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The '''Media in Angola''' is primarily controlled by [[Angola]]'s [[Dominant-party system|dominant]] political party, the formerly [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[MPLA|Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA), led by [[Jose Eduardo dos Santos]], the country's [[President of Angola|president]] who chooses judicial appointments and heavily influences [[Elections in Angola|parliamentary elections]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/world/africa/22angola.html | title=Angola’s New Constitution Consolidates President’s Power | last=Dugger | first=Celia W. | authorlink=Celia W. Dugger | date=January 21, 2010 | work=[[The New York Times]] | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5mxUXGOTj | archivedate=January 21, 2010 }}</ref>
The '''mass media in Angola''' is primarily controlled by [[Angola]]'s [[Dominant-party system|dominant]] political party, the [[MPLA|People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola]] (MPLA).


== Journalism ==
== Journalism ==
The country's official news agency is the government-owned [[Angola Press Agency]] (ANGOP), founded in 1975, and formerly allied with the now-defunct, official news agency of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS).<ref name=culture>{{cite book | last=Oyebade | first=Adebayo | title=Culture and Customs of Angola | publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] | location=Westport, Connecticut | date=2007 | pages=71–72 | isbn=978-0-313-33147-3 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=DeVqVy21g9sC&lpg=PA71&dq=angop&lr=lang_en&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q=angop&f=false | accessdate=January 22, 2010 }}</ref>
The country's official news agency is the government-owned [[Angola Press Agency]] (ANGOP), founded in 1975, and formerly allied with the official news agency of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS).<ref name=culture>{{cite book | last=Oyebade | first=Adebayo | title=Culture and Customs of Angola | publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] | location=Westport, Connecticut | year=2007 | pages=71–72 | isbn=978-0-313-33147-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeVqVy21g9sC&q=angop&pg=PA71 | access-date=January 22, 2010 }}</ref> "The press was [[nationalization|nationalized]] in 1976."<ref name=britannica>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Angola/Government-and-society |access-date= 10 June 2017 |encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |title= Angola: Media and Publishing}}</ref>


=== Print ===
=== Print ===
Angolan newspapers include:
In 2005, the only national daily newspaper was the government-owned ''[[Jornal de Angola]]'' (circulation in 2000 was 41,000). There were at least seven private weekly publications with circulation in the low thousands. Angolan newspapers include the ''Jornal de Angola'',<ref>[http://www.jornaldeangola.com/]</ref> ''[[O Apostolado]]'',<ref>http://www.apostolado.info/</ref> and ''[[Semanário Angolense]]''.<ref>http://www.semanarioangolense.net</ref>
* ''Agora''<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13036740 |access-date= 10 June 2017 |title= Angola Profile: Media |work= [[BBC News]] |date= 11 April 2011 }}</ref>
* ''Angolense''<ref name=bbc />
* ''[[O Apostolado]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apostolado.info/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20030314071039/http%3A//www.apostolado.info/ |archive-date=2003-03-14 }}</ref>
* ''A Capital''<ref name=bbc />
* ''Folha 8''<ref name=bbc />
* ''Jornal de Angola''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jornaldeangola.com/|title=Jornal de Angola|last=recipes|first=ink, cookbook|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>
* ''Novo Jornal''<ref name=bbc />
* ''O Pais''<ref name=bbc />
* ''[[Semanário Angolense]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.semanarioangolense.net|title=semanarioangolense.net|website=www.semanarioangolense.net|language=en|access-date=2017-07-10}}</ref>


== Telecommunications ==
== Telecommunications ==
{{Main|Telecommunications in Angola}}
{{Main|Telecommunications in Angola}}

=== Television and radio ===
=== Television and radio ===
[[TV Zimbo]] in a rival privately owned channel in Angola. On December 16, 2015, a new private TV station, [[Palanca TV]], began broadcasting from the South African satellite subscription TV provider [[DStv]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dstv.com/pt-mz/news/palanca-tv-estreia-na-dstv-20151127 |title=Palanca TV estreia na DStv |publisher=DSTV.com |date=31 Dec 2015 |access-date=2 Feb 2016 |language=pt}}</ref>
[[Rádio Nacional de Angola]] broadcasts in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, and major local languages; government-owned, it is the only station with the capacity to broadcast nationwide. In 2004, there were five commercial radio stations, including the Catholic Church’s Radio Ecclesia and Radio Lac Luanda. The only television station was the government [[Televisão Pública de Angola|Angola Public Television E.P.]] (TPA), which broadcasts in Luanda and most provincial capitals. In 2003, there were an estimated 78 radios and 52 television sets for every 1,000 people. [[TV Zimbo]] in a rival privately owned channel in Angola.


=== Internet ===
==See also==
In 2003, the country had about 17 Internet hosts. The same year, there were 1.9 personal computers for every 1,000 people and three out of every 1,000 people had access to the Internet.

== Censorship ==
{{See also|Corruption in Angola}}
Though a constitution provides for basic freedom of speech and press, the government is said to restrict these freedoms in practice.<ref name=culture/> Journalists are intimidated into practising self-censorship, and the government tightly restricts the main newspapers, television stations, and radio broadcasts.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}

==Also see==
*[[Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan TV show)]]
*[[Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan TV show)]]
*[[Telephone numbers in Angola]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Africa South of the Sahara 2004 |series=Regional Surveys of the World |publisher= [[Europa Publications]] |year=2004 |isbn= 1857431839 |chapter=Angola: Directory: the Press |page=62+ |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC
}}
* {{Citation |publisher = [[Scarecrow Press]] |location = USA |title = Historical Dictionary of Angola |publication-date = 2011 |edition=2nd |isbn=9780810871939 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4A5NM4IeBXgC
|date = 2011-05-05 }} (Includes information about newspapers, radio, tv)
* {{cite journal |title= New Global Flows of Capital in Media Industries after the 2008 Financial Crisis: The Angola–Portugal Relationship |author1= Rita Figueiras |author2= Nelson Ribeiro |journal= [[International Journal of Press/Politics]] |volume=18 |issue= 4 |pages= 508 |doi=10.1177/1940161213496583 |year=2013
|s2cid= 146997968 }}
* {{cite book|editor1=Toyin Falola|editor-link=Toyin Falola|editor2=Daniel Jean-Jacques|title=Africa: an Encyclopedia of Culture and Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjoVCwAAQBAJ|year= 2015 |publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-666-9 |chapter= Angola: Media
}}
* {{citation |url= https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2016/angola |title= Angola |work=[[Freedom of the Press (report)|Freedom of the Press]] |oclc=57509361 |year=2016 |publisher=[[Freedom House]] |location=USA
}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |url= http://library.stanford.edu/africa-south-sahara/browse-topic/news-country |editor=Karen Fung, [[African Studies Association]] |title= News (by country): Angola |work=Africa South of the Sahara |via=Stanford University |location=USA |quote=Annotated directory }}


{{Angola topics}}
{{Africa topic|Media of}}
{{Africa topic|Media of}}


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[[Category:Mass media in Angola| ]]
[[Category:Mass media by country|Angola]]
[[Category:Mass media in Africa by country|Algeria]]

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The mass media in Angola is primarily controlled by Angola's dominant political party, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA).

Journalism[edit]

The country's official news agency is the government-owned Angola Press Agency (ANGOP), founded in 1975, and formerly allied with the official news agency of the Soviet Union, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS).[1] "The press was nationalized in 1976."[2]

Print[edit]

Angolan newspapers include:

Telecommunications[edit]

Main article: Telecommunications in Angola

Television and radio[edit]

TV Zimbo in a rival privately owned channel in Angola. On December 16, 2015, a new private TV station, Palanca TV, began broadcasting from the South African satellite subscription TV provider DStv.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Oyebade, Adebayo (2007). Culture and Customs of Angola. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-0-313-33147-3. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  2. ^ "Angola: Media and Publishing". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Angola Profile: Media". BBC News. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2009-12-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ recipes, ink, cookbook. "Jornal de Angola". Retrieved 2017-07-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "semanarioangolense.net". www.semanarioangolense.net. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  7. ^ "Palanca TV estreia na DStv" (in Portuguese). DSTV.com. 31 Dec 2015. Retrieved 2 Feb 2016.

Bibliography[edit]

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