The Power of Communication: Changes and Challenges in African Media
Oslo: Oslo Academic Press (2009), 362 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-82-7477-454-4
Signature commbox: 100:10-Gerneral 2009
"This book examines how the media in different parts of Africa plays an important role in the continent's political and social processes of change. The perspective of the book is comparative. It contains overviews of the role of communication, as well as case studies, of the situation in individual countries and societies: Ethiopia, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The book analyzes the printed press and broadcasting, as well as the function of new digital media, such as the Internet and cell phone technology. The chapters discuss both the more political and democratic implications of the media, as well as issues around communication for development." (Publisher description)
Introduction: changes and challenges in African media / Helge Rønning & Kristin Skare Orgeret
Strengths and weaknesses: political change and the media in Africa since the 1990s / Helge Rønning
A decade in the SABC: continuity and change within the public broadcaster / Kristin Skare Orgeret
Relevance and popularity: debating public broadcasting and tabloidisation in South Africa / Wallace Chuma
Three decades of public television and political power in Zimbabwe: 1980-2009 / Winston Mano
Media, politics and power: re-gearing policy and propaganda in crisis Zimbabwe / Sarah Chiumbu & Dumisani Moyo
New ICTs and social change in southern Africa / Martin Nkosi Ndlela
The influence of the media: audiences and impact in Mozambique / Helge Rønning
Bridging digital divides: exploring the principles of the community multimedia centre model in Uganda / Carol Azungi Dralega
A critical look at the digital diaspora: perspectives from Ethiopia / Terje S. Skjerdal
Strengths and weaknesses: political change and the media in Africa since the 1990s / Helge Rønning
A decade in the SABC: continuity and change within the public broadcaster / Kristin Skare Orgeret
Relevance and popularity: debating public broadcasting and tabloidisation in South Africa / Wallace Chuma
Three decades of public television and political power in Zimbabwe: 1980-2009 / Winston Mano
Media, politics and power: re-gearing policy and propaganda in crisis Zimbabwe / Sarah Chiumbu & Dumisani Moyo
New ICTs and social change in southern Africa / Martin Nkosi Ndlela
The influence of the media: audiences and impact in Mozambique / Helge Rønning
Bridging digital divides: exploring the principles of the community multimedia centre model in Uganda / Carol Azungi Dralega
A critical look at the digital diaspora: perspectives from Ethiopia / Terje S. Skjerdal
