| African Media and the Digital Public Sphere 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Mudhai, O. (Editor), Tettey, W. (Editor), Banda, F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230614868 ISBN-13: 9780230614864 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2009 Annotation: "African Media and the Digital Public Sphere" examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances through analyses of words and deeds of various political actors and organizations or institutions, from government units to political parties and party leaders to civil society organizations and minority groups. It is the first such publication contributed to by various African and Africanist scholars, based in Africa and around the world, whose research and/or practice activities focus on the relationship between new digital media and democracy on the continent. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Cultural Policy - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | World - African |
| Dewey: 306.209 |
| LCCN: 2008043027 |
| Series: Palgrave MacMillan Series in International Political Communication (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. It takes optimist, pragmatist-realist and pessimist stances on various political actors and institutions, from government units and political parties to civil society organizations and minority groups. |