Power and press freedom in Liberia, 1830-1970 : the impact of globalization and civil society on media-government relations / Carl Patrick Burrowes.

• 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 -- The press : raising national consciousness -- Race, republicanism and freedom of expression -- Geographic limits of society -- Churches, government, and the press -- Electoral politics -- Electoral politics and journalism -- The 1871 coup d'etat -- Competing ideas of status -- Johnson's attempted synthesis -- Political emergence of women -- Church affiliations and political alliances -- Fall of the King administration -- 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 -- Press freedom and stability -- Press freedom and modernization -- Press freedom and power relations -- Core values and restrictions -- Policy and research implications.

Ämnesord

Press  -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Press  -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Government and the press  -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Government and the press  -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

Freedom of the press  -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)

Freedom of the press  -- Liberia -- History -- 19th century. (LCSH)

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PN5499.L45 (LCC)

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