Information flows in sub-Saharan Africa

Bibliographic Data

ID7397104
AuthorsChris Paterson (0000-0003-3843-6355, University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume2
Issue1
Pages80-87
Publication date2013-04-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSur le journalisme About journalism Sobre jornalismo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2295-0710 • E-ISSN: 2295-0729
PublisherUniversité libre de Bruxelles (PUBLISHER • BE)
DOI10.25200/slj.v2.n1.2013.73
OpenAlexW1571485741
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

The state of research into media and information flows in sub-Saharan Africa describes a situation marked by rapid growth of a wide range of media and distinctive geo-linguistic mediaspheres. This submission focuses on two revolutions in information flow in the region: first, an expansion since the 1990s of traditional media, facilitated by satellite broadcasting and related technologies; secondly, since about 2000, the ongoing embrace of mobile telephony. It describes these developments in Lusophone, Francophone and Anglophone mediaspheres. Building on the author's own previous research, and that of others, the submission highlights the shift from asymmetrical, elite dominated communications concerning the major public affairs of the day toward increasingly symmetrical and participatory electronic communications

Broadcasting (networking · Citizen journalism · Computer security · Electronic media · Elite · Information and Communications Technology · Information flow · Linguistics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Telecommunications · Computer Science · ICT Impact and Policies · ICT in Developing Communities · Law · Local Economic Development and Planning

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