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Journalism, Democracy, and Human Rights in Zimbabwe provides an empirical analysis of Zimbabwe's ongoing state of affairs. Bruce Mutsvairo and Cleophas T. Muneri examine the intersection between journalism, democracy, and human rights to historicize and critique past successes and failures that have played out in Zimbabwe's past, as well as interrogate future challenges that await the nation's quest for democratization. The authors examine what role citizen journalists, human rights activists, professional journalists, and social media dissents could potentially play toward ending the country's current adversity. Scholars of journalism, media studies, communication, African studies, and political science will find this book particularly useful.
List of contents
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
About the author
By Bruce Mutsvairo and Cleophas T. Muneri
Summary
This book fosters an understanding of the challenges facing pro-democracy movements in Zimbabwe and foregrounds the intricate role played by colonial establishments in determining the nation’s current instability, as well as the role that human rights activists, journalists, and social media dissents play in ending this adversity.
