Children's Television in Ghana
A Discourse About Modernity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6029689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla W Heath (Randolph College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 383 |
| Pages | 261-275 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a007828 |
| OpenAlex | W2088815277 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The central argument in this paper is that Ghanaian children's television programmes are concrete realizations of a national discourse about culture for a modern Ghana. The principal themes in this discourse are that formal education is to play a major role in the construction of a new national culture; to be strong, that culture must draw upon the wisdom of the ancestors; to be relevant for today, it must selectively draw upon and adapt ideas from outside Ghana. Considering television as discourse enables us to think of a national television service such as the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in a new way, not only as a spokesperson for the nation state, disseminator of didactic messages, and show case for the nation's cultural heritage but as participants in an on-going national conversation. This conversation is polyvocal but limited. It is circumscribed by institutional structures and practices as well as by the class biased expectations and attitudes of those individuals involved in the production of television programmes
Argument (complex analysis · Broadcasting (networking · Conversation · Corporation · Media studies · Modernity · National identity · Political science · Politics · Service (business · Sociology · State (computer science · Digital Games and Media · Law
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |