Africa's Media: Democracy and the Politics of Belonging

by Francis B. Nyamnjoh

This major study explores the role of the mass media in promoting democracy and empowering civil society in Africa. The author contextualizes Africa within in the rapidly changing global media and shows how patterns of media ownership and state control have evolved and the huge difficulties under which most African media workers labor. The author also explores the whole question of media ethics and professionalism in Africa. The general analysis is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842775839
• ISBN13: 9781842775837
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"