Media and democracy in Africa /

Media and democracy in Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2002.
Description:	ix, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mass media -- Political aspects -- Africa -- Congresses. Democracy -- Africa -- Congresses. Democracy. Mass media -- Political aspects. Politics and government Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Congresses. Africa. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4759649

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Other authors / contributors:	Hydén, Göran, 1938- Leslie, Michael. Ogundimu, Folu Folarin.
ISBN:	0765801485 (alk. paper)
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"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1.. Communications and Democratization in Africa
2.. The Media and the Two Waves of Democracy
3.. Media Laws in Political Transition
4.. Broadcasting and Political Reform
5.. The Internet and Democratization
6.. Media Ownership and Democratization
7.. African Politics and American Reporting
8.. Alternative Small Media and Communicative Spaces
9.. Media and Democracy in Twenty-First-Century Africa
Contributors
Index