Ownership and Control of the Press in Africa

Edeani, David O.

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“…Indeed, not only have private newspapers thrived better than the government-owned press, in terms of production quality and circulation, they also have enjoyed greater credibility among the general readership (Edeani, 1970).…”

Section: Post-independence Patternsmentioning

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Cultural Influences, Modern Changes, and the Sociology of Modern African Political Communication

Nnaemeka¹

1990

Journal of Black Studies

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Understanding the structures of and the dynamics of change within contemporary African institutions, political communications, and other political processes is undeniably a difficult task. The difficulty stems from at least two major sources of distortion of the total institutional processes, of which political processes are an integral part. There are for instance, the incessant breakdowns in the institution-order, characterized by recurring military intervention in the political process. This has made an appreciation of the structuring and institutional transformation processes going on even more elusive. The other source of difficulty is related to the absence of a context-relevant theoretical framework to accurately describe the sociologies of modem African societies, as well as the cultural patterns and thought forms from which they arise and by which they are reinforced. The inability of prevailing theories or models of societal development (Apter, 1965; Lemer, 1958) to generate such context-relevant sociology is a major obstacle to understand. We know, for example, that most modem African systems are structured around diverse cultural patterns and thought forms. Some of these cultural influences are Western or colonial in origin. Others are indigenous to the situation, while still others emanate from traditional thoughts found in certain non-Western settings (Nwankwo, 1973;Clapham, 1970;Ainslie, 1967). Neither within the indigenous African traditionalism nor within the foreign thought patterns (Western, Eastern, colonial, or otherwise) are the structures, strategies, and constitutions uniform.

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Section: Post-independence Patternsmentioning

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Cultural Influences, Modern Changes, and the Sociology of Modern African Political Communication

Nnaemeka¹

1990

Journal of Black Studies

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“…In fact, many African governments openly propose the development journalism philosophy, which treats media as agents of the government (Domatob & Hall, 1983;Edlin, 1987). African governments expect to use the media to promote development programs, educate the people, and most importantly, foster national unity (Edeani, 1970;Legurn, 1971;Omu, 1978). So, African journalists are caught between two conflicting media philosophies.…”

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confidence: 99%