Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
General Introduction

Part One—The Media in the Pre-Occupation and Occupation Periods (1901–1941)
1 Transition from Traditional to Modern Forms of Mass Communication
2 The Media During the Reign of Emperor Menelik II
3 The Media During the Pre-Occupation Period (1913–1936)
4 The Media During the Occupation Period (1936–1941)

Part Two—The Post-Occupation Period: Institutionalization of the Media (1941–1974)
Introduction
5 The Print Media
6 Hurdles Against Professionalism
7 Broadcast Media
8 The Ethiopian News Agency
9 Legal and Administrative Controls over the Press
10 The Media in the Last Days of the Monarchy


Part Three—The Media in the Era of Revolution (1974–1991)
Introduction
11 Print Media
12 Broadcast Media
13 Ethiopian News Agency
14 The Law, the Press, and Professional Association

Part Four—The Media in the Age of Ethnic Federalism (1991–)
Introduction
15 Print Media
16 Broadcast Media
17 News Agencies
18 Laws and Editorial Policies
19 Restructuring and Manpower Development
20 Professional Organizations
21 Concluding Remarks and Recommendations

Appendices
Bibliography

About the Author

Meseret Chekol Reta taught in the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls until his death in November 2012. He received his Ph.D. in mass communication and from the University of Minnesota, where he also received two master’s degrees: one in mass communication and the other in political science. In the 1980s he served as a radio journalist for eight years in his native Ethiopia. For the past few years, Dr. Reta has been a frequent guest on the Amharic Service of Voice of America, commenting on various issues including press freedom in Ethiopia and U.S. electoral politics. In 2007 he co-founded and served as president of the Ethiopian Biographical Resource Center, a project that records biographical information on prominent Ethiopians who have made significant contributions to Ethiopia.