Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process
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Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process

A Political Communication Perspective

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eBook - ePub

Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process

A Political Communication Perspective

About this book

Media 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. In addition, the book is an essential reference guide for mass media scholars, political scientists, consultants, professionals, and diplomats interested in the media's role in the electoral process.

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Table of contents

  1. FOREWORD
  2. PREFACE
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. Introduction Critical Overview of New Media, Media Political Systems and Polyglot Mediatocra{z}y & Demo-cra{z}y: The African Experience
  5. Chapter 1 Internet/Online Media Adoption in African Elections
  6. Chapter 2 African Politics and the Mass Media: Evidence of the Role of the Media in Elections
  7. Chapter 3 Media and Sustainable Political Development in Africa
  8. Chapter 4 Media Power in Elections: Evidence of the Role of Agenda-Setting Theory in Political Communication in Nigeria’s Evolving Democracy
  9. Chapter 5 Media Managerial Practices and Effective Media Coverage of the Electoral Process: The Nigerian Experience
  10. Chapter 6 The Media and Democracy in Nigeria: Toward the Ethics of Social Responsibility
  11. 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
  12. Chapter 8 Social Media Technology and the 2011 Presidential Election in Cameroon
  13. Chapter 9 Communicating Electoral Information in Recent Elections in Cameroon: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
  14. Chapter 10 Radio Drama on a Fertile Ground for Engineering Democratic Values in Sub-Saharan Africa
  15. Chapter 11 Understanding the Effects of Information Communication Technology and Politics: A Synthesized Analysis of Political Participation in Kenya
  16. Chapter 12 Media and Political Pluralism in Ghana’s Quest For Sustainable Democracy
  17. Contributors
  18. Editors

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