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Romancing the gun : the press as promoter of military rule / Ndaeyo Uko.
Publication details: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2004.Description: x, 210 p. ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1592211895 (pbk.) :
- 1592211887
- PN5499.N5 U43 2004
Contents:
Pt. 1. The source of the power -- 1. Word of man, word of God -- 2. Press bashing, colonial style -- 3. The press under colonialism : a case study of Australia and Nigeria -- pt. 2. Victim of democracy -- 4. First republic - colonial lessons -- 5. Second republic - flogging the press -- pt. 3. Sleeping with the enemy -- 6. A peculiar press-military relationship -- 7. The media and the baby dictators : generals Ironsi, Gowon, Muhammed and Obasanjo -- 8. The media and the Medusa : the Buhari Regime -- 9. Evil genius : the Babangida years -- 10. The end of the affair : the Abacha years -- 11. Reporting (to) the military : journalists as coup plotters -- pt. 4. The press: the people's friend or foe? -- 12. Better life under military rule -- 13. The Devil's advocate : the power and irresponsibility of the Nigerian press.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. The source of the power -- 1. Word of man, word of God -- 2. Press bashing, colonial style -- 3. The press under colonialism : a case study of Australia and Nigeria -- pt. 2. Victim of democracy -- 4. First republic - colonial lessons -- 5. Second republic - flogging the press -- pt. 3. Sleeping with the enemy -- 6. A peculiar press-military relationship -- 7. The media and the baby dictators : generals Ironsi, Gowon, Muhammed and Obasanjo -- 8. The media and the Medusa : the Buhari Regime -- 9. Evil genius : the Babangida years -- 10. The end of the affair : the Abacha years -- 11. Reporting (to) the military : journalists as coup plotters -- pt. 4. The press: the people's friend or foe? -- 12. Better life under military rule -- 13. The Devil's advocate : the power and irresponsibility of the Nigerian press.
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