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Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-first Century
Winston (Ed) Mano
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Description for Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Mediating Conflict in the Twenty-first Century
Paperback. Deals with the role of media and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and undermining racism, ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. This book goes beyond customary discussions of representation of racism and ethnicity to question the role played by specific media institutions. Editor(s): Mano, Winston. Series: International Library of African Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of media and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and reining in racism, absolute ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. It goes beyond the customary discussion of media racism and ethnic stereotyping to critically address broader issues of identity, belonging and exclusion. Topics covered include racism in South African newspapers, pluralist media debates in Kenya, ... Read more
In today's Africa racism and ethnicity have been implicated in serious conflicts - from Egypt to Mali to South Africa - that have cost lives and undermined efforts to achieve national cohesion and meaningful development. Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa sets about rethinking the role of media and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and reining in racism, absolute ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. It goes beyond the customary discussion of media racism and ethnic stereotyping to critically address broader issues of identity, belonging and exclusion. Topics covered include racism in South African newspapers, pluralist media debates in Kenya, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
International Library of African Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780767062
SKU
V9781780767062
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About Winston (Ed) Mano
Winston Mano is Director of the Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster. He is also Principal Editor of the 'Journal of African Media Studies'. He is the author of African National Radio and Everyday Life: The Impact of Radio in the Digital Age (forthcoming from I.B. Tauris) and is editor of The Media and Zimbabwe (2005).
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