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Power and press freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970 : the impact of globalization and civil society on media-government relations / Carl Patrick Burrowes.
Van Pelt Library PN5499.L45 B87 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burrowes, Carl Patrick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Press--Liberia--History--20th century.
- Press.
- Press--Liberia--History--19th century.
- Government and the press--Liberia--History--20th century.
- Government and the press.
- Government and the press--Liberia--History--19th century.
- Freedom of the press--Liberia--History--20th century.
- Freedom of the press.
- Freedom of the press--Liberia--History--19th century.
- History.
- Liberia.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2004]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1592212948
- 159221293X
- OCLC:
- 55730264
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