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As seen through the pagesof Swazi MediaCommentary
By RichardRooney
Voices Unheard: Media Freedomand Censorship in Swaziland
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Voices Unheard: Media Freedom and Censorship in SwazilandBy Richard RooneyPublished by Excelsior, London, UK.2011.© Richard Rooney.Permission is granted to copy and distribute this document under the terms of the GNU FreeDocumentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free SoftwareFoundation; Free Software Foundation, Inc.51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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About the Author
Richard Rooney was associate professor at the University of Swaziland 2005
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2008, wherehe was also head of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department.He has taught in universities in Africa, Europe and the Pacific. His academic research hasappeared in books and journals across the world. He specialises in media and democracy,governance, ethics and human rights.He was a full-time journalist in his native United Kingdom for 10 years, before becoming anacademic. His journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines across the world.He has published the blog Swazi media Commentary since 2007 and also has other socialnetwork sites that concentrate on human rights issues in Swaziland.He holds a Ph.D in Communication from the University of Westminster, London, UK.He presently teaches at the University of Botswana, Gaborone.
Other Publications from the Author
The following publications about media in Swaziland are available online.
2008. The New Swaziland Constitution and its Impact on Media Freedom, Global Media Journal,Africa Edition, Vol. 2.
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Stellenbosch University, South Africa).
2008. Swazi Newspapers and the ‗Muslim Threat‘. Lwati
: A Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol.5. http://www.sz.misa.org/images/stories/downloads/swazi%20journalism%20and%20muslims%20-%20rooney.pdf 2008. The Existence of Censorship in Newsrooms in Swaziland, report prepared for Media Institute of Southern Africa. http://www.sz.misa.org/images/stories/downloads/censorship.pdf
2007. Suffer The Children
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Reporting of Minors by the Swazi Press. Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research (Swaziland), Vol. 4.http://www.sz.misa.org/images/stories/downloads/children%20and%20the%20swazi%20press%20-%20rooney.pdf 2007.
The Swazi Press and its Contribution to Good Governance, Global Media Journal
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AfricanEdition, Vol. 1.
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Stellenbosch University, South Africa).http://globalmedia.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/47
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