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Sorting out fact from fiction when it comes to the safety of Ghana’s media practitioners

Sorting out fact from fiction when it comes to the safety of Ghana’s media practitioners

JACOB NYARKO, Lecturer of Communication Studies, University of Cape Coast THE ability of the media to function effectively is inseparable from democracy. And that functioning depends on cooperation from different entities in society. So a clampdown on media practitioners is an assault on democracy. In Ghana, which is regarded as a democracy, concerns have been raised about the spate of assaults and intimidation against media practitioners. These fears have been supported by the fact that Ghana has fallen in the ranking of the World Press Freedom Index. In our study we set out to try and identify the source of…
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