The media and democratization in Africa: Contributions, constraints and concerns of the private press

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-31

  Tettey, Wisdom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Constitutionalism; Responsibility; State control

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044524396     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023001001     Document Type: Article

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