(« JOURNALISTS IN DANGER WORLDWIDE »):(74) » JOURNALISTS KILLED » IN (2016)!
BASICALLY, THE PRESS PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE BOTH PRESERVING THE OLD AND IN USHERING IN THE NEW!BUT NOWADAYS THE CLOSURE OF CRITICAL PUBLICATIONS, THE EVENTUAL ARREST AND MEURDER OF(74) JOURNALISTS IN (2016 WORLDWIDE,THE ISSUANCE OF REPRESSIVE DECREES WHICH PLACED FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS , INCLUDING FREEDOM OF PRESS IN JEOPARDY!TODAY IN THE THIRD WORLD, NAMELY IN SOME AFRICAN NATIONS THE SO CALLED LAYERS OF CONSTRAINTS ARE CONSPICUOUS!
-(« SPOTLIGHT ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE PRESS WORLDWIDE »):
THE PRESS IS AN INSTITION WHICH INCULCATES A PARTICULAR FORM OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE MINDS OF ITS READERS.AS A RESULT, CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF REFLECTION OF WHICH ONLY MAN IS CAPABLE;IT IS THE MANNER BY WHICH A SOCIETY IN ITS DEVELOPMENT EXPLAINS THE WORLD AND VIEWS ITSELF;FURTHERMORE, CONSCIOUSNESS,THEREFORE,IS THE SUMMATION OF THE IDEAS,CONCEPTS,AND THE THEORIES PREVAILING IN A GIVEN SOCIETY AT A DEFINITE HISTORICAL STAGE, ALL OF WHICH JUSTIFY AND REINFORCE THE WAY THIS PARTICULAR SOCIETY IS ORGANIZED TO MAINTAIN ITSELF.IN THE SAME TREND, IT FOLLOWS FOR EXAMPLE,THAT UNDER A SYSTEM OF PRIVATE OWNERSHIP,THE PREVAILING CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS NURTURED BY THE MASS MEDIA IS ONE WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SOCALLED EXISTING ORDER? JUST TO MAKE THE MASSES BE BLIND POLITICALLY
-(« PRESS UNDER SOFT MARTIAL LAWS IN DISGUISE IN (« IVORY COAST »)(WESTAFRICA SINCE (2011)!
IN SOME AFRICAN NATIONS SUCH AS « IVORY COAST » SINCE (2011) TURMOIL THRE ARE MECHANISMS OF CONSTRAINT WHICH FORCE THE NATIONAL PRESS AS AN INSTITUTION TO FOLLOW BLINDLY THE RULES OF THE GAME OR TO REMAIN WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF RECOGNIZED STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR,THUS PREVENTING IT FROM CHALLENGING THE OVERALL SYSTEM WITHIN WHICH IT OPERATES.
-IN CONSEQUENCE, THE ABSTRACT CONCEPT OF RELATIVE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN « IVORY COAST » WILL HAVE TO BE RE-EXAMINED:IT IS TRUE THA SOME INDEPENDENT LEFT-WING WRITERS OR SOCIAL CRITICS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUBLISH THEIR VIEWS, FAVIORING A COUNTER-CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE PREVAILIN IVORIAN REMOTE CONTROL MENTALITY BUT THEY HAVE BEEN MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE RULE.DOWN THE LINE, THERE IS THEREFORE A REAL NEED TO SHOW HOW THE CONCEPT OF FRREDOM OF THE PRESS HAS CONCRETELY APPLIED TO THE IVORIAN SITUATION SINC(2011) ,KNOWING THE FACT THAT THERE IS ALINK BETWEEN FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND TRUE DEMOCRACY TODAY WORLDWIDE!
(FROM THE STAFF)