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Electoral Violence and Young Party Cadres in Zambia 赞比亚的选举暴力和年轻党员干部

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A7

K. Mukunto

引用次数: 6

Free and Fair?: Observation of Selected African Elections 自由和公平?:观察非洲部分选举

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A1

Stephen Chan

引用次数: 2

Crimes involving Dishonesty or Moral Turpitude in Malawi’s Elections 马拉维选举中涉及不诚实或道德败坏的罪行

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A6

G. Makanje

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Electoral Violence in Kenya 2007-2008: The Role of Vernacular Radio 2007-2008年肯尼亚的选举暴力:本地电台的作用

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A5

Philip Onguny

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引用次数: 2

The Limits of Peace Journalism: Media Reportage of Kenya’s 2017 General Elections 和平新闻的极限:肯尼亚2017年大选的媒体报道

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A4

J. Adebayo, B. Makwambeni

{"title":"The Limits of Peace Journalism: Media Reportage of Kenya’s 2017 General Elections","authors":"J. Adebayo, B. Makwambeni","doi":"10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A4","url":null,"abstract":"In 2008, Kenya hovered on the brink of a war arising from the political violence that followed the general elections. In reportage akin to that of the infamous Rwandan genocide of 1994, the Kenyan media pitched the country’s different ethnoreligious groups against each other. The result was a wanton loss of lives and property, as well as a highly volatile socio-political climate. By 2013 when the country was about to conduct another general election, apprehension ran high amongst the populace. However, in what seemed like a sharp deviation from what had happened in 2008, media reportage of the election was more conflict-sensitive. Although there were pockets of irregularities, the 2013 election recorded less violence and the media was lauded as a key reason for that. In the 2017 election, the media was once again at the centre of public discourse, this time accused of sacrificing democracy in the cause of peace. Public observers accused the media of downplaying and/ or underreporting irregularities and outright election rigging for fear of a possible outbreak of violence. The argument by many journalists and media practitioners was that the media practised peace journalism. By analysing selected articles from Kenya’s mainstream media, this article examines peace journalism in its many complexities and contextual dynamics, in order to clarify the thin line between peace journalism and advocacy.","PeriodicalId":159701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Elections","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127703232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Electoral Politics and Political Transition in Post-War Angola: Progress, Problems 战后安哥拉的选举政治和政治过渡:进展与问题

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A2

Albano Agostinho Troco

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引用次数: 1

Biometric Election Technology, Voter Experience and Turnout in Ghana 加纳的生物识别选举技术、选民体验和投票率

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2019/V18I1A3

S. Adams, W. Asante

引用次数: 4

A Critique of Proceduralism in the Adjudication of Electoral Disputes in Lesotho 莱索托选举纠纷裁决中的程序主义批判

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2018-10-02 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2018/V17I2A1

H. Nyane

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引用次数: 3

Is voting in Ghana etnically based? 加纳的投票是否基于种族?

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2018-10-02 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2018/V17I2A2

R. Gyampo, T. Lodge, Ricky Appah

引用次数: 1

Election administration in Nigeria 尼日利亚选举管理

Journal of African Elections Pub Date : 2018-10-02 DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2018/V17I2A5

A. O. Akanji

引用次数: 1