Ethical Issues and Insecurity in Africa: The Media Dimension

This paper addresses ethical issues and the challenges of insecurity in connection to mass media journalistic practice context Africa. In communication studies, ethics is central critical issue Africa, especially credibility gathering, processing, delivery information for believability. Insecurity constitutes a major impediment development There are multiple points violent conflicts, acts terrorism, kidnapping, crimes. Many countries Africa faced with threats ranging from armed banditry, cattle rustling, sea robberies piracy, militancy, cultism, pipeline vandalism, illegal oil bunkering, crude theft, refining petroleum, herdsmen-farmers clashes, activities IPOB other separatist groups. All these make society tense, dangerous, conflict-ridden implications on journalism, its practice, performance, credibility. For an individual or people internalize, accept, believe actualize content information, such must adjudge source based truthfulness, competence, dynamism, relevance. Often time, accelerated due way handle issues. When sufficiently ethically informed, he she becomes knowledgeable particular subject mind freed uncertainty, liberated ignorance, empowered effectively participate process national development. The growth have continuously failed correlate quantum resources allegedly expanded over time. Within this context, examines engagement