Fifty Years of the Media’s Struggle for Democracy in Ghana: Legacies and Encumbrances

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Fifty Years of the Media’s Struggle for Democracy in Ghana: Legacies and Encumbrances Audrey Gadzekpo (bio) Audrey Gadzekpo Audrey Gadzekpo Acting Director and Senior Lecturer, School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. Footnotes 1. By 1992 a number of selected radio stations outside of the state apparatus were granted permission to operate, among them the University of Ghana station, Voice of Legon (VOL). However, the airwaves were officially liberalized in 1996 when the Frequency Registration Board began receiving applications and granting licenses from mostly private commercial entities. References Ainslie, R. 1966. The press in Africa: Communications past and present. New York: Walker. Google Scholar Ansu-Kyeremeh, K., & Karikari, K. 1998. Media Ghana: Ghanaian media overview, practitioners and institutions. School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana. Google Scholar Asante, C. 1996. The Press in Ghana. University Press of America. Google Scholar Fair, J.E. 2008. Ghana: Soft Control of the Press. Dissent. Vol. 55, No. 2, 39–42. Google Scholar Frohardt, M., & Temin, J. 2003. Use and Abuse of Media in Vulnerable Societies. Special Report 110: United States Institute of Peace. Google Scholar Gadzekpo, A. 2001. Women’s engagement with Gold Coast Print Culture from 1857 to 1957. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Birmingham. Hasty, J. 2005. The press and political culture in Ghana. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Google Scholar Jones-Quartey, K.A.B. 1968. The Gold Coast Press, 1822–1930 and the Anglo African Press, 1825–1930. Research Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 1994. State of the media. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 1995. Overview of the media since Sunyani. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Karikari, K. 2007. African media since Ghana’s independence. In E. Barratt & G. Berger (eds.), 50 Years of Journalism: Africa media since Ghana’s independence. Grahamstown: Highaway Africa. Google Scholar Kumado, K. 1995. Introductory Remarks. In Afriyie-Badu & Amihere (eds.), State of the Media in Ghana, 1994–1995. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Google Scholar Temin, J., & Smith, D. 2002. Media matters: Evaluating the role of the media in Ghana’s 2000 elections. African Affairs, Vol. 101, 585–605. Google Scholar Thompson, N. M. 2008. Whither Ghanaian Journalism? [online] Available at http://news.myjoyonline.com/education/200810/22080.asp. Yankah, K. 2004. Language, and mass media and democracy in Ghana. Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Annual Lecture in the Humanities. Copyright © 2007 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System