https://hmjournals.com/ijaap/index.php/JMCC/issue/feed 2026-02-27T07:35:29+00:00 Editor in Chief editorinchief.jmcc@gmail.com Open Journal Systems <p>The <strong>Journal of Media,Culture and Communication(JMCC</strong>) having <strong>ISSN: 2799-1245</strong> is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides publication of articles in all areas of Media, Culture and Communication and related disciplines. The objective of this journal is to provide a veritable platform for scientists and researchers all over the world to promote, share, and discuss a variety of innovative ideas and developments in all aspects of <strong>Media, Culture, Communication and Social Sciences.</strong></p> https://hmjournals.com/ijaap/index.php/JMCC/article/view/6097 2026-02-27T07:35:29+00:00 Mohamed Ben Fredj medbenfred@gmail.com

<p>This paper analyzes U.S. news coverage of Tunisia’s democratic trajectory between 2011 and 2024 and its connection to American foreign policy in the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. It applies corpus-assisted discourse analysis on an original collection of news articles published in the New York Times, New York Post, National Review, and Wall Street Journal during the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies. The American guardianship framework consists of three recurring patterns: Americentrism, benchmarking economic prosperity by capitalist values, and Western ownership of democratic successes. Altogether, these frames present post-2011 Tunisia as both a fragile political experiment and the region's litmus test for democratic viability. While Obama-era coverage celebrated Tunisia as a success story, Trump-era reporting criticized its economic fragility and security concerns. News coverage during Biden's mandate increasingly focused on authoritarian retrenchment under President Kaïs Saïed and the erosion of constitutional norms. By combining corpus methods with critical discourse analysis, the paper conveys how U.S. news outlets placed their respective administrations' geopolitical interests at the center of reporting on Tunisia's democratic development.</p>

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