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Strelluf, Christopher (2016) Media coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential election. In: Ochieng Orwenjo, Daniel, (ed.) Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies. A volume in the Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development (AEGDDRD) book series; Premier reference source . Hershey PA: IGI Global, pp. 143-164. ISBN 9781522500827
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch008
Abstract
This chapter examines news stories about Afghanistan's 2009 presidential election from six Afghan news sources. It characterizes the overall topic selections of Afghan news sources, their election-focused topics, and some of the ways that election stories are framed for readers. It finds that, despite tremendous obstacles that journalists faced in Afghanistan, the news sources leveled a range of critiques against incumbent president Hamid Karzai, the Afghan government, and foreign governments. In particular, accusations of corruption were a prominent and unifying theme. At the same time, foreign news sources and stories focusing on foreign interests were heavily represented in Afghan news sources, leaving doubt as to how much the perspectives and experiences of Afghans were represented in media.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
| Series Name: | A volume in the Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development (AEGDDRD) book series; Premier reference source | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies | ||||
| Publisher: | IGI Global | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Hershey PA | ||||
| ISBN: | 9781522500827 | ||||
| ISSN: | 2326-9103 | ||||
| Book Title: | Political Discourse in Emergent, Fragile, and Failed Democracies | ||||
| Editor: | Ochieng Orwenjo, Daniel | ||||
| Official Date: | 2016 | ||||
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| Number of Pages: | 412 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 143-164 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0.ch008 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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