The quest for press freedom : one hundred years of history of the media in Ethiopia / / Meseret Chekol Reta

• Autore: Reta Meseret Chekol
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.44/50963
• Soggetto topico: Mass media - Ethiopia
• Soggetto geografico: Ethiopia History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- General Introduction -- Part One. THE MEDIA IN THE PRE-OCCUPATION AND OCCUPATION PERIODS (1901-1941) -- Chapter One. The Transition from Traditional to Modern Forms of Mass Communication -- Chapter Two. The Media during the Reign of Emperor Menelik II -- Chapter Three. The Media during the Pre-Occupation Period (1913-1936) -- Chapter Four. The Media during the Occupation Period (1936-1941) -- Part Two. THE POST-OCCUPATION PERIOD: INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE MEDIA (1941-1974) -- Introduction -- Chapter Five. The Print Media -- Chapter Six. Hurdles against Professionalism -- Chapter Seven. Broadcast Media -- Chapter Eight. The Ethiopian News Agency -- Chapter Nine. Legal and Administrative Controls over the Press -- Chapter Ten. The Media in the Last Days of the Monarchy -- Part Three. THE MEDIA IN THE ERA OF REVOLUTION (1974-1991) -- Introduction -- Chapter Eleven. Print Media -- Chapter Twelve. Broadcast Media -- Chapter Thirteen. Ethiopian News Agency -- Chapter Fourteen. The Law, the Press, and Professional Association -- Part Four. THE MEDIA IN THE AGE OF ETHNIC FEDERALISM (1991- ) -- Introduction -- Chapter Fifteen. Print Media -- Chapter Sixteen. Broadcast Media -- Chapter Seventeen. News Agencies -- Chapter Eighteen. Laws and Editorial Policies -- Chapter Nineteen. Restructuring and Manpower Development -- Chapter Twenty. Professional Organizations -- Chapter Twenty-One. Concluding Remarks and Recommendations -- Appendix A. A Chronology of Events during the Pre-Occupation Period -- Appendix B. List of Newspapers and Magazines Published in Pre-Occupation Period -- Appendix C. A Chronology of Events during the Occupation Period -- Appendix D. List of Newspapers and Magazines Published in Post-Occupation Period. ; Appendix E. A Chronology of Events during the Post-Occupation Period -- Appendix F. A Chronology of Events during the Military Regime -- Appendix G. A Chronology of Events during the EPRDF Regime -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is about press development and freedom in Ethiopia, with a focus on the state media. It examines the political and social situations of the monarchy era, the Marxist military regime, and the current ethnic federalist regime, and analyzes the effects they had on the media.
• Titolo autorizzato: The quest for press freedom
• ISBN: 0-7618-6002-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826842803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II