Power and press freedom in Liberia, 1830 - 1970 the impact of globalization and civil society on media-government relations
Liberian society and the press -- Theoretical framework -- Liberia in 1843 -- A press to herald a nation or illuminate all Africa? -- Institutional context of the press -- Denominational affiliation and politics -- Government-church controversies -- The press : raising national consciousness -- Race...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Trenton, NJ u.a.
Africa World Press
2004
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Liberian society and the press -- Theoretical framework -- Liberia in 1843 -- A press to herald a nation or illuminate all Africa? -- Institutional context of the press -- Denominational affiliation and politics -- Government-church controversies -- The press : raising national consciousness -- Race, republicanism and freedom of expression -- Geographic limits of society -- Churches, government, and the press -- Electoral politics -- Electoral politics and journalism -- The 1871 coup d'etat -- Competing ideas of status -- Johnson's attempted synthesis -- Political emergence of women -- Church affiliations and political alliances -- Fall of the King administration -- Journalism during the Barclay years -- Electoral politics -- Barclay uses the sedition law -- Tubman further restricts rights -- Institutional and cultural changes -- Journalism in the Tubman years -- Restrictions on the press -- The Independent, the Listener and the 1955 elections -- Themes and legacy of the period -- Press freedom and stability -- Press freedom and modernization -- Press freedom and power relations -- Core values and restrictions -- Policy and research implications Liberian society and the press -- Theoretical framework -- Liberia in 1843 -- A press to herald a nation or illuminate all Africa? -- Institutional context of the press -- Denominational affiliation and politics -- Government-church controversies -- "Seys Party" and the 1840 election -- The press : raising national consciousness -- Race, republicanism and freedom of expression -- Geographic limits of society -- Churches, government, and the press -- Electoral politics and journalism -- The 1871 coup d'État -- Competing ideas of status -- Johnson's attempted synthesis -- From a culturally-based polity to a territorial state -- Government, politics, and the press -- Influence of fraternities, corporations, and chiefs -- Declining influence of the church -- From Pan-Africanism to Liberian nationalism -- Political emergence of women -- Church affiliations and political alliances -- Politics and restrictions of free expression -- Fall of the King administration -- Impact of the expansionist paradigm -- Journalism during the Barclay years -- Electoral politics -- Barclay uses the sedition law -- Tubman further restricts rights -- Institutional and cultural changes -- Journalism in the Tubman years -- Restrictions on the press -- The Independent, the Listener and the 1955 elections -- Themes and legacy of the period -- Liberia and press freedom theory -- Press freedom and stability -- Press freedom and globalization -- Press freedom and power relations -- Core values and restrictions -- Policy and research implications |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. [281] - 296 |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 312 S Ill., Kt |
| ISBN: | 159221293X 1-59221-293-X 1592212948 1-59221-294-8 |