Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
The recent political history of Cameroon has been marked by an important civil disobedience movement (operation town) which almost brought down the State. Although this period of crisis has often been analysed, it must be mentioned that such analysis has not sufficiently highlighted the fact that “the operation ghost town” was strongly reported and most times promoted by the print media notably: Challenge Hebdo, Le Messager and La Nouvelle Expression. The present article seeks to analyse the relationship between the media and the political actors during the 1990s, to review the professional code of practice of journalism in Cameroon, to examine how the media reports on the operation ghost town and to highlight the possibility of a new type of journalism within the context of an authoritarian regime.
Recommended Citation
Ndoumbè, Dorothée B.
(2022)
"Presse et « villes mortes » au Cameroun,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 98:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol98/iss1/4
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