It is a crime to be abusive towards the president’
A case study on media freedom and journalists’ autonomy in Museveni's Uganda
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9348677 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Michael Meyen (,, autor de correspondencia), Anke Fiedler (0000-0001-6995-7546, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Kerem Schamberger (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) |
| Año | 2016 |
| Volumen | 37 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 1-18 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | African Journalism Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 2374-3670 • E-ISSN: 2374-3689 |
| Editorial | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23743670.2016.1218351 |
| OpenAlex | W2521201257 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 25 |
Using the case of the hybrid media system of Uganda and Schimank’s approach of agent-structure dynamics, this article argues that media freedom and journalists’ autonomy first and foremost depend on society’s expectations of the media system. Closely linked to those informal structures of expectations which are path and time dependent, journalists’ room for manoeuvre is limited by the resources allocated to individual and collective media actors. In a first step and following Schimank’s approach, the article presents a category system that could drive the analysis of media freedom in Uganda and beyond. The empirical study is based on research material consisting of 30 expert interviews, two elite round tables on site in Uganda and documents. This material shows that both journalists’ working conditions and (related to this and even more important) their perception among the ruling elites, public administrations and those governed, limit media freedom. It is precisely the media’s relative societal position which allowed the government to implement a system of media laws and media regulation authorities which creates arbitrariness and, therefore, a feeling of insecurity within the profession
Arbitrariness · Autonomy · CONTEST · Elite · Freedom of the press · Government (linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication
Comparing Media Systems
Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World
The Press and Political Repression in Uganda
The Politics of Media Accountability in Africa
Determinants of Journalists' Professional Autonomy
Mass Media Logic and The Mediatization of Politics
Foundations of Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Social Systems
Perspectives on the media in ‘another Africa’
The Rise and Fall of Uganda's Newspaper Industry, 1900–1976
Not Really Enough
Broadcasting governance and development in ‘Museveni's Uganda’
What Shapes the News around the World? How Journalists in Eighteen Countries Perceive Influences on Their Work
Towards an African Journalism Model
Populist disseminators, detached watchdogs, critical change agents and opportunist facilitators
Journalism ethics and the emerging new media culture of radio talk shows and public debates (Ekimeeza) in Uganda
Disseminators, Advocates and Watchdogs
Turnaround
Comparative Political Communications
Holding the state at bay
A "religious revolution"? Print media, sexuality, and religious discourse in Uganda
Re-inventing a royalist 'public sphere' in contemporary Uganda
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 0,4 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |