LEADER 03325oam 22006134a 450 001 9910814388903321 005 20240418105622.0 010 $a9956-762-06-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000479293 035 $a(EBL)4003923 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001558198 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16183842 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001558198 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14819605 035 $a(PQKB)11406433 035 $a(OCoLC)923821438 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49269 035 $a(PPN)198682530 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88829408 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4003923 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000479293 100 $a20151005e20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn Defence of Press Freedom in Africa: An Essay$fTatah Mentan 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2015 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2015 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (96 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-762-86-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 57). 327 $aForeword -- 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. 330 $aWhen 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. 606 $aGovernment and the press$zAfrica 606 $aCensorship$zAfrica 606 $aPress and politics$zAfrica 606 $aFreedom of the press$zAfrica 615 0$aGovernment and the press 615 0$aCensorship 615 0$aPress and politics 615 0$aFreedom of the press 676 $a323.445096 700 $aMentan$b Tatah$f1948-$0616050 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814388903321 996 $aIn Defence of Press Freedom in Africa: An Essay$94124006 997 $aUNINA