Mass Communications in the Libyan Jamahiriya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19006280 |
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| Authors | Ali M Ghejam (Howard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 324-334 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193479002000306 |
| OpenAlex | W2046960589 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The first public act of the September 1, 1969 revolution was to take over the radio and television broadcasting station in Benghazi. It was from the radio station in Benghazi that Col. Muammar al Qaddafi announced to Libya and the world the overthrow of King Idris Sanussi and the rise of the revolution of the masses. Since that great Al Fateh Revolution, the role of the mass media in Libya has changed dramatically. From the moment that the radio was used to announce the beginning of the era of the masses, the mass media in Libya have played a significant role in the realization of the goals of the revolutionary Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as theorized in Qaddafi's The Green Book (1980). The primary objective of the Libyan revolution was the realization of democracy. Democracy, as defined by The Green Book, is the supervision of the people directly by the people and not just by representation or popular expression. In the Jamahiriya, there are no political parties, classes, or institutions of power which claim to represent the people or to dominate the masses of people in any way. No institution replaces the people themselves in the exercises of authority. Authority is in the hands of the masses as they live in democracy. Mass communication is directly related to the maintenance of democracy. It is almost impossible to conceive authority
Political science · Global Political and Social Dynamics · History · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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