| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages) |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: ch. One Multipartyism in Cameroon -- ch. Two Official Media -- CRTV and the Democratic Process -- CRTV and Anglophone Journalism of Liberation -- Cameroon Tribune, SOPECAM and the Democratic Process -- Official Media and Opposition Politics -- ch. Three Legal Framework -- Critical Analysis of the Press Law -- Law As Interpreted By Government -- Law As Interpreted By the Press -- Justifications for Censorship by MINAT -- Law and the Newspaper Vendor -- ch. Four Private Press -- 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? -- ch. Five General Conclusion -- What Role Have the Media Played In The Current Democratic Process? -- How Best Could the Media -- Contribute To Democratisation? |
| Summary |
In 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 multipartyism 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 o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Cameroon
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Democratization -- Cameroon
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Democratization
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Mass media
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Cameroon
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789956717811 |
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9956717819 |
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9789956717071 |
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995671707X |
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9956717185 |
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9789956717187 |
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