| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Measuring the "Democratic" quality of radio news : experiences from Liberia |
| Authors: | Spurk, Christoph Lopata, Sharon Keel, Guido |
| DOI: | 10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1 |
| Published in: | Journal of African Media Studies |
| Volume(Issue): | 2 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 173 |
| Pages to: | 192 |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Intellect |
| ISSN: | 2040-199X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Democracy; Quality criteria; Media journalism |
| Subject (DDC): | 070: News media, journalism and publishing |
| Abstract: | There is a general consensus that media are an essential element of democracy if they fulfil particular quality requirements in their reporting. Abundant literature deals with media quality from a theoretical perspective, but empirical knowledge on journalistic practice with regard to its role in democratization is rare, and this is even more so in the case of African countries. First, this article seeks to assess the quality of radio in Liberia, which is the country?s most popular medium. Second, the article tests a specific methodology in order to measure the contribution of radio to democracy. It argues that radio stations in Liberia strongly differ in their quality, each with specific shortcomings. These findings are confirmed by interviews with civil society representatives and by audience research. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7599 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Applied Linguistics |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik |
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Spurk, C., Lopata, S., & Keel, G. (2010). Measuring the “Democratic” quality of radio news : experiences from Liberia. Journal of African Media Studies, 2(2), 173–192. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1
Spurk, C., Lopata, S. and Keel, G. (2010) ‘Measuring the ‘Democratic’ quality of radio news : experiences from Liberia’, Journal of African Media Studies, 2(2), pp. 173–192. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1.
C. Spurk, S. Lopata, and G. Keel, “Measuring the “Democratic” quality of radio news : experiences from Liberia,” Journal of African Media Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 173–192, 2010, doi: 10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1.
SPURK, Christoph, Sharon LOPATA und Guido KEEL, 2010. Measuring the „Democratic“ quality of radio news : experiences from Liberia. Journal of African Media Studies. 2010. Bd. 2, Nr. 2, S. 173–192. DOI 10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1
Spurk, Christoph, Sharon Lopata, and Guido Keel. 2010. “Measuring the “Democratic” Quality of Radio News : Experiences from Liberia.” Journal of African Media Studies 2 (2): 173–92. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1.
Spurk, Christoph, et al. “Measuring the “Democratic” Quality of Radio News : Experiences from Liberia.” Journal of African Media Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, 2010, pp. 173–92, https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.2.2.173_1.
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