Description: Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace? Marie-Soleil Frere is available to download Product Description: Over the past ten years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville and Rwanda all organized pluralist elections in a post conflict context, having experienced an armed conflict which either interrupted or prevented democratization processes.This material is available do download at niSearch.com on Marie-Soleil Frere's eBooks,  These polls were organized with the support of the international community, which viewed them as a crucial step in the peace-building process.Elections and the Media ... Textbook The local media's role throughout has been to ensure that an electoral process is actually "free and fair" -- a role that becomes even more crucial in countries where the media have previously being perceived as warmongers or peace-builders in the conflicts. Giving a voice to African journalists and analyzing the work they have been publishing or broadcasting during these elections, African media specialist Marie-Soleil Frere explores if and how the local media fulfilled their duties. In doing so, the book reveals journalists' professionalism at a time when much is expected from the media, as well as the intense political pressure faced that can make their work particularly difficult. Insightful and comprehensive, Elections an...

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