Self-regulation and the Namibian media: A survey of Windhoek residents

Abstract

Self-regulation is often being used as an argument in proposing a system that is different from formal regulation by national governments or international regulatory bodies. The study surveyed 150 Windhoek residents using multi-stage sampling to find out their views about media self-regulation. Overall, respondents had a good knowledge of what self-regulation of the media is. Participants also indicated a favourable attitude towards the current status quo of self-regulation with regards to the Namibian media. Most of the participants were against the regulation of the media by the government. The research recommends that future researchers survey other towns in Namibia to fill the gap of generalizing this study’s findings to the rest of the country.