International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press (1996), xiii, 299 pp.
Contains tables, bibliogr., index
ISBN 0-313-28400-8
Signature commbox: 100:10-General 1996
"In geographically oriented chapters on sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean and North America (Afro-America), four experts from U.S. universities with numerous publications present the mass media published and influenced by Africans and their descendants in Africa and America. The chapters are organized according to a uniform scheme: General principles, historical development in the individual states of the region (up to about 1993), personnel and regional characteristics, so that clarity and quick comparisons within the book are assured. Anyone expecting a reference work on the individual media based on the title of the book will be disappointed, because the authors expressly do not want to compile a bibliographical or factual reference work - although one would have liked clearer bibliographical lists and some data compilations - but they want to write an introduction to the African-influenced mass media. It is in the nature of the matter that this was only possible in broad outlines and without numerous details in view of the historical and current diversity, but it makes the book interesting as a first introduction to the subject and at the same time as the first self-portrayal on this scale and with this self-image." (Review by Wilbert Ubbens, Informationsmittel für Bibliotheken (IFB) 5:1-2 (1997)
I. AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA / Cornelius B. Pratt
1 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 3
2 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 27
3 Education and Training of Media Personnel, 37
4 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 45
II. NORTH AFRICA / Kuldip R. Rampal
5 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 65
6 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 79
7 Contemporary Mass Media and Media Education, 103
8 Interregional/International Exchanges, New Technologies, and Special Problems, 137
III. THE CARIBBEAN REGION / Vibert C. Cambridge
9 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 159
10 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 185
11 Education, Training, and Caribbean Mass Communication, 195
12 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 203
IV. AFRO-AMERICA / James Phillip Jeter
13 Pre-Twentieth Century Philosophical Contexts, 213
14 Setting and Philosophical Perspectives in the Twentieth Century, 227
15 Education and Training of Media Personnel, 251
16 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 265
1 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 3
2 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 27
3 Education and Training of Media Personnel, 37
4 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 45
II. NORTH AFRICA / Kuldip R. Rampal
5 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 65
6 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 79
7 Contemporary Mass Media and Media Education, 103
8 Interregional/International Exchanges, New Technologies, and Special Problems, 137
III. THE CARIBBEAN REGION / Vibert C. Cambridge
9 Setting and Philosophical Contexts, 159
10 Mass Media Development and Government Relations, 185
11 Education, Training, and Caribbean Mass Communication, 195
12 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 203
IV. AFRO-AMERICA / James Phillip Jeter
13 Pre-Twentieth Century Philosophical Contexts, 213
14 Setting and Philosophical Perspectives in the Twentieth Century, 227
15 Education and Training of Media Personnel, 251
16 New Technologies, Their Implications, and Special Issues, 265
