“Compulsory Prison For All”: An Ironically Proposed Rite of Passage in a Postcommunist Country
“Compulsory Prison For All”: An Ironically Proposed Rite of Passage in a Postcommunist Country
Author(s): Radu Silaghi-DumitrescuSubject(s): Media studies, Civil Society, Military policy, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: University of Lincoln and World Experience Campus Foundation
Keywords: compulsory prison; anticorruption; Romania; compulsory military service; television; rite of passage;
Summary/Abstract: A recent expansion of anticorruption campaigns in Romania finds such media coverage, that parts of the society appear to be oversaturated. Together with doubts raised on the legitimacy of several of the higher-profile cases put forth by the prosecutors, this has led to an ironic public proposal that prison terms be compulsory for all citizens as a means of public education – in an arguably kafkian parallel to the concept of compulsory military service.
Journal: Journal of Media Critiques
- Issue Year: 3/2017
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 51-58
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English