03458cam a22004815i 45000010009000000050017000090060019000260070015000450080041000600100017001010200018001180240035001360350032001710400027002030500022002300720016002520720015002680720023002830820016003062450089003222500018004113000038004295051154004675200661016216500036022826500019023186500015023376500029023526500029023816500022024106500027024326500015024597000028024747000038025027760088025407760036026287760036026647760036027009060045027369420034027819990017028159520144028322167719920230714144530.0m    |o  d |      cr |||||||||||170214s2017    gw |||| o    |||| 0|eng    a  2019745098  a97833194863147 a10.1007/978-3-319-48631-42doi  a(DE-He213)978-3-319-48631-4  aDLCbengepnerdacDLC  aJA 85.2 .O48 2017 7aJPA2bicssc 7aJPA2thema 7aPOL0000002bisacsh04a320.01422300aPolitical Communication in Africa /cedited by Ayo Olukotun, Sharon Adetutu Omotoso.  a1st ed. 2017.  a1 online resource (XV, 246 pages)0 aPreface -- 1 Introduction: The African Policom Stew -- 2 Political Communication: An Evolving Field, Yet to Berth in Africa -- 3 Political Communication and African Diplomacy -- 4 African Ethics and African Political Communication: Some Comments -- 5 Strategic Political Communication in Africa -- 6 Habermas in Africa? Re-Interrogating the 'Public Sphere' and 'Civil Society' in African Political Communication Research -- 7 Hostile Political Communication: Triadic Examples from Africa -- 8 Media, Propaganda and the Image Dilemma of African States -- 9 Singing Truth to Power and the Disempowered: The Case of Lucky Mensah and his Song,"NKRATOO" -- 10 Gender and Political Communication in Africa -- 11 From "Governor-General" to "Kwankwasiya": Democracy and Branded Political Communication in Nigeria's Fourth Republic -- 12 Nigerian Newspapers' Publication of Predicted and the Actual Outcome of 2015 Presidential Election in Nigeria: Lessons for Africa -- 13 Reporting Africa: The Role of the Media in (Un) Shaping the Democratic Agenda -- 14 Globalization and Political Communication in Africa: Anglo-American Influences in Kenya and Nigeria.  aThis book offers a comprehensive account of the nature and development of political communication in Africa. In light of the growing number of African states now turning towards democratic rule, as well as the growing utilization of information technologies in Africa, the contributors examine topics such as: the role of social media in politics, strategic political communication, political philosophy and political communication, Habermas in Africa, gender and political communication, image dilemma in Africa, and issues in political communication research in Africa, and identify the frontiers for future research on political communication in Africa. 0aAfrica-Politics and government. 0aCommunication. 0aDemocracy. 0aPolitical communication.14aPolitical Communication.24aAfrican Politics.24aCommunication Studies.24aDemocracy.1 aOlukotun, Ayo.eeditor.1 aOmotoso, Sharon Adetutu.eeditor.08iPrint version:tPolitical communication in Africaz9783319486307w(DLC)  201696170508iPrinted edition:z978331948630708iPrinted edition:z978331948632108iPrinted edition:z9783319839813  a0bibccorigresduencipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBOOKShJA 85.2 .O48 2017  c31654d31654  00102lcc4070aMUCbMUCcGENd2023-07-14eDonation (falcon books)l2oJA 85.2 .O48 2017p39435r2023-07-03s2024-10-11w2023-07-14yBOOKS