Lexington Books
Pages: 164
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Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-4985-9976-4 • Hardback • November 2019 • $104.00 • (£80.00)
978-1-4985-9977-1 • eBook • November 2019 • $98.50 • (£76.00)
Bruce Mutsvairo is professor of journalism at Auburn University.
Cleophas Muneri is senior lecturer in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico.
Foreword by Tawana Kupe
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Unravelling Media, Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe through Postcolonialism
Chapter 3: MediaOwnership in Zimbabwe
Chapter 4: The Roots of Polarization - Media, Politics, and Discourses on Democracy in Zimbabwe
Chapter 5: Media Law in Zimbabwe
Chapter 6: The Influence of Citizen Journalism and Social Media in Zimbabwean Politics
Chapter 7: Unpacking the Human Rights Discourse in Zimbabwe
Chapter 8: Future Directions: The Media, Democracy, and Human Rights Nexus
Afterword by Colin Chasi
This is a fine-grained account of Zimbabwe’s unique media landscape, which continues to be characterized by significant state control. Bruce Mutsvairo and Cleophas T. Muneri provide a rare, exhaustive and deeply historicized analysis of the country’s media history, ownership structure, content, legislation and more recent digital developments. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the lasting influence of colonial rule on media and politics and the process in which media and politics mutually shape each other.
— Wendy Willems, London School of Economics and Political Science
Control of the media is one of the most important, yet overlooked, issues facing Zimbabwean democracy. This thoughtful, insightful, and passionate book does more than any other I have read to explain how the struggle over the media has unfolded and its implications for the future of the country's political system
— Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham and author of Democracy in Africa