In surveys conducted between 2011 and 2013, a majority of people interviewed in 31 countries supported the media’s right to publish any views and ideas without government control. Only 39% said the government should have the “right to prevent the media from publishing things that it considers harmful to society”. . The most recent survey showed that only 46% supported press freedoms; 49% favoured some government censorship.
This marks the first time that Afrobarometer has found government restrictions to be more popular than media freedoms. These declines are not limited to a few countries. Echoing trends elsewhere in the world, nearly every country in Africa has seen sharp declines in support for press freedom in the last decade. The biggest drops were in Tunisia , Uganda , Cabo Verde , and Tanzania .
These responses suggest that people are reacting to many of the same changes in media environments that are causing disenchantment around the globe. These include increasingly partisan outlets, social media that facilitate the spread of hate speech and “fake news”, and politicians who find it increasingly easy to downplay critical reporting by making reporters themselves targets.Across much of Africa, journalists and other media practitioners are finding it increasingly difficult to work.
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