African Language Digital Media and Communication (Routledge Contemporary Africa) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815359543 ISBN 13: 9780815359548

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

While some academic attention has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portuguese, there is a dearth of research into African language digital communication. This book analyses the online presence of African language media. The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance, and audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have been appropriated by African language media. Using a wide range of case studies, the contributors assess the challenges of adopting digital technologies by the media, and how the technologies have impacted journalistic practice and media operations.

Examining the ability of the African language press to adopt new technologies, this book will be of interest to scholars of media, journalism, communication, social media and culture in Africa.

About this title

About the Author

Abiodun Salawu is Professor of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies and Director of the research entity Indigenous Language Media in Africa at the North-West University, South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815359543
• ISBN 13: 9780815359548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Salawu Abiodun