LEADER 03533nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910457840203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-22732-0 010 $a9786613227324 010 $a9956-717-44-4 010 $a9956-717-81-9 010 $a9956-717-07-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051363 035 $a(EBL)1135245 035 $a(OCoLC)830165539 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646685 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12311339 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646685 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10703358 035 $a(PQKB)11265791 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135245 035 $a(OCoLC)759158892 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21931 035 $a(PPN)187344574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135245 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493927 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL322732 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051363 100 $a20110928d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMass media & democratisation in Cameroon in the early 1990s$b[electronic resource] /$fFrancis B. Nyamnjoh 210 $aMankon, Bamenda $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-717-18-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One - Multiparty-ism in Cameroon; Chapter Two - The Official Media; CRTV and the Democratic Process; CRTV and Anglophone Journalism of Liberation; Cameroon Tribune, SOPECAM and the democratic process; The Official Media and Opposition Politics; Chapter Three - The Legal Framework; Critical Analysis of the Press Law; The Law as interpreted by Government; The Law as Interpreted by the Press; Justifications for Censorship by MINAT; The Law and the Newspaper Vendor; Chapter Four - The Private Press 327 $aThe Private Press and the Journalism of Excesses Lack of Professionalism and Adequate Organisation; On the Proliferation of Newspapers; Democracy: Victim of a Sectarian Press?; Journalists and their Problems: Self Diagnosis; After the National Forum on Communication: What Next?; Chapter Five - General Conclusion; What Role have the Media Played in the Current Democratic Process?; How Best Could the Media Contribute to Democratization?; References; Back cover 330 $aIn the on-going democratic debate, the Cameroonian media have not played the role of objective mediators. A one-party logic, of which government, opposition and the public are guilty, has prevented Cameroonian multiparty-ism from addressing the major issue: that of how best to bring about real participatory democracy. So far, democracy has served mainly as a face powder, an empty concept or slogan devoid of concrete meaning used to justify reactionary propaganda by the ruling party and its acolytes on the one hand, and revolutionary propaganda by the opposition and some pressure groups on the 606 $aMass media$zCameroon 606 $aDemocratization$zCameroon 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMass media 615 0$aDemocratization 676 $a302.23096711 700 $aNyamnjoh$b Francis B.$f1961-$0858938 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457840203321 996 $aMass media & democratisation in Cameroon in the early 1990s$92037904 997 $aUNINA