These forms of mass media serve the Rwandan community by disseminating necessary information among the general public.
The state-owned Rwandan Broadcasting Agency runs the TV station Rwanda Television (RTV).
[14] The radio station offers Kinyarwanda, French, Kiswahili and English language services[15] in FM 100.7.
As such, it is used to complement other media which mainly provided services in English and Kinyarwanda, the two popular languages in Rwanda.
Despite the boom in the local publishing industry, a similar spell of growth has yet to be seen in the commercial trading of books.
[22] Throughout the years, journalists have faced continuous harassment from the government, including arbitrary arrests and threats.
Journalists also practice self-censorship for fear of government retaliation, dealing a severe blow to Rwanda's freedom of the press.
[23] The government also actively participated in potentially unconstitutional acts of interfering with the media, by banning BBC's Kinyarwanda service in Rwanda due to the airing of a controversial documentary.