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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear all,<br>
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the bilingual report of the African Media Barometer (AMB) Cameroon
2011 was launched in Yaoundé.<br>
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The country's media plurality cannot go unnoticed: Cameroon boasts
some 500 newspapers and magazines, approx. a hundred radio and a
dozen TV stations, and about ten multimedia platforms. An
impressive record - however, these statistics do not match the
overall level of the media development in terms of access,
diversity, professionalism, ownership and ethical standards. This
contrast can be explained by factors such as a lack of
implementation of professional standards and media ethics - e.g.
the low or even absent wages for journalists nourishing an
ubiquitous corruption; and with Cameroon's media laws said to be
of the most repressive</span><span
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style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">
in Africa and the government's tight grip on the national
broadcaster, self-censorship is a widespread phenomenon.<br>
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Despite those challenges, new frontiers are being explored in
Cameroon's media landscape: e.g. new medi<font color="#000000">a
have </font></span><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><font
color="#000000">e</font>xperienced a remarkable growth, with
platforms such as mobile telephone opening up additional access to
information to citizens.<br>
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Read more in our report: <font color="#000000"><a
href="http://fesmedia.org/uploads/media/AMB_Zambia_2011.pdf"
target="_blank"></a></font><b><a
href="http://fesmedia.org/uploads/media/AMB_Zambia_2011.pdf"
target="_blank">http://fesmedia.org/uploads/media/AMB_Cameroun_2011.pdf</a></b><br>
Additional information on the AMB in general on our website <a
href="http://fesmedia.org/african-media-barometer-amb/"
target="_blank">http://fesmedia.org/african-media-barometer-amb/</a><br>
as well as previous AMB country editions via <a
href="http://fesmedia.org/top/resources/amb-reports/#c102"
target="_blank">http://fesmedia.org/top/resources/amb-reports/#c102</a><br>
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Kind regards<br>
Blanka Balfer<br>
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