Franklin

a| 2004013556

a| 1592212948 (pbk.)

a| 159221293X

a| (OCoLC)ocm55730264

a| (OCoLC)55730264

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a| PAUU

a| PN5499.L45 b| B87 2004

a| 079/.6662/09034 2| 22

a| Burrowes, Carl Patrick.

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

a| Trenton, NJ : b| Africa World Press, c| c2004.

a| xiii, 312 p. : b| ill., maps ; c| 23 cm.

a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-296) and index.

a| 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 -- "Seys Party" and the 1840 election -- The press : raising national consciousness -- Race, republicanism and freedom of expression -- Geographic limits of society -- Churches, government, and the press -- Electoral politics and journalism -- The 1871 coup d'État -- Competing ideas of status -- Johnson's attempted synthesis -- From a culturally-based polity to a territorial state -- Government, politics, and the press -- Influence of fraternities, corporations, and chiefs -- Declining influence of the church -- From Pan-Africanism to Liberian nationalism -- Political emergence of women -- Church affiliations and political alliances -- Politics and restrictions of free expression -- Fall of the King administration -- Impact of the expansionist paradigm -- 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 -- Liberia and press freedom theory -- Press freedom and stability -- Press freedom and globalization -- Press freedom and power relations -- Core values and restrictions -- Policy and research implications.

a| Press z| Liberia x| History y| 20th century.

a| Press z| Liberia x| History y| 19th century.

a| Government and the press z| Liberia x| History y| 20th century.

a| Government and the press z| Liberia x| History y| 19th century.

a| Freedom of the press z| Liberia x| History y| 20th century.

a| Freedom of the press z| Liberia x| History y| 19th century.

3| Table of contents u| http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004013556.html

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