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Title:The freedom to be silent? Market pressures on journalistic normative ideals at the Nation Media Group in Kenya
Authors:Wasserman, HermanISNI
Maweu, Jacinta Mwende
Year:2014
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:41
Issue:142
Pages:623-633
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:mass media
journalism
liberalism
private enterprises
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2014.928277
Abstract:This article investigates the impact of 'corporatisation' and 'financialisation' on the media in Kenya since political and economic liberalisation took root in the early 1990s. The concepts 'financialisation' or 'corporatisation' of media industries refer to a system of media production, distribution, ownership and funding of media companies that is dominated by corporations and governed by the capitalist imperatives of maximising profits for investors, stockholders and advertisers. The authors use the example of the Nation Media Group (NMG) as a case study. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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