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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Keywords
- New technologies
- Developing societies
- Africa
- Theory
- Practice
- Development
- Mobile phones
- Socioeconomic development
- Digital divide
- Digital poverty
- Internet
- Indigenous knowledge
- Intellectual property rights
- Social media
- Citizen journalism
- Participatory communication
- Democracy
- Public sphere
- Public service broadcasting
- Ethnographic research
- AIDS
- broadcasting
- communication
- online
- public service broadcasting
- service
- technology
- Tradition
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“The book clearly communicates multiple theoretical positions in the field, and summarises well several pertinent empirical studies. In particular, the predominant focus on contemporary African media dynamics provides a useful and welcome contribution to a field too often dominated by exclusively Western priorities.” (Thomas Owen, Communication Research and Practice, Vol. 2 (1), 2016)
"This is a refreshingly well-substantiated endorsement of the practical implications for socio-economic, cultural and political development of the new media revolution in progress across Africa. It is a grounded study on the importance of information and communication technologies for human agency and resilience against the overwhelming structures of reproduction of global and local inequalities." - Francis Nyamnjoh, author of Africa's Media: Democracy and the Politics of Belonging, University of Cape Town, South Africa
"The book strikes a right balance between critical perspectives and optimism based on the rapid development of technology, services and innovation in Africa. Arguing that practice teaches us as much as theory, the book covers a wide range of topics from broadcasting to ehealth, and entertainment to education. The book is especially strong on its discussion of the public sphere, citizenship, and socio-economic development. This is a book that will be of great interest to researchers, policy makers and practitioners." - Greg Hearn, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Technologies in Developing Societies
Book Subtitle: From Theory to Practice
Authors: Levi Obijiofor
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137389336
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38932-9Published: 28 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48236-8Published: 01 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38933-6Published: 19 May 2015
Series ISSN: 2634-6397
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6400
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 295
Topics: African Culture, Media and Communication, Social Media, Media Studies, Social Sciences, general, Regional and Cultural Studies