Editors:
- Fills a gap in the knowledge in the field of political communication
- A well-timed intervention responding to the ubiquitous calls for decolonization of the curriculum across Africa
- Includes case studies covering Francophone, Anglophone and Lusophone Africa
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptualising Political Communication in the Digital Age
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Emergent Narratives: Complex and Contradictory Attitudes between Media and Politics
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Online and Offline Mapping of Interactive Politics and Media
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Local Politics in a Globalised World
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About this book
This edited collection is a cutting-edge volume that reframes political communication from an African perspective. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the field focusing on the current opportunities and challenges within the African context. By using a wide variety of case studies that include Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, the collection gives space to previously understudied regions of sub-Saharan Africa and challenges the over-reliance of western scholarship on political communication on the continent.
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Bruce Mutsvairo
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Department of Communication Science, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Beschara Karam
About the editors
Bruce Mutsvairo is Associate Professor in Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney.
Beschara Karam is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Science, University of South Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa
Editors: Bruce Mutsvairo, Beschara Karam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62057-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62056-5Published: 08 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09668-7Published: 08 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62057-2Published: 27 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 272
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Culture, Media and Communication, Political Communication, African Politics