
AN ANALYSIS OF THE AUTHORITARIAN THEORY OF THE PRESS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE AND ANALOGY TO THE POST-INDEPENDENCE SIERRA LEONE PRESS
BY SULIMAN MANSARAY INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE THEORY In the 16th and 17th centuries society was made up of three estates – the clergy, the aristocracy and the commoners. At this point in time, it was believed that the right to rule was bestowed upon one by God. The







