Publications

Publication details [#49268]

Fourie, Pieter and Monica Chibita. 2007. A socio-history of the media and participation in Uganda. Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research 33 (1) : 1–25.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

colonialism | language policy | language use | mass media | political system

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper explores how crucial political, economic and cultural factors in Uganda's history, including the right to employ indigenous languages, have affected citizens' ability to participate in public debate via the media (in particular broadcasting).