Media policy

The need for and the character of media policy are inseparable from discussions and resolutions of issues concerning societal control and domination. This article argues that from available evidence, the NRC/SMC and PNDC military regimes in Ghana show tendencies towards eroding the independence of editors and journalists in the state-owned press; they also deny access to these editors of opinions or demands from sections of the public that are not complementary to the regimes. In addressing the issues of media policy, therefore, one cannot escape addressing the larger issue of how and who rules society, i.e. what is political framework for an appropriate media policy?