Media studies : critical African and decolonial approaches
Title:
Media studies : critical African and decolonial approaches
Author:
Chiumbu, Sarah, editor.
ISBN:
9780190443535
Physical Description:
xii, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Decolonising media studies: new knowledge for a global discipline -- Media history and colonialism -- Critical perspectives of African journalism -- Broadcasting, television and the digital shift in contemporary Africa -- The politics of technology in the global south -- The public sphere: from theory to its diverse manifestations -- Theorising and researching audiences and users -- Political economy of the media in Africa -- Decolonising democracy, media freedom and freedom of expression -- Media and election : African perspectives -- Nationalism and the media of global south -- Media studies, globalisation and African realities -- Media institutions, regulation and governance in a global south context -- Media, development and decolonisation -- Media text: modality meaning and analysis -- African-language media in orality, print and broadcast -- Decolonising visual culture : critical perspectives and approaches -- Morality, anxiety and meaning in the media -- Gender and sexuality in the media -- Youth subcultures and popular culture in Africa.
Abstract:
"Media Studies: Critical African and Decolonial Approaches provides an introduction in key concepts and theories in the study of media, culture and communication from a decolonial perspective. It challenges the key theories and concepts that have shaped and defined the fields of media, communications and cultural studies globally. It also introduces canonical approaches to the study of media, communication and culture while simultaneously presenting post-colonial, de-colonial and global south approaches to those canons."--Provided by Publisher.