Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa
Cambridge University Press, 8/9/2018
EAN 9781108426855, ISBN10: 1108426859
Hardcover, 186 pages, 23.5 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Countries emerging from violent conflict face difficult challenges about what the role of media should be in political transitions, particularly when attempting to build a new state and balance a difficult legacy. Media, Conflict, and the State in Africa discusses how ideas, institutions and interests have shaped media systems in some of Africa's most complex state and nation-building projects. This timely book comes at a turbulent moment in global politics as waves of populist protests gain traction, and concerns continue to grow about fake news, social media echo chambers, and the increasing role of both traditional and new media in waging wars or influencing elections. Focusing on comparative cases from a historical perspective and the choices and ideas that informed the approaches of some of Africa's leaders, including guerrilla commanders Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Nicole Stremlau offers a unique political insight into the development of contemporary media systems in Africa.
1. Introduction
2. Between authoritarian politics and free expression
Ethiopia
3. The emergence of an Ethiopian developmental model
4. Purging and politics
the challenges of institutional transformation
5. Media, elections and polarized politics
Uganda
6. The NRM and the decline of political ideology
7. A new vision for the rebuilding of state institutions
8. Media and opposition in single party politics
9. Conclusion.