UID:
almahu_9949384078302882
Umfang:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781351120401
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1351120409
,
1351120425
,
9781351120425
Serie:
Routledge contemporary Africa series
Inhalt:
While some academic attentional has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portuguese, there is a dearth of research into African language digital communication. This book analysess the online presence of African language media, The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance,and the audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp have been appropriated by Africa language media. Using a wide range of case studes, the contributors assess the challenges of adopting digital technologies by the media, and how the technologies have impacted journalistic practice and media operations. Examing the ability of the African language press to adopt new technologies, this book will be of interest to scholars of media, journalism, communication, social media and culture in Africa.
Anmerkung:
Introduction: Not to be left behind: African languages, media and the digital sphere -- Section A: Digital media, revitalisation and sustainability of African languages -- Digital African content and development? in Africa: local knowledge in local languages -- Section B: Audience, African language mass media and their adaptation to the digital sphere -- Alaroye, Isolezwe and the adoption of digital technologies -- Okun Radio Online as an impetus for maintaining the dialects and cultural heritage of Okun-Yoruba people -- Grassroots media and social media adaptation: case study of Urhobo Today -- Breaking protocol: indigenous language usage practices in online readers' comments in Zimbabwe -- Perceptions of and motivations for accessing Swahili online newspapers among students at the University of Dar es Salaam -- Section C: African languages in social media -- Use of indigenous languages for social media communication: the Nigerian experience -- Politics of language, ethnicity and identity in Zimbabwean ethnolinguistic online communities -- "Digital chieftaincy": social media, register and community policing in Kenya -- Section D: Contents, challenges and prospects of online African language media -- New technologies, indigenous language media practice and management for development in Nigeria -- Issues and challenges of adopting digital technologies by African language media: the Yorùbá example -- African language online journalism in Malawi: challenges and prospects
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: African language digital media and communication London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. ISBN 9780815359548 (hardback)
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781351120425
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