In defence of press freedom in Africa : an essay /
When Africa stumbled into independence in the 1960s, the blossoming of newspapers of nearly every political persuasion was widely hailed as a critical stepping stone toward true multiparty democracy. However, rather than marking a clean break with an authoritarian past, the era of multiparty politic...
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Mankon, Cameroon :
Langaa Research & Publishing CIG,
[2015]
[Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Principles of journalism
- African political systems
- Propaganda and censorship
- A statement of concern
- 1. The media context
- 2. Why does freedom of the press matter?
- 3. Patterns of repression
- 4. Whose failures?
- 5. Conclusion : press censorship and social equilibrium
- Appendix. My final statement of shared purpose.
