Ethiopian journalism from self-censoring to silence: a case of reporting on internal conflict

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This article examines the extent to which journalists of The Daily Monitor and The Ethiopian Herald report on internal conflict, especially ethnic conflicts, which were prevalent during the study period, from 2005 to 2013, in Ethiopia. These two English medium dailies newspapers were purposely selected due to their high circulation and longevity in the media market as well as their focus on current affairs. The study employed both content analysis and interviews data collection and process in tools. The result shows that only a small number of internal conflict stories were reported in the selected newspapers and journalists were found to prefer refraining from reporting ethnic conflicts. This is attributable to the fact that journalists live in the circle of fear and self-censorship resulting in the exclusion of ethnic-related conflict stories in the selected media.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Le journalisme éthiopien de l'autocensure au silence: un reportage sur un cas des conflicts internes
• ISSN: 1775-352X
• Umfang: Seite(n): 111-128
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: ESSACHESS - Journal for Communication Studies, 10(1)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ; Kommunikatorforschung, Journalismus ; Tageszeitung ; Inhaltsanalyse ; Datengewinnung ; Berichterstattung ; Journalist ; Pressefreiheit ; ethnischer Konflikt ; Interview ; Äthiopien ; Zensur

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Moges, Mulatu Alemayehu
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Frankreich
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-52948-2
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ