Kenya's media played contested roles during the election and post-election violence. Some media outlets, particularly certain radio stations, broadcast content that many observers characterized as hate speech and incitement to violence, with ethnic groups being portrayed as threats to other communities. Other media outlets provided relatively balanced coverage of the political crisis and violence. The media's role in either exacerbating or mitigating violence became a major focus of post-election analysis. International observers and civil society called for media accountability and reforms to prevent similar harmful content in future elections.
See Also
- 2007 post-election violence
- Media and elections Kenya
- Hate speech Kenya
- Media regulation Kenya
- Radio broadcasts Kenya
Sources
- Human Rights Watch (2008). "Ballots to Bullets: Voting Irregularities and Violence in Kenya's 2007 General Elections." New York: HRW. https://www.hrw.org
- Reporters Without Borders (2008). "Media and the Kenya Election Crisis." Paris: RSF. https://rsf.org/en/countries/kenya
- Waki, Philip et al. (2008). "Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence, Kenya." Government of Kenya. https://www.krckenya.org
- Branch, Daniel (2011). "Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1992-2011." Yale University Press. https://www.yalebooks.com