Limited guarantees of civil liberties can therefore also be positioned as a constraint
on not only the level of media development but also the potential for demonstrable
effects in relation to media diffusion and use. Reciprocally, more democratic societies
with greater guarantees of civil liberties are theoretically more likely to demonstrate
political change as a result of media development because of greater information
flows and more vital, accessible discursive public spheres that are engendered by
functional democracies