LEADER 04911nam 2200685 450 001 9910812824603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9966-031-59-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000602909 035 $a(EBL)1996459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001459427 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12647538 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001459427 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11463980 035 $a(PQKB)10711216 035 $a(OCoLC)908071730 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1996459 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11040233 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL753157 035 $a(OCoLC)908097257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1996459 035 $a(PPN)198682298 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000602909 100 $a20150417h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMedia and the common good $eperspectives on media, democracy, and responsibility /$feditors, Chaacha Mwita, Luis G. Franceschi 210 1$aNairobi, Kenya ;$aDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania ;$aKampala, Uganda :$cLawAfrica :$cStrathmore University,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (183 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9966-7384-8-7 311 $a1-336-21871-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aCover; TItle page; Copyright page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; GLOBALISATION: ITS IMPACT ON THE AFRICAN NATIONS' MEDIA SYSTEMS - THE CASE OF KENYA; SUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; 2.0.1 Television, Radio, Press, the Internet and the Regulatory Frameworks; 2.0.2 The Transnational Media; 2.0.3 Multinational Corporations and Corporatisation9 of the Media; 2.1 THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS; 2.1.1 The Traditionalist Account; 2.1.2 The Hyperglobalist Account; 2.1.3 The Transformationalist Account; 3.0 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; 4.0 THE PUBLIC MEDIA 327 $a5.0 THE PRIVATE MEDIA6.0 THE COMMUNITY MEDIA; 7.0 NEW TECHNOLOGIES; 8.0 CONCLUSION; 9.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY; ETHICAL JOURNALISM: INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY; SUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 JANUS-FACED JOURNALISTS; 3.0 MEDIA POWER; 4.0 THE 'MEDIAPOLIS'; 4.0.1 Powerful Media but Powerless Journalists?; 5.0 ETHICAL THINKING AND ACTION; 6.0 AXIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; 7.0 THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT; 8.0 FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY; 9.0 HUMAN CONDUCT; 10.0 OBSTACLES TO ETHICAL JOURNALISM; 11.0 IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO; 12.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY 327 $aMEDIA AND THE COMMON GOOD: SEEKING THE TRUTH AND REPORTING ITSUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 WHAT IS TRUTH?; 3.0 RELATIVISM: A SELF-DEFEATING PHILOSOPHY; 4.0 SEEKING THE TRUTH; 5.0 INDEPENDENT MEDIA; 6.0 CONCLUSION; 7.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY; FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA IN KENYA; SUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION - HISTORICAL VIGNETTES ON INTERPLAY BETWEEN MEDIA FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY; 1.0.1 John Adams, Tom Paine and "Common Sense"; 1.0.2 But how Free a Free Press?; 1.0.3 Freedom of the Press v Treason - The Interest of Constitutional Government 327 $a1.0.4 Freedom of the Press v Sedition - Exciting Disaffection against a Particular Government1.0.5 Freedom of the Press v Irresponsibility - Hate Propaganda, Ethnic Chauvinism, Deliberate Distortion; 2.0 BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE JURISTIC ISSUES CIRCUMSCRIBING THE FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA; 2.0.1 Justification for Freedom of the Media; 2.0.2 Limitations to the Freedom of the Media; 3.0 SITUATION IN KENYA: PREFACE TO THE KENYA COMMUNICATIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008; 3.0.1 Kenya's Constitution and Constitutional Media History; 3.0.1.1 The Media Council, Code of Conduct and Draft Media Policy 327 $a4.0 CONCLUSION: THE WAY FORWARD5.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE MEDIA, TRUTH AND HUMAN DIGNITY; SUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 WHAT IS JOURNALISM?; 3.0 WHAT IS THE TRUTH?; 4.0 WHY SEEK THE TRUTH?; 5.0 WHO REPORTS TO WHOM?; 6.0 THE MEDIA AND HUMAN DIGNITY; 7.0 PROFESSIONALISM AND CODES OF ETHICS; 7.0.1 Objectivity; 7.0.2 Sources; 7.0.2.1 Accuracy and Standards for Factual Reporting; 7.0.2.2 Slander and libel considerations; 7.0.2.3 Harm limitation principle; 8.0 A MODEL FOR THE KENYAN MEDIA; 9.0 CONCLUSION; 10.0 BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE MEDIA AND RESPONSIBILITY; SUMMARY; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 PRESS FREEDOM 327 $a3.0 THE KENYAN CASE 606 $aMass media$xLaw and legislation$zKenya 606 $aFreedom of the press$zKenya 606 $aJournalistic ethics$zKenya 615 0$aMass media$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aFreedom of the press 615 0$aJournalistic ethics 676 $a342.67620853 702 $aMwita$b Chaacha 702 $aFranceschi$b Luis G. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812824603321 996 $aMedia and the common good$93985134 997 $aUNINA