Competing loyalties: Journalism culture in the Ethiopian state media
The last time I spoke for this group, I focused on the overall situation for the Ethiopian media and the history of the media in the country. I paid particular attention to the conditions for the media during the past two decades of EPRDF rule, and I proposed a theory which holds that media governance in the country has consistently shifted between periods of liberalization and periods of coercion. So rather than constituting a one-way development towards either increased liberalization or increased suppression, there are interchanging developments.
One of the points I made was that the shifts in these waves at least to some extent coincided with election periods, particularly national elections. Today I have been asked to link my talk to the upcoming elections, but since I spent some time on the impact of elections on the media situation when I spoke for this group last time, I will take a different starting-point today and give a glimpse into the findings of my doctoral research and end up with some thoughts on the media’s role in the upcoming elections and ask Amare to pick up on that note.
One of the points I made was that the shifts in these waves at least to some extent coincided with election periods, particularly national elections. Today I have been asked to link my talk to the upcoming elections, but since I spent some time on the impact of elections on the media situation when I spoke for this group last time, I will take a different starting-point today and give a glimpse into the findings of my doctoral research and end up with some thoughts on the media’s role in the upcoming elections and ask Amare to pick up on that note.
Publisert i Foredrag for Human Rights and Democracy Sub-Group, amassadenettverk, Addis Abeba, Etiopia, 2013
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