Some perspectives on the mass media under a military government

This descriptive paper throws the searchlight on the mass media under the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) from certain theoretical perspectives. After giving a brief background to the mass media from pre-independence times to the advent of the, PNDC, the paper interpretes the activities of the media in relation to the dominant political forces in the country, and how this has affected the media's performance. While the press displays some of the classical attributes of the media of the Third World, the ideology of the present government undoubtedly shows a powerful influence on the present Ghana media.