SECTOR 4 However, most members of the public prefer to use the courts for compensation when they have a problem with the media. “One reason that the public doesn’t have confidence in the GJA is that they don’t have a mandate to sanction a media person. They have no teeth to bite. So, people are never happy with the outcomes.” “Sometimes they can’t even locate media houses to issue complaints.” NMC receives about 20 complaints per year regarding the media and their practice. But, “Ghana’s media does not submit itself to anything at all.” “Telling people to go to court is not something that you should do on the regular. They just do things and cross the bridge when the consequences come, but the consequences don’t come, so they just keep doing things.” One panellist noted submitting various issues to GJA, “for example, on-going plagiarising in the blogging community; who think that if they can just get away with it, that’s power.” It is unclear as to whether the presence of these bodies has reduced court cases. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 62 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER GHANA 2017 2.6 (2006:2.8; 2008:2.9; 2011:2.9; 2013:2.5)