50 Years of Journalism

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50 Years of Journalism

• African Media since Ghanas Independence
• By Ramotsamai Khunyeli
• G08k3853

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Recurrent Themes

• Focus of the book
• Colonial, postcolonial and post-independence
  media systems.
• Different African regions
• Historical and socio-economic circumstances

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Colonial Media Systems

• Militant role of the media.
• Ideological and political instrument.
• Sole mass medium of resistance.

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Postcolonial Media Systems

• After independence
• Media role change to social and development.
• Instrument of new political systems.
• Small politicised publications.
• Foreign investments cause competition.

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Postcolonial Media Systems (continued)

• Medias development role undermined.
• Governments response.
• Dictatorship
• Social and economic crises.

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Postcolonial Media Systems (continued2)

• Social
• Civil wars and strife.
• Africas image.
• Lack of protests.
• Economic
• Colonial-type economic structures.
• Corruption.
• Media personnel.

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Postcolonial Media Systems (continued3)

• Private presss devotion.
• Foundations of struggle.

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Post-independence Media Systems

• 1980s
• Constitutional reforms.
• Legal guarantees and regulatory frameworks.
• Journalistic organisations/groupings.
• Professional identity.
• Collective demand.
• Difficulties experienced.
• Markets without customers.

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Looking Ahead

• Long way
• Least served people.
• Advancing democracy and development.
• Conducive environment.
• Governments and free media.
• Positives
• Sensitizer
• Public service

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Looking Ahead (continued)

• Laws as media enabling mechanisms.
• Sabas peer review systems.
• Internal content exchange.