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Press Freedom in Africa: Comparative perspectives book cover

1st Edition

Press Freedom in Africa Comparative perspectives

Edited By Herman Wasserman Copyright 2013
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge
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This book gives an overview of current debates surrounding press freedom in Africa in response to ongoing contestations between media and governments on the continent. Through case studies of individual African countries as well as international comparisons, a wide range of global contributors provide critical assessments of the state of press freedom on the continent and critical perspectives on... Read more

Foreword: Press Freedom in a "Game" of Interests Francis B. Nyamnjoh

1. Press Freedom in Africa: Discourses, debates, controversies Herman Wasserman

2. South African media in comparative perspective Colin Sparks

3. Growing pains in the development of a free press in Africa and Asia: A comparative analysis – South Africa and India Jiafei Yin

4. Best practice in media self-regulation: A three-way test to avoid selective borrowing and ad hoc transplants Guy Berger

5. Development journalism revived: The case of Ethiopia Terje S. Skjerdal

6. Going back to the crossroads: Visions of a democratic media future at the dawn of the new South Africa Gabriël J. Botma

7. The ANC’s poverty of strategy on media accountability Jane Duncan

8. Whose freedom? South Africa’s press, middle-class bias and the threat of control Steven Friedman

9. The present is another country: A comment on the 2010 media freedom debate Peter D. McDonald

Biography

Herman Wasserman is Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. He has published widely on media in post-apartheid South Africa and edits the journal Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies.

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