Democracy at Stake: Self-Censorship as a Self-Defence Strategy for Journalists
Abstract: The media play an essential role of informing and mobilising voters as well as facilitating a two-way communication process between citizens and those vying for electoral offices during elections. This allows citizens to get information on various issues from the contenders, which largely informs their electoral decisions. In most less democratic societies however, this media function is increasingly becoming difficult to fulfil due to challenges journalists encounter during electoral processes. Using Uganda’s last general elections in 2016 as a case study, this article discusses the safety of journalists during elections basing on findings from a bigger study on the media coverage of the 2016 elections, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 10 journalists who covered the elections. In addition, the analysis makes reference to the 2016 Uganda Press Freedom Index. Findings of this research show that journalists face more safety and security risks during elections particularly per
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Media and Communication ; 8 (2020) 1 ; 5-14
- Klassifikation
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Politik
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
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2020
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Walulya, Gerald
Nassanga, Goretti L.
- DOI
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10.17645/mac.v8i1.2512
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021020515544202495249
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 07:25 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Walulya, Gerald
- Nassanga, Goretti L.
- SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
Entstanden
- 2020
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