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Confronting Freedom to Inform With Freedom of Expression: The Case of Online Attacks of Journalists in Ghana
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Author(s): Gifty Appiah-Adjei (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 28
Source title:
Handbook of Research on Discrimination, Gender Disparity, and Safety Risks in Journalism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sadia Jamil (Khalifa University, UAE), Barış Çoban (Doğuş University, Turkey), Bora Ataman (Doğuş University, Turkey)and Gifty Appiah-Adjei (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6686-2.ch015
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Abstract
Globally, there is an increase in online attacks on journalists with gender dimensions to these attacks. Also, it is established that digital innovations have augmented free expression and the augmentation allows means for online attacks. Though evidence submits that studies on the problem of online attacks on journalists abound, there is dearth of such studies in Ghana and this chapter attempts to fill this gap. Using the feminist theory, this chapter explores the types and sources of online attacks on male and female journalists in Ghana and investigates whether an increase in free expression is a contributing factor to the problem. To achieve this aim, the study employs qualitative methods of in-depth interviews and document reviews and offers a thematic analysis of the qualitative data to understand the lived experiences of Ghanaian journalists. Findings revealed that journalists frequently experience psychological and sexist online attacks when perpetrators express their views on unfavourable coverage from the media.
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