Conceptual Foundations and Future Implementation of Ethiopian Mass Media Policy in line with the International Legal Instruments and Policymaking
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2021-10
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Addis Ababa University
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The thesis deals about five basic themes. The drivers and vested interest of actor’s participation in
the policy conception, the type of media system theory used to build the conceptual foundation of the
policy, issues of international legal instruments, policy principle consideration and the future
possible implementation of Ethiopian Mass Media Policy (FDREMMP) researched. Two sources of
data are used i.e. the daft and ratified the policy documents and in-depth interview. Eight policy
actors selected through purposive sampling considering their institutional representation, role and
impact on the policy making. Normative theory, system model, Media filed Approach used. And also
Qualitative document and stakeholder analysis theories are employed. And the research has the
following finding. Economic and political motives serve as the policy initiation. The conceptual
foundation fits with the social responsibility normative theory media system type. Ethiopia media
system model seems the feature of Mediterranean /Polarized Pluralist model. Among the three sub
models the policy shares contained democratic model. The Basic concepts of the international legal
instruments dealing about media freedom incorporated in the Policy. The concerned policy actors
participated in the policy making stakeholders driven or ethical approach of policy conception
approach employed. The policy applies to all media outlets .The policy influenced by local and
international policy actor interest. It is hard to define the type media system in ownership type in
Ethiopia context. The policy provides solution for newspaper about how to expand the circulation to
the regions yet fails to include such a solution for broadcast
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The International Legal Instruments and Policymaking