African language media : development, economics and management / edited by Abiodun Salawu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salawu, Abiodun, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press--Africa.

Press.

African language imprints.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Section A: Political Economy of African Language Media

The Political Economy of Indigenous Language Media in Nigeria and the Challenge of Survival in Digital Age / Toyosi Olugbenga Owolabi

Language politics, political economy and sustainability of African language press in Zimbabwe / Phillip Mpofu

Section B: Mixed Bag

Failure and Successes of African Language Newspapers

In the dead end : the decline of the indigenous language press in post-colonial Zimbabwe / Allen Munoriyarwa

Making sense of South African Mmega Dikgang's Shift from Setswana to English / Tshepang Bright Molale and Phillip Mpofu

The extinction of siSwati-language newspapers in the Kingdom of Eswatini / Maxwell V. Mthembu and Carolyne M. Lunga

Indigenous language media in Zimbabwe

Kwayedza and Umthunywa

and the struggle for survival: Views from mainstream media journalists / Albert Chibuwe

Indigenous language media and the survival game: the Alaroye newspaper example / Obasanjo Joseph Oyedele and Jendele Hungbo

Section C: Management and Sustainability of African Language Media

Reimagining the future of indigenous language Press in the digital era / Oyesomi, kehinde Onyenankeya, Kevin and Onyenankeya, Oluwayemisi

A survey of management, organisation, structure, content and column of the contemporary Yoruba newspaper / Tola Osunuga

Sustaining African language newspaper business: the Yorùbá language example from Nigeria / Clement Adéníyì Àkàngbé

Section D: Towards quality

African Language Journalism Development

The significance of African storytelling in journalism / M.A. Wendpanga Eric Segueda and David Anderson Hooker

African Language Journalism in Ghana and the Quest for Quality Journalism: An Investigation of Peace / FM Akpojivi Ufuoma and Fosu Modestus

Editorial Policies and the isiXhosa language newspapers at Caxton Media and Independent News Media / Mbuyekezo Njeje and Albert Chibuwe

Section E: Focus on the Broadcast Media

News Syndication in Local Language Broadcasting in South Africa: Hegemonic Infiltration or Hybridity? / Tendai Chari

Section F: Borrowing a Leaf

African Language Newspaper Sustainability: Lessons to Learn from Asia / Abiodun Salawu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 18, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: African language media

ISBN:

9781003004738

1003004733

9781000224016

1000224015

9781000223989

1000223981

9781000223958

1000223957

Publisher Number:

99985731246

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