Ethiopian Media - Newspapers Published in Ethiopia, Television in Ethiopia, Media in Ethiopia, Addis Neger, Etv, Addis Fortune, Yeroo (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Newspapers Published in Ethiopia, Television in Ethiopia, Media in Ethiopia, Addis Neger, Etv, Addis Fortune, Yeroo, Yebbo Communication Network, Ethiopian Review, Ethiopian Reporter, Mestawet Ethiopian Newspaper, Capital, Ethiopian Legal Information Website, Addis Zemen, Ethiopian News Agency, Walta Information Center. Excerpt: The Media in Ethiopia consists of radio and television, which remain under the control of the Ethiopian government, as well as private newspapers and magazines. In comparison to the length of Ethiopia's over-2,000-year history as a sovereign nation, the media is a very recent phenomenon. Ten radio broadcast stations, eight AM and two shortwave, are licensed to operate in Ethiopia. The major radio broadcasting stations include Radio Ethiopia, Radio Fana (or "Torch") a private station, Radio Voice of One Free Ethiopia, and the Voice of the Revolution of Tigray. The single television broadcast network is Ethiopian Television, with 24 hours of broadcast and three regional stations, namely Addis TV, TV Oromiyaa (with two live studios), and Dire TV. In keeping with government policy, radio broadcasts occur in a variety of languages. Print media, because of high poverty levels, low literacy rates, and poor distribution outside of the capital, serve only a small portion of the population. The paucity of distribution is mirrored by a scarcity of diversity in the official press. Since the end of the civil war private newspapers and magazines have started to appear, and this sector of the media market, despite heavy-handed regulation from the government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the ups and downs of Ethiopia's economy, continues to grow. Despite increasing pressure from the current government at home, the much more af... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5967520