[ecrea] CFP: Media Ownership in Africa: Control, Challenges & Change

This is a call for book chapters proposals for "Media Ownership in 
Africa: Control, Challenges & Change' the full call is attached below or 
accessed via this link:

https://camri.ac.uk/blog/2018/02/19/call-chapter-proposals-media-ownership-africa-control-challenges-change/ 
<https://camri.ac.uk/blog/2018/02/19/call-chapter-proposals-media-ownership-africa-control-challenges-change/



Who owns the media in Africa? Does the old adage “He who pays the piper 
calls the tune” apply in Africa today when describing ownership and 
control of media, ICTs and communication tools? Can we really talk about 
a clear power structure that can be reduced to those who own, and thus 
have power over the media, and those who do not own, and thus have no or 
less control over the flow/usage of information and communication? This 
is a call for book chapter proposals which is responsive to ongoing 
global and technological changes that are having an impact on mass media 
ownerships, economics, regulations, operations, structures, performance 
and thus creating shifts in the whole political structure of the 
continent. The call invites analysis of existing and emerging patterns 
of media ownerships in Africa. It seeks to investigate global, national 
and local media and communication operations across the continent; south 
and north alike.

_Our questions/themes of interest:_

-      Media and state capture in Africa

-      Local, national and glocal ownership of media in Africa

-      Regulation, policies and laws for media ownership in Africa

-      Controls, censorship and media ownership in Africa

-      Shifts in media ownership & implications for democratisation

-      The role of economic and political ruling classes in media 
ownership and power

-      The agency of individuals, marginalized groups in challenging 
media conglomerates

-      Case studies of media ownership countries or media platforms 
focusing on shifts in ownership or/and usage and analysing implications 
locally and/or globally

-       The role of the state, the market and civil society in media 
ownership.

-       Alternative media ownership.

-      Comparative analysis of media ownerships: locally and regionally

-      Transnational ownership in Africa

-      Diasporic media ownership and their influence

-      Emerging trends and patterns of cross media ownership and 
concentration

-      Media performance, content and ownerships

-      Media ownership in the age of right-wing politics, 
authoritarianism and right-wing politics.

-      Media pluralism and diversity projects in Africa

-      Foreign aid and Media development in Africa

_Deadlines: _

We invite submissions of 250-300 words chapter proposals. Deadline: 30 
May 2018. Submissions should also include:

1.   Title of chapter

2.   Author name/s, institutional details

3.   Corresponding author’s email address

4.   Keywords (no more than 5)

5.   A short bio (Maximum 100 words)

Commissioned chapters will be around 5,000 words. Accepting an abstract 
does not guarantee the publication of the final manuscript. Once the 
book proposal is approved, all chapters will be subject to a 
double-blind reviewing process

The deadline for submitting your abstracts is 30 May 2018.

Full chapters due: 31-08-2018

Abstracts and questions should be addressed to Dr. Loubna El Mkaouar:

(elmkaolo /at/ westminster.ac.uk) <http://mailto:(elmkaolo /at/ westminster.ac.uk)/>

Book Edited by: Winston Mano and Loubna El Mkaouar (The Africa Media 
Centre, The Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), 
University of Westminster and the Ghana Institute of Journalism, to be 
published by Routledge.


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