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Book SynopsisMedia Role in African Changing Electoral Process analyzes the effect of mass media on African elections. Featuring contributions by leading African scholars and professionals, this book covers a wide-array of social science disciplines, political discourses, and political communication issues.
Trade Review“Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process provides a strong and much sort for details in the area of Media role in political communication in the continent of Africa. The editors have done such an outstanding scholarly work by pulling an array of interdisciplinary credentialed scholars of African descent who present convincing data in support of their various claims. This book is a must read and a powerful learning tool for students of Mass Communication, Media Studies and Political Science.” -- Jennifer Keane Dawes, professor and dean of graduate studies at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
“Nwokeafor and Langmia are well-known communication scholars who have used this book to frame their strong arguments well and express them with class and elegance.” -- Mathias Mbah, professor and assistant dean of Graduate School at Bowie State University
“Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process builds a solid foundation that has hit the hottest buttons in political communications and delivers the contentious critical perspectives in Media Studies in Africa’s Changing Electoral Process.” -- Adekunle Okunoye, associate professor of information systems at Xavier University
Table of ContentsFOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND POLYGLOT MEDIATOCRA{Z}Y & DEMO-CRA{Z}Y: THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 1 INTERNET/ONLINE MEDIA ADOPTION IN AFRICAN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 2 AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE MASS MEDIA: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN ELECTIONS CHAPTER 3 MEDIA AND SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA CHAPTER 4 MEDIA POWER IN ELECTIONS: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF AGENDASETTING THEORY IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA’S EVOLVING DEMOCRACY CHAPTER 5 MEDIA MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE CHAPTER 6 THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: TOWARD THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 7 TRANSPARENCY IN THE POLLS: A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AND THE NIGERIAN TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA) IN THE APRIL 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER 8 SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND THE 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON CHAPTER 9 COMMUNICATING ELECTORAL INFORMATION IN RECENT ELECTIONS IN CAMEROON: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 10 RADIO DRAMA ON A FERTILE GROUND FOR ENGINEERING DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA CHAPTER 11 UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS: A SYNTHESIZED ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN KENYA CHAPTER 12 MEDIA AND POLITICAL PLURALISM IN GHANA’S QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY INDEX CONTRIBUTORS EDITORS
