03274oam 22005894a 450 991046110860332120210206003649.09956-762-06-7(CKB)3710000000479293(EBL)4003923(SSID)ssj0001558198(PQKBManifestationID)16183842(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001558198(PQKBWorkID)14819605(PQKB)11406433(MiAaPQ)EBC4003923(OCoLC)923821438(MdBmJHUP)muse49269(PPN)198682530(EXLCZ)99371000000047929320151005e20152015 uy 0engtxtccrIn Defence of Press Freedom in Africa: An EssayTatah MentanBaltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2015Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2015©20151 online resource (96 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9956-762-86-5 Includes bibliographical references (page 57).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.When Africa stumbled into independence in the 1960's, 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 politics in Africa has been a time of increased hardship and repression for journalists who dare criticize powerful incumbents. Media repression continues to rise. After decades of retreat, authoritarian regimes are using social media and other sophisticated systems in a new era of repression to thwart democracy and trample human rights. For consecutive decades, the state of freedom has declined - more people in more places face more repression. While systemic torture in war-torn Somalia and the return of a military dictatorship in Egypt captured headlines, there is also widespread, insidious and 21st-century style surveillance elsewhere with abuse or imprisonment or both of political activists. For the media to play its role as priests of democracy, Tatah Mentan maintains that media freedom must be rigorously defended as integral to the democratic way of life.Government and the pressAfricaCensorshipAfricaPress and politicsAfricaFreedom of the pressAfricaElectronic books.Government and the pressCensorshipPress and politicsFreedom of the press323.445096Mentan Tatah1948-616050MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910461108603321In Defence of Press Freedom in Africa: An Essay1973563UNINA