This thesis explores the manner in which political-economic forces born of
democratisation have shaped media developments in Zambia, affected the welfare of
journalists and the viability of the state owned press epitomised by the Times
Newspapers. The aim is to inform the privatisation policy discourse.
Using a political economy analysis, the thesis unveils the historical intimacy between
nationalist administrations and multinational business elites and how these forces - often
working in collusion - influenced patterns of media ownership, inhibited labour rights and
controlled communicative activity – indicative of how the state and markets can
constrain freedom of expression and association, despite democratisation.
The thesis contends that the uncertainty of neo-patrimonial conditions that characterised
the post colonial era has not dissipated to a great extent and continues to undermine
media and institutional reform in today’s liberally inclined Zambia.
Pervasive clientelism has also compromised popular perceptions of state media
systems, subverting competitiveness and the propagandist function of the Times
Newspapers in the liberalised market, a point empirically illustrated through the analysis
of market and public opinion data. / Communication Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Communication)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/4706 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Chirambo, Kondwani |
| Contributors | Fourie, P.J. (Prof.) |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 469 p. : ill.), application/pdf |
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