Media and democracy in Africa / Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie, and Folu F. Ogundimu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hydén, Göran, 1938-

Leslie, Michael.

Ogundimu, Folu Folarin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects--Africa--Congresses.

Mass media.

Democracy--Africa--Congresses.

Democracy.

Politics and government.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government--1960---Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 260 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

1. Communications and Democratization in Africa / Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie 1

2. The Media and the Two Waves of Democracy / Goran Hyden, Charles Okigbo 29

3. Media Laws in Political Transition / Chris W. Ogbondah 55

4. Broadcasting and Political Reform / Paul R. van der Veur 81

5. The Internet and Democratization / Michael Leslie 107

6. Media Ownership and Democratization / Keyan Tomaselli 129

7. African Politics and American Reporting / Beverly G. Hawk 157

8. Alternative Small Media and Communicative Spaces / Debra Spitulnik 177

9. Media and Democracy in Twenty-First-Century Africa / Folu Folarin Ogundimu 207.

Notes:

"An outgrowth from an international conference organized in March 1997 in the honor of the late Gwendolen Carter who was associated with the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida"--P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765801485

OCLC:

50022678