STATE AND PRIVATE MEDIA COPY EACH OTHER-RESEARCH

Media gurus have welcome a recently published study by the International Communication Research Journal (ICRJ) that private press is serving as an effective countervailing force against government media’s potential domination.
Journalism and Communication research study concludes that “from a media and political perspective, the presence of a demonstrably vibrant Ghanaian press ensures that hopes for democratic consolidation in Africa remain optimistic”.
It would be recall that US president Barack Obama called Ghana media a “successful model” of democracy in Africa.
Speaking to Adom news the editor of The Heritage newspaper A C Ohene says Ghana’s media need to collaborate more to assist in the democratic process in the country.
He explains that the unnecessary competition in the media tends to impede the development of the media in the country. He recommend that media houses should concentrate more on social, economical and developmental issues rather than focusing most of their time on political issues.

The Editor of the Daily Searchlight newspaper, Ken Korankye explains that the Private media in Ghana impact on the public as it has engage them for their contributions in all issues.
He says he is not surprise Ghana’s media operations has become envy of most developmental countries.

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