International Afro Mass Media: A Reference Guide - Hardcover

Jeter, James P.; Rampal, Kuldip R.; Cambridge, Vibert C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313284008 ISBN 13: 9780313284007

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1996

Synopsis

This guide represents the first serious academic assessment of the relationships between peoples in Africa and of African descent and Afro mass media around the world. Experts on communications in sub-Saharan and North Africa and the Caribbean and African-American media in the United States characterize the settings and philosophical contexts for media in the countries that they survey; the development of often difficult relationships between government, society, and the media; the education and training of media personnel; and the implications of new technologies and future challenges. Designed for students, teachers, and professionals in communications and in the social sciences broadly. This comparative study of Afro mass media, the impact of social and political systems, of culture and ideology, of different communications mechanisms, and of special problems is designed for students, teachers, and professionals in all areas of communications and mass media, and in government, sociology, economics, and African and African-American studies.

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International Afro Mass Media This guide represents an academic assessment of the relationships between peoples in Africa and of African descent and "Afro" mass media around the world. It characterizes the settings and philosophical contexts for media in the countries that it surveys. Full description

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?The approach of surveying media worldwide based on a people's place of origin is unique and helpful...In his section on the vast area of Africa south of the Sahara, Cornelius Pratt's interweaving of the countries into subtopics makes for a well-structured and easy read, and he provides a blend of developmentalist and critical theory....[T]here is much to recommend in this book to researchers and media students at all levels.?-Choice

"The approach of surveying media worldwide based on a people's place of origin is unique and helpful...In his section on the vast area of Africa south of the Sahara, Cornelius Pratt's interweaving of the countries into subtopics makes for a well-structured and easy read, and he provides a blend of developmentalist and critical theory....[T]here is much to recommend in this book to researchers and media students at all levels."-Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0313284008
• ISBN 13: 9780313284007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314