Perspectives On Political Communication In Africa

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo,Beschara Karam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319620572

Get Book

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.

Author : Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761862550

Get Book

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process by Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor,Kehbuma Langmia Pdf

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process analyzes the effect of mass media on African elections. Featuring contributions by leading African scholars and professionals, this book covers a wide array of social science disciplines, political discourses, and political communication issues. In addition, the book is an essential reference guide for mass media scholars, political scientists, consultants, professionals, and diplomats interested in the media’s role in the electoral process.

Author : Sharon Adetutu Omotoso
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030428273

Get Book

Women's Political Communication in Africa by Sharon Adetutu Omotoso Pdf

This book examines women’s political communication in Africa, capturing previously unheard women’s voices, and presenting detailed information on overlooked communication strategies and forms of power relations employed by African women and women of African descent. By examining the disputes, accomplishments and/or setbacks experienced by women in political spaces, it underscores feminist intersections of political communication in Africa. It also explores the glamor, humor, harmony and tact that women as state and non-state actors have contributed to Africa’s political landscape through the realities of female soft power. The book addresses issues concerning how and why women do and should participate in politics; at what level they have employed political communication strategies; and which types. It also questions ideas and ideals that have guided or continue to guide feminist political communication in Africa’s growing democracy. Lastly, it highlights African women’s conscious approach and rejuvenated interest in developing their communication skills and strategies given their vital role in state-building.

Author : Ayo Olukotun,Sharon Adetutu Omotoso
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319486314

Get Book

Political Communication in Africa by Ayo Olukotun,Sharon Adetutu Omotoso Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive account of the nature and development of political communication in Africa. In light of the growing number of African states now turning towards democratic rule, as well as the growing utilization of information technologies in Africa, the contributors examine topics such as: the role of social media in politics, strategic political communication, political philosophy and political communication, Habermas in Africa, gender and political communication, image dilemma in Africa, and issues in political communication research in Africa, and identify the frontiers for future research on political communication in Africa.

Author : Beschara Karam,Bruce Mutsvairo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000411980

Get Book

Decolonising Political Communication in Africa by Beschara Karam,Bruce Mutsvairo Pdf

This book uses decolonisation as a lens to interrogate political communication styles, performance, and practice in Africa and the diaspora. The book interrogates the theory and practice of political communication, using decolonial research methods to begin a process of self-reflexivity and the creation of a new approach to knowledge production about African political communication. In doing so, it explores political communication approaches that might until recently have been considered subversive or dissident: forms of political communication that served to challenge imposed western norms and to empower African citizens and their histories. Centring African scholarship, the book draws on case studies from across the continent, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, media and communication in Africa. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003111962, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030305536

Get Book

Social Media and Elections in Africa, Volume 1 by Martin N. Ndlela,Winston Mano Pdf

This book brings together fresh evidence and new theoretical frameworks in a unique analysis of the increasing role of social media in political campaigns and electoral processes across Africa. Supported by contemporary and historical cases studies, it engages with the main drives behind the various appropriations of social media for election campaigns, organization, and voter mobilization. Contributors in this volume delve into changing and complex aspects of social media, offering an appraisal of theoretical perspectives and examining fascinating case studies which social media use is redefining elections across Africa. Contributions show that new media ecologies are resulting in new policy regimes, user behaviors, and communication models that have implications for electoral processes. The book also provides preliminary analysis of emerging forms of algorithm-driven campaigns, fake news, information distortions and other methods that undermine electoral democracy in Africa.

Author : Tendai Chari,Ufuoma Akpojivi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000955040

Get Book

Communication Rights in Africa by Tendai Chari,Ufuoma Akpojivi Pdf

This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa. Drawing on a broad range of case studies across the continent, the volume considers what constitutes communication rights in Africa, who should protect them, against whom, and how communication rights relate to broader human rights. While the case studies highlight the variation in communicative rights experiences between countries, they also coalesce around common tropes and practices for the implementation and expression of communication rights. Deploying a variety of innovative theoretical and methodological approaches, the chapters scrutinise different facets of communication rights in the context of both offline and digital communication realities. The contributions provide illuminating accounts on language rights, digital exclusion, digital activism, citizen journalism, media regulation and censorship, protection of intellectual property rights, politics of mobile data, and politicisation of social media. This is the first collection to consider communication in Africa using a rights-based lens. The book will appeal to researchers, academics, communication activists, and media practitioners at all levels in the fields of media studies, journalism, human rights, political science, public policy, as well as general readers who are keen to know about the status of communication rights in Africa.

Author : Wincharles Coker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3962032290

Get Book

Ghana in the Geopolitics of Africa by Wincharles Coker Pdf

Situated in the contexts of rhetoric and political communication, this book interrogates Ghana's mammoth role in the geopolitics of Africa. It argues for the centrality of strategic language use as a critical tool employed by key state actors in international diplomacy and conflict resolution. Ghana in the Geopolitics of Africa is composed of 12 chapters. The first three provide a framework for grappling with the geopolitics of Africa. Chapters 4 and 5 examine the political significance of Ghana in West Africa and Africa as a whole. Chapters 6 and 7 analyze the role of Ghana in the formation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the pan-African body, the Organization of African Union (OAU/AU). Chapters 8 and 9 provide an overview of Ghana's diplomatic relations with North and East Africa. The next two chapters uncover basic communication strategies employed by Ghana in her efforts to resolve the Congo Crisis and Apartheid. The concluding chapter brainstorms the future of Ghana in the geopolitics of Africa by deconstructing a technical communication document designed by the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Author : Olorunnisola, Anthony A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466641983

Get Book

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 : Aliou Sow
Publisher : Les Impliqués
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9782343157092

Get Book

Postcolonial Mind, Identities and Political Communication in Africa by Aliou Sow Pdf

This book is about Africa in the postcolonial trend of thinking and mutual representations of peoples of different cultures. From a literary approach and culture-based illustrations, the essay explores postcolonial ideas, realities and discourses in African letters and politics. It deals also with political perspectives and solutions relating to the causes and consequences of the connection between the African youth and terrorism and their link with migration as well as leadership.

Author : Philippe Maarek,Gadi Wolfsfeld
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134439508

Get Book

Political Communication in a New Era by Philippe Maarek,Gadi Wolfsfeld Pdf

This book seeks to provide readers with a cross-national perspective concerning the art of political communication in a field increasingly affected by globalization, fragmentation of political audiences, and the rise of professional communications experts - a field concerned not only with how leaders are chosen, but also with how they govern. Structured in two sections, Political Communication in a New Era examines both methods of gathering and disseminating information in a time of technological transformation, and developments in the uses of political communication across the globe. Contributors offer perspectives from Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy and the United States.

Author : Tsietsi Mmutle,Tshepang Bright Molale,Olanrewaju Olugbenga Akinola,Olebogeng Selebi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031414015

Get Book

Strategic Communication Management for Development and Social Change by Tsietsi Mmutle,Tshepang Bright Molale,Olanrewaju Olugbenga Akinola,Olebogeng Selebi Pdf

This book is the first of its kind within the African region to combine scholarly perspectives from the fields of Strategic Communication Management and Communication for Development and Social Change. It draws insights from scholars across the African continent by unravelling the complementary nature of scholarship between the two fields, through the lens of prevailing governance and sustainability challenges facing African countries, today. This edited volume covers issues that have adversely affected the achievement of goals related to humanitarian upliftment, development and social change for all African nations. Consequently, citizen participation, which lies at the heart of these challenges when considering the question of sustainable governance and policy development for social change in an African context is addressed. To this end, a reflection is also made on various case studies that exist where local citizens do not inform sustainable development programmes, while the promotion of bottom-up development and social change is largely replaced by top-down instrumental action approaches and hemispheric communication instead of strategic communication. Themes explored include: ● Communication for social change, bottom-up development and social movements in the local government sphere ● Strategic communication in governance, planning and policy reforms ● The role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in achieving development of objectives geared towards good governance in Africa ● Public participation, protests, and resistance from 'below' ● Public sector health communications and development ● Media relations, accountability and contested development narratives with the Fourth Estate ● Social media and eParticipation in government development programs.

Author : Mirko A. Demasi,Shani Burke,Cristian Tileagă
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030602239

Get Book

Political Communication by Mirko A. Demasi,Shani Burke,Cristian Tileagă Pdf

This book explores discursive psychological empirical research in the context of political communication. Drawing together a well-established field of study and a variety of discursive psychology approaches the authors confront the theoretical and practical challenges that discursive psychology and political communication studies face today. Using a diverse range of approaches, including the analysis of TV shows, cartoons, social media groups and blogs, face-to-face verbal interaction, political rhetoric and mainstream news reports, the authors explain the ways in which discursive psychology can offer insight into the nature of contemporary political communications. The book offers timely and international reflections on the context of online political communication, Brexit rhetoric, prejudice discourse and political persuasion, showcasing the analytical acumen and empirical insight that can be gleaned from discursive psychology methods. Political Communication: Discursive Perspectives highlights the value of contributions from outside English speaking academia and is essential reading for academics, researchers and students interested in political communication or discursive psychology.

Author : Frank Esser,Barbara Pfetsch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521535409

Get Book

Comparing Political Communication by Frank Esser,Barbara Pfetsch Pdf

This volume assesses comparative political communication research and considers potential ways in which it could and should develop. Twenty experts from Europe and the United States offer a unique and comprehensive discussion of the theories, cases, and challenges of comparative research in political communication. The first part discusses the fundamental themes, concepts and methods essential to analyze the effects of modernization and globalization of political communication. The second part offers a broad range of case studies that illustrate the enormous potential of cross-national approaches in many relevant fields of political communication. The third part paves the way for future research by describing the most promising concepts and pressing challenges of comparative political communication. This book is intended to introduce new students to a crucial, dynamic field as well as deepening advanced students' knowledge of its principles and perspectives.

Author : Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh
Publisher : School of Communication Studies University of Ghana
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Communication
ISBN : UOM:39015051610593

Get Book

Perspectives on Indigenous Communication in Africa: Theory and applications by Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh Pdf