'The most often mistaken impression [is] that
the Western text and Western ways of making
meaning are universal, and, therefore, to be
copied by academics the world over' - F.B. Nyamnjoh
We are delighted to announce that the second
issue of Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS)
is now available. Contents include:
?South African media in transition? by Colin Sparks
?The democratic functions and dysfunctions of
political talk radio: the case of Uganda? by Peter G. Mwesige
??Think imperially?: the private press mediation
of state policy and the global economy within
colonial and postcolonial Nigeria?
by Philippa Hall
?Picturing Zimbabwe's 2008 elections? by Chris Kabwato
?Regulatory independence and the public
interest: the case of South Africa's ICASA? by
Dumisani Moyo and Siphiwe Hlongwane
?The politics of broadcasting, language policy
and democracy in Uganda? by Monica B. Chibita
?Yabis music: an instrument of social change in Nigeria? by Myke O Olatunji
Principal Editor: Winston Mano, University of Westminster
Associate Editors: Monica Chibita, Makerere University, Uganda
Wendy Willems, School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS),
University of London, UK
ISSN: 1751-7974
Subscriptions: £33 (Personal)/ £180
(Institutional)/£147 Online (3 issues per year)
To find out more, please visit the journal's webpage:
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Or view the first issue free online:
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