Press Freedom and Globalisation - International Press Institute

Press Freedom and Globalisation
white settlers and missionaires in 1895. The book covers emerging and foundations of the
media organs as well as political forces, which constituted the environment. The book,
which was issued in 1988, includes broader perspectives too, as press freedom, press
organisations and matters on communication structure.
Another history book is Britain’s Gulag : The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya
recently written by Caroline Elkins. Of interest for this thesis is her descriptions on how
the British colonial rule in Kenya manipulated media to be propaganda tools. Instruments
established by the British have even had impact on Kenyan press freedom after
independence.
Mass Media and the African Society is edited by Jerry Domatob, Abubakar Jika
and Ikechukwu Nwosu. Their testimonials to leaders of the liberated African countries are
harsh. Media were not liberalised when these leaders continued as the colonial rulers. In
addition, strong Western media’s influence on political dynamics in Africa, related to the
NWICO debate, is well covered as well. Media and Democracy in Africa is edited by
Göran Hydén, Michael Leslie and Folu F. Ogundimu. This is a relatively up to date book
about the role of media in democratisation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book’s perspectives
are multi-diciplinary. It provides examinations of democratisation in Africa within
different contexts as History, Political, Technological, Economic and Cultural.
A new book on Kenya is Media Law and Practice : The Kenyan Jurisprudence
edited by David Makali and published on behalf of The Media Institute. The detailed book
has most of all a juridical approach to press freedom. From this point of view the texts
contributes both in historical and political perspectives with a description of press freedom
and the freedom of expression in Kenya. Several key judgements are surveyed.
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