Media Policy In A Changing Southern Africa

Author : Dumisani Moyo,Wallace Chuma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : 1868885690

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Media Policy in a Changing Southern Africa by Dumisani Moyo,Wallace Chuma Pdf

"The book focuses on policy-making in various media sectors, including broadcasting, print and the new information and communications technologies (ICTs). A range of debates and issues around media policy-making in Southern Africa over the past few decades, are covered by a set of international scholars. Ideal for media policy enthusiasts, students and the general public, it covers media reform in Southern Africa and the rest of the world. A great deal of continuity and change have characterised media and communication policy-making in Southern Africa over the past two decades. Rapid political and economic developments spawned the adoption of 'second generation' reforms aimed at opening up the media to diverse and pluralistic interests in the context of ongoing democratisation projects. Moving from regional case studies that examine the political economy of media reform, the collection also looks into the future, while taking stock of what has been 'hit and missed' and how the current uncertain phase can be transcended. The aim is to take the debate on media reforms to a new level, following on policy 'maturation'"--Publisher's website.

Author : Kristin Skare Orgeret,Helge Rønning
Publisher : Fagbokforlaget
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215363024

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The Power of Communication by Kristin Skare Orgeret,Helge Rønning Pdf

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.

Author : Jane Duncan,Mandla Seleoane
Publisher : HSRC Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0796918546

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Media and Democracy in South Africa by Jane Duncan,Mandla Seleoane Pdf

Criticism has been voiced that government and society are gradually transforming in South Africa, but not the media and that they are in fact obstructing democratisation. Is this criticism justified? Should the media in fact be obliged to play an active role in consolidating democracy, or is this role adequately filled by the objective reflection on events, protected by press freedom principles enshrined in the constitution? What do we mean when we speak of media, and does the media represent South Africa's widely different social interests?This book considers these and many other questions. Seven contributors, representing divergent interests, explore the complex interface between the media and democracy in the South Africa today. They consider the legislative and policy environments necessary for the media to play a meaningful role in building democracy, including the steps needed to develop sustainable, diverse and independent media. South Africa's reintegration into the global community is also reflected in some of the contributions, with two providing international perspectives on questions pertinent to our media today.

Author : Anthony A. Olorunnisola,Keyan G. Tomaselli
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 1572739908

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Political Economy of Media Transformation in South Africa by Anthony A. Olorunnisola,Keyan G. Tomaselli Pdf

Provides the first book-length examination of the political economy of media transformation in South Africa. By locating South Africa within continental and global contexts of changes and with theoretical incisiveness and praxis-oriented understanding, the authors depict a media system at the forefront of transition both in terms of shifting representations of race and class and in terms of ownership and readership changes.

Author : Peggy Valcke,Miklos Sukosd,Robert Picard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137304308

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Media Pluralism and Diversity by Peggy Valcke,Miklos Sukosd,Robert Picard Pdf

Adopting a truly global, theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, Media Pluralism and Diversity intends to advance our understanding of media pluralism across the globe. It compares metrics that have been developed in different parts of the world to assess levels of, or threats to, media pluralism.

Author : Olorunnisola, Anthony A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466641983

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New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa by Olorunnisola, Anthony A. Pdf

While transitioning from autocracy to democracy, media in Africa has always played an important role in democratic and non-democratic states; focusing on politicians, diplomats, activists, and others who work towards political transformations. New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa addresses the development of new mass media and communication tools and its influence on social and political change. While analyzing democratic transitions and cultures with a theoretical perspective, this book also presents case studies and national experiences for media, new media, and democracy scholars and practitioners.

Author : Terry Flew,Petros Iosifidis,Jeanette Steemers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137493958

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Global Media and National Policies by Terry Flew,Petros Iosifidis,Jeanette Steemers Pdf

Conventional wisdom views globalization as a process that heralds the diminishing role or even 'death' of the state and the rise of transnational media and transnational consumption. Global Media and National Policies questions those assumptions and shows not only that the nation-state never left but that it is still a force to be reckoned with. With contributions that look at global developments and developments in specific parts of the world, it demonstrates how nation-states have adapted to globalization and how they still retain key policy instruments to achieve many of their policy objectives. This book argues that the phenomenon of media globalization has been overstated, and that national governments remain key players in shaping the media environment, with media corporations responding to the legal and policy frameworks they deal with at a national level.

Author : Ufuoma Akpojivi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319753010

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Media Reforms and Democratization in Emerging Democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa by Ufuoma Akpojivi Pdf

This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria’s emerging democracies. It evaluates and critiques these reform processes, arguing that because of dependency approaches resulting from the transplanting of policy framework from the West into these emerging democracies, the policy goals and objectives of the reforms have not been achieved. Consequently, the inherent socio-cultural, economic and political factors, coupled with the historical antecedents of these countries, have also affected the reform process. Drawing from policy documents, analyses and interviews, Ufuoma Akpojivi argues that the lack of citizens’ active participation in policy processes has led to neo-liberalization and the continued universalization of Western ideologies such as democracy, media freedom and independence. Akpojivi posits that the recognition of socio-cultural, political and economic factors inherent to these emerging democracies, coupled with the communal participation of citizens, will facilitate true media reform processes and development of these countries.

Author : Jacinta Maweu,Admire Mare
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000361421

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Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa by Jacinta Maweu,Admire Mare Pdf

This book explores the role and place of popular, traditional and digital media platforms in the mediatization, representation and performance of various conflicts and peacebuilding interventions in the African context. The role of the media in conflict is often depicted as either ‘good’ (as symbolized by peace journalism) or ‘bad’ (as exemplified by war journalism), but this book moves beyond this binary to highlight the ‘in-between’ role that the media often plays in times of conflict. The volume does not only focus on the relationship between mass media, conflict and peacebuilding processes but it broadens its scope by critically analysing the dynamic and emergent roles of popular and digital media platforms in a continent where the semi-literate and oral communities still rely heavily on popular communication platforms to get news and information. Whilst social media platforms have been hailed for their assumed democratic and digital dividends, this book does not only focus on these positive aspects but also shines a light on dark forms of participation which are fuelling racial, gender, ethnic, political and religious conflicts in highly polarized and stratified societies. Highlighting the many ways in which traditional, digital and popular media can be used to both escalate conflicts and promote peacebuilding, this volume will be a useful resource for students, researchers and civil society groups interested in peace and conflict studies, journalism and media studies in different contexts within Africa.

Author : Abiodun Salawu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000223958

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African Language Media by Abiodun Salawu Pdf

This edited volume considers why the African language press is unstable and what can be done to develop quality African language journalism into a sustainable business. Providing an overview of the African language journalism landscape, this book examines the challenges of operating sustainable African language media businesses. The chapters explore the political economy and management of African language media and consider case studies of the successes and failures of African language newspapers, as well as the challenges of developing quality journalism. Covering print and digital newspapers and broadcast journalism, this book will be of interest to scholars of media and journalism in Africa.

Author : Trust Matsilele,Shepherd Mpofu,Dumisani Moyo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783031236259

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New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa by Trust Matsilele,Shepherd Mpofu,Dumisani Moyo Pdf

This volume presents case studies of news media employing and integrating social media into their news production practices. It links social media use to journalistic practices and news production processes in the digital age of the Global South. Critically, the chapters look at seminal cases of start-up news media whose content is informed by trends in social media, ethical considerations and participatory cultures spurred by the wide use of social media. There has been considerable research looking at the potential of new media technologies, traditional journalism and citizen reporting. The extent to which these new media technologies and ‘citizen journalism’ have morphed or reconfigured traditional journalism practice remains debatable. Currently, there are questions around the limits of social media in journalism practice as the ethical lines continue to become blurred. It is this conundrum of the role of social media in the reconfiguration of the media, news making, production and participatory cultures that requires more investigation. Social media has also turned the logic of the political economy of media production on its head as citizens can now produce, package and distribute news and information with shoestring budgets and in authoritarian regimes with no license of practice. This new political economy means the power that special interest groups used to enjoy is increasingly slipping from their hands as citizens take back the power to appropriate social media journalism to counter hegemonic narratives. Citizens can also perform journalistic roles of investigating and whistleblowing but with a lack off, or limited, regulation. This volume seeks to explore and untangle these issues, and provides an invaluable resource for researchers across the field of journalism, mass media, and communication studies.

Author : Mhiripiri, Nhamo A.,Chari, Tendai
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781522520962

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Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age by Mhiripiri, Nhamo A.,Chari, Tendai Pdf

The growing presence of digital technologies has caused significant changes in the protection of digital rights. With the ubiquity of these modern technologies, there is an increasing need for advanced media and rights protection. Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age is a key resource on the challenges, opportunities, issues, controversies, and contradictions of digital technologies in relation to media law and ethics and examines occurrences in different socio-political and economic realities. Highlighting multidisciplinary studies on cybercrime, invasion of privacy, and muckraking, this publication is an ideal reference source for policymakers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, government officials, and active media practitioners.

Author : Kealeboga Aiseng
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031549151

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The Sociolinguistics of South African Television by Kealeboga Aiseng Pdf

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319704432

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The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa by Bruce Mutsvairo Pdf

This handbook attempts to fill the gap in empirical scholarship of media and communication research in Africa, from an Africanist perspective. The collection draws on expert knowledge of key media and communication scholars in Africa and the diaspora, offering a counter-narrative to existing Western and Eurocentric discourses of knowledge-production. As the decolonial turn takes centre stage across Africa, this collection further rethinks media and communication research in a post-colonial setting and provides empirical evidence as to why some of the methods conceptualised in Europe will not work in Africa. The result is a thorough appraisal of the current threats, challenges and opportunities facing the discipline on the continent.

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo,Beschara Karam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319620572

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Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa by Bruce Mutsvairo,Beschara Karam Pdf

This edited collection is a cutting-edge volume that reframes political communication from an African perspective. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, the collection gives space to previously understudied regions of sub-Saharan Africa and challenges the over-reliance of western scholarship on political communication on the continent.