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1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Globalization: It's Impact on the African Nations' Media Systems -- The Case of Kenya / Mustafa Y Ali -- Ethical Journalism: Individual Challenge and Collective Responsibility / Karen Sanders -- Media and the Common Good: Seeking the Truth and Reporting it / Elizabeth W Gachenga -- Freedom of the Media in Kenya / Charles N Kanjama -- The Media, Truth and Human Dignity / Catherine Dean -- Media and Responsibility / Oketch Kendo -- Media and the Family: Reflections of a Mother / Maximillia Muninzwa -- Media in Kenya: A Human Rights Context / Maina Kiai -- Why the Media Doesn't 'Get' Religion / Don Feder -- Framing the Constitutional Referendum of 2005: Did the Media Serve the Common Good? / Peter Oriare -- Legal Implications of Libel in Kenya / PLO Lumumba -- Media Language: Serving the Common Good / Martyn Drakard -- Responsible Journalism and Promotion of the Common Good in Kenya: A Philosophical Appraisal / Michael Ntabo Mabururu and Philip Musi Nyongesa. |
| Summary |
On 30th December 2008, the President of Kenya, His Excellency Mwai Kibaki, assented to the controversial Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2008 which commenced on 2nd January 2009. This Presidential move had a deep impact on the long discussions, arguments and negotiations that were already in high gear by October 2006, when the Fourth Annual Ethics Conference on Media and the Common Good was held at Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. The essays in this book make a case for media freedom as well as media responsibility. Let the media create a culture of truth. Let the media not forsake the citizens; let them seek and disseminate the truth; let them not destroy the education, virtues and faith for which so many have shed their blood in Kenya, Africa and elsewhere. May reason prevail, guided by wisdom towards Truth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mass media -- Law and legislation -- Kenya.
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Mass media -- Law and legislation. |
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Kenya. |
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Freedom of the press -- Kenya.
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Freedom of the press. |
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Journalistic ethics -- Kenya.
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Journalistic ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mwita, Chaacha, editor.
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Franceschi, Luis G., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Media and the common good : perspectives on media, democracy, and responsibility. Nairobi, Kenya ; Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania ; Kampala, Uganda : LawAfrica : Strathmore University, ©2010 169 pages 9789966738486 |
| ISBN |
9789966031594 (electronic book) |
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9966031596 (electronic book) |
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9789966738486 |
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