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Author: Louise M. Bourgault Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253209382 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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Bourgault considers the political shifts affecting Africa in the 1990s and offers a radical blueprint for more responsive and informative media in the sub-Saharan area.
Author: Louise M. Bourgault Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253209382 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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Bourgault considers the political shifts affecting Africa in the 1990s and offers a radical blueprint for more responsive and informative media in the sub-Saharan area.
Author: Michael Leslie Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351506374 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 340
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Recent discussion of democratization in Africa has focused primarily on the reform of formal state institutions: the public service, the judiciary, and the legislature. Similarly, both scholars and activists have shown interest in how associational life-and with it a civil society-might be enhanced in the countries of the African continent. Much less concern, however, has been directed to the communications media, although they form a vital part of this process. Media and Democracy in Africa provides the first comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the role of the media in political change in sub-Saharan Africa. The central argument of the volume is that while the media may still be relatively weak compared to their positions in liberal democracies, they have come to play a much more important role than ever before since independence. Although they have not yet demonstrated sufficient effectiveness as public watchdogs and agenda setters, they have succeeded in creating new communicative spaces for people who have previously been intimidated or silent. Building on this the contributors argue that a different conceptualization of democratization than the mainstream currently uses may be necessary to capture the process in Africa where it is characterized by contestation rather than consolidation. This volume shows that the media scene in Africa is diverse. It stretches from the well-developed and technologically advanced situation in South Africa to the still fledgling media operations that are typical in sub-Saharan Africa. In these countries, print media as well as television and radio are just beginning to take their place in society and do so using simple and often outdated technology. The volume also examines how these growing outlets are supplemented by informal media, the so-called radio trottoir, or rumor mill whereby the autocratic and bureaucratic direction of public affairs are subject to private speculation and analysis. Media and Democracy in Africa is organized to provide a historical perspective on the evolution of the African media, placing the present in the context of the past, including both colonial and post-colonial experiences. It will be of interest to Africa area specialists, students of media and communications, political scientists and sociologists.
Author: Carol Azungi Dralega Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing ISBN: 1803822716 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 280
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This critical research collection focuses on Eastern and Southern Africa providing timely and valuable insights and reflections around the changes and stabilities within media ecosystems caused by the novel Covid-19 crises.
Author: Mel Bunce Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317334280 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 240
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Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media’s coverage of sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore representation of the continent, and the production of that image, especially by international news media. The book highlights factors that have transformed the global media system, changing whose perspectives are told and the forms of media that empower new voices. Case studies consider questions such as: how has new media changed whose views are represented? Does Chinese or diaspora media offer alternative perspectives for viewing the continent? How do foreign correspondents interact with their audiences in a social media age? What is the contemporary role of charity groups and PR firms in shaping news content? They also examine how recent high profile events and issues been covered by the international media, from the Ebola crisis, and Boko Haram to debates surrounding the "Africa Rising" narrative and neo-imperialism. The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and ‘darkest Africa’ news coverage. It explores the news outlets, international power dynamics, and technologies that shape and reshape the contemporary image of Africa and Africans in journalism and global culture.
Author: Lori Maguire Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000219801 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 322
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This book examines how representations of African in the Anglophone West have changed in the post-imperial age. The period since the Second World War has seen profound changes in sub-Saharan Africa, notably because of decolonization, the creation of independent nation-states and the transformation of the relationships with the West. Using a range of case studies from news media, maps, popular culture, film and TV the contributions assess how narrative and counter-narratives have developed and been received by their audiences in light of these changes. Examining the overlapping areas between media representations and historical events, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies and Media and Cultural Studies.
Author: Carol Azungi Dralega Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030951006 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 288
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This is an open access book which brings together leading scholars and critical discourses on political, economic, legal, technological, socio-cultural and systemic changes and continuities intersecting media and health crises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume extensively discusses COVID-19 but it also covers other epidemics, such as malaria, HIV/AIDS as well as “silent” health crises such as mental health---simmering across the subcontinent. The chapters fill knowledge gaps, highlight innovations, unpack the complexities surrounding the media ecosystem in times of health crises. They explore, among other issues, the politics of public health communication; infodemics; existential threats to media viability; draconian legislations; threats to journalists/journalism; COVID-related entrepreneurship, marginalization, and more. This is a timely resource for academics, advocacy groups, media practitioners and policy makers working on crises and media reporting, not just in Africa but anywhere in the global South.
Author: Lena von Naso Publisher: ISBN: 9781351271806 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 0
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Introduction: coverage of Africa, foreign correspondents, and humanitarian organisations -- State of research -- Theoretical concepts -- Media and aid - sectors and actors: basic assumptions -- Foreign correspondents as political actors -- Based in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The relationship between journalism and public relations -- Humanitarian organisations - roles and tasks -- Embedded journalism - embedded with the military and embedded with the humanitarian sector? -- Research design and methodology -- Research findings -- Framework and conditions defining the interactions - journalists -- Framework and conditions defining the interactions - humanitarian organisations -- Overview of the interactions -- Challenges in the interactions -- General importance of the interactions -- Contextualising aid embedding in the light of the research results -- Influence on coverage -- Blurring of lines -- Summary and conclusion -- Outlook
Author: James Jeter Publisher: Greenwood ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 328
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This guide represents the first serious academic assessment of the relationships between peoples in Africa and of African descent and Afro mass media around the world. Experts on communications in sub-Saharan and North Africa and the Caribbean and African-American media in the United States characterize the settings and philosophical contexts for media in the countries that they survey; the development of often difficult relationships between government, society, and the media; the education and training of media personnel; and the implications of new technologies and future challenges. Designed for students, teachers, and professionals in communications and in the social sciences broadly. This comparative study of Afro mass media, the impact of social and political systems, of culture and ideology, of different communications mechanisms, and of special problems is designed for students, teachers, and professionals in all areas of communications and mass media, and in government, sociology, economics, and African and African-American studies.
Author: Louise M. Bourgault
Author: Louise M. Bourgault
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Author: Michael Leslie
Author: Carol Azungi Dralega
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Author: Lori Maguire
Author: Carol Azungi Dralega
Author: Lena von Naso
Author: James Jeter