspapers and magazines, comprising opposition publications, can benefit from advertising revenue, whether public or private enterprise. However, La Presse de Tunisie, owned by a public company (Société nouvelle d'impression, de presse et d'édition), has held a virtual monopoly, including with respect to Arab-language publications.[10]



Print media[edit]




General publications[edit]































































































































TitleFoundedAppearsLanguageOwnership

Tunisialive
April, 2011
online
English
Global Productions

Tunisia Daily
May, 2001
online
French / English
Tn Daily Press Editing (since 2001)

Tunis Afrique Presse
January 1, 1961
online
Arabic / French / English


African Manager
Unknown
online
Arabic / French / English


Akhbar Achabab
October 4, 1997
Weekly
Arabic
Dar Al Irada

Akhbar Al Joumhouria
October 13, 1990
Weekly
Arabic
Akhbar Média

Al Adhouaa
1978
Weekly
Arabic
Maison Al Adhouaa d'édition, de presse et de distribution

Al Akhbar
April 1984
Weekly
Arabic
Dar Tunis Hebdo

Al Ahd
November 3, 1993
Weekly
Arabic
Nabil El Bradei

Al Anwar
August 16, 1981
Weekly
Arabic
Dar Anwar

Al Chourouk
1987
Daily
Arabic
Dar Anwar

Al Mouharrer
August 2, 2011
Daily
Arabic
Abderrahman Bahloul

Al Moussawar
October 4, 1985
Weekly
Arabic
Dar Anwar

Al Ousboui

Weekly
Arabic
Dar Assabah

Assabah
February 1, 1951
Daily
Arabic
Dar Assabah

Essahafa
January 1989
Daily
Arabic
Société nouvelle d'impression, de presse et d'édition

Essarih
January 3, 1995
Daily
Arabic
Dar Al Irada

L'Expert
April 1996
Daily
French and Arabic
Dar Al Khabir

La Presse de Tunisie
March 12, 1936
Daily
French
Société nouvelle d'impression, de presse et d'édition

Le Quotidien
April 6, 2001
Daily
French

Dar Anwar

Le Temps
June 1, 1975
Daily
French

Dar Assabah

Sabah Al Khair
April 28, 1987
Weekly
Arabic
Dar Assabah

Tunis Hebdo
24 September 1973
Weekly
French
Dar Tunis Hebdo

Tunivisions
1997
Monthly
French
Media Visions Editing (since 2006)


News magazines[edit]












TitleFoundedAppearsLanguageOwnership

Réalités /
Haqaieq
January 1979
Weekly
French and Arabic
Maghreb Média


Magazines on economic affairs[edit]






















TitleFoundedAppearsLanguageOwnership

L'Économiste maghrébin
May 2, 1990
Bimonthly
French


Le Manager
1996
Monthly
French and Arabic


La Tunisie économique
1985
Monthly
French


Political press[edit]















































TitleFoundedAppearsLanguageDetails

Al Mawkif
May 12, 1984
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Parti démocrate progressiste

Al Wahda
October 10, 1981
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Parti de l'unité populaire

Attariq Al Jadid
October 7, 1981
Weekly
Arabic
Published by mouvement Ettajdid

Mouwatinoun
January 15, 2007
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Forum démocratique pour le travail et les libertés

Al Fallah
May 14, 1993
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Union tunisienne de l'agriculture et de la pêche

Al Bayane
November 14, 1977
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Union tunisienne de l'industrie, du commerce et de l'artisanat

Echaâb
May 1, 1959
Weekly
Arabic
Published by Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail

Tunis Al Khadhra
March 20, 1976
Bimonthly
Arabic
Published by Union tunisienne de l'agriculture et de la pêche


Niche publications[edit]


  • Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis

  • Archives des Instituts Pasteur de l'Afrique du Nord

  • Les Cahiers de Tunisie

  • Revue tunisienne de géographie

  • Revue tunisienne de sciences sociales

  • La Tunisie médicale

  • Il Corriere di Tunisi


Defunct publications[edit]



  • Le Tunisien (1907–1912)

  • Ennasnés

  • La Dépêche tunisienne


  • L'Action tunisienne / El Amal (1932–1988)


  • Erraï (1977–1987)


  • Le Renouveau / Al Horria (1988–2011)


  • L'Observateur / El Moulahedh (1993–2011)


  • L'Audace (1994–2001)


  • L'Expression (2007–2009)


  • Tunis-Socialiste (1921-?)


Plagiarism[edit]


The institutional Tunisian press is frequently accused by large international newspapers of plagiarism. There have been incidents where print publications have been found to have translated and published material taken from blogs and other online authors, without seeking permission.[11][12][13]



Radio and television[edit]


Audiovisual media has long been under the domination of the Établissement de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Tunisienne (ERTT) and its predecessor, Radiodiffusion-télévision tunisienne, founded in 1957. The President of Tunisia, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali announced on November 7, 2006 the splitting up of the organization on August 31, 2007 into separate entities that would oversee Tunisian television broadcasting and Tunisian radio broadcasting.



Television[edit]



The Établissement de la télévision tunisienne manages the public television stations (Watanya 1 and Watanya 2 which replaced the defunct RTT 2). Since government policy changes in 2003, the television industry has been opened up to the private sector. This resulted in two new channels on Tunisian television: Hannibal TV, Nessma and Nessma EU, and after the Tunisian Revolution several new private channels founded as El-Hiwar Ettounsy, Tunisna, TWT, TT1, Zitouna, Alinsen, Aljanoubia, TNN Tunisia News Network, Tsport, AlQalam, AlMutawasit and Elhiwar Ettounsi.


Television in Tunisia reaches 94% of households. The dominant platform in the market is free satellite, though terrestrial platform reaches around 15% of the households.



Radio[edit]


See also: List of radio stations in Africa: Tunisia

The Établissement de la radio tunisienne manages four national public radio stations: (Radio Tunis, Radio Tunisie Culture, Radio Jeunes and RTCI). It also manages five regional stations: Sfax, Monastir, Gafsa, Tataouine and Le Kef.


The majority of radio broadcasts are in Arabic, but some are in French. In 2003, a process of opening the radio industry to the private sector began. Since then, private radio stations have started broadcasting in Tunisia: Mosaïque FM, Jawhara FM, Zitouna FM, Shems FM and Express FM and after the Tunisian Revolution several new private stations founded as Mines FM (Sawt Elmanajem), Kalima FM and Oasis FM.



See also[edit]



  • Internet in Tunisia

  • Telecommunications in Tunisia

  • Cinema of Tunisia


References[edit]




  1. ^ (in French) Presse et communication en Tunisie (Tunisie.com) Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ (in French) « 63 nouveaux partis politiques, 66 refusés et 49 demandes en instance », Business News, 29 avril 2011


  3. ^ (in French) Tunisie (Arab Press Network) Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine.


  4. ^ (in French) Aux sources de l'édition arabophone en Tunisie Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. par Jamel Zran


  5. ^ Yves Lacoste et Camille Lacoste-Dujardin [sous la dir. de], L'état du Maghreb, éd. La Découverte, Paris, 1991, p. 410 ISBN 2707120146


  6. ^ ab Gilles Kraemer, La presse francophone en Méditerranée : regain et perspectives, éd. Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris, 2001, pp. 164-165


  7. ^ Gilles Kraemer, op. cit., p. 158


  8. ^ Gilles Kraemer, op. cit., pp. 43-44


  9. ^ Gilles Kraemer, op. cit., p. 186


  10. ^ Gilles Kraemer, op. cit., p. 61


  11. ^ (in French) Oualid Chine, « Tunisie : la presse imprimée piégée sur le web », Tekiano, 2 juillet 2009


  12. ^ (in French) Presse sportive en Tunisie : du plagiat au manque de professionnalisme... (Espérance sportive de Tunis)


  13. ^ (in French) Nizar Bahloul, « Tunisie : Rafâa Dekhil à la recherche de lendemains prospères pour la presse électronique », Business News, 3 décembre 2008




Bibliography[edit]



  • "Tunisia", Freedom of the Press, USA: Freedom House, 2016, OCLC 57509361 








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