Disseminators, advocates and watchdogs: A profile of Ugandan journalists in the new millennium

Journalism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-96

  Mwesige, Peter G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudinal profile; Journalism Africa; Journalism Uganda; Journalist survey; Mass media Africa; Mass media Uganda; Press freedom Africa; Press freedom Uganda; Ugandan media

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644439058     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884904039556     Document Type: Article

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