Overview
Offers a comparative approach between Ghana and Nigeria, providing a case set beyond the frequent focus on South Africa, Cameroon, Kenya and Somalia
Uses a de-westernization approach in contextualizing media reforms and democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing for examination and critique of Western ideologies of freedom, plurality, diversity and democracy that have influenced policy formulation and implementation
Establishes the degree and extent to which Western ideas are compatible in Sub-Sahara Africa, whose unique socio-cultural, political and economic values might affect the praxis of media reform and democratization processes
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria’s emerging democracies. It evaluates and critiques these reform processes, arguing that because of dependency approaches resulting from the transplanting of policy framework from the West into these emerging democracies, the policy goals and objectives of the reforms have not been achieved. Consequently, the inherent socio-cultural, economic and political factors, coupled with the historical antecedents of these countries, have also affected the reform process.
Drawing from policy documents, analyses and interviews, Ufuoma Akpojivi argues that the lack of citizens’ active participation in policy processes has led to neo-liberalization and the continued universalization of Western ideologies such as democracy, media freedom and independence. Akpojivi posits that the recognition of socio-cultural, political and economic factors inherent to these emerging democracies, coupled with the communal participation of citizens, will facilitate true media reform processes and development of these countries.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ufuoma Akpojivi is Senior Lecturer in the Media Studies Department at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research interests cut across media policy, democratization and new media and citizens’ engagement. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa rated researcher and a fellow of the African Humanities Program (AHP) of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Media Reforms and Democratization in Emerging Democracies of Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Ufuoma Akpojivi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75301-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75300-3Published: 13 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09196-5Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75301-0Published: 03 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 177
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Communication, African Culture, Media Policy, African Politics, Media and Communication