Introduction : rethinking African media ownership in the digital age / Winston Mano and Loubna El Mkaouar -- Big tech's scramble for Africa : an Afrokological critique / Winston Mano -- The African "hidden media capture" / Julia Cagé & Elisa Mougin -- Perverted loyalties : media capture, control and patrimonialism in sub-Saharan Africa / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Cleophas Taurai Muneri, Faith Ndlovu -- Media from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean communication systems in Portuguese Speaking Africa / Aslak Orre and Helge Rønning -- Telecommunications & broadcasting regulation in Ethiopia : a dialectical discussion of policy and politics / Téwodros W. Workneh -- Economic precariousness and political ownership of media in Nigeria : implications for democratic consolidation in Nigeria / Babasola Shina -- Media ownership, politics and propaganda : the Nigerian example / Anthony Akaeze -- Privately owned but government "tele-guided" : the paradox of private media broadcast in Cameroon / Floribert Patrick C. Endong -- The Senegalese Council for Broadcasting regulation : a giant with feet of clay / Layire Diop -- Cosmetic reforms and elite continuity of media ownership patterns in post-colonial Zimbabwe / Stanley Tsarwe and Admire Mare -- Media ownership and development in post-Qaddafi Libya / Nabil Ouassini & Anwar Ouassini -- Egyptian media ownership and pluralism : overview, performance and challenges / Rasha Allam -- Community media ownership in the context of donor funding / Rose N. Kimani -- Media ownership and digital authenticity in Slum TV / Daniel Paul O'Brien, -- Are traditional platforms muffled by cyber-media? A review on the shift in media ownership in Nigeria / Janet Aver Adikpo, Peter Iorper Ugondo, Tivlumun Gabriel Nyitse.
Summary:
"The book delves into the urgent topic of media ownership in Africa. It starts from a much-needed historical perspective then covers contemporary digital developments and the Chinese strategic involvement in the continent. This book examines the evolving forms of media ownership in Africa and how they interact with broader geopolitical changes in and outside the continent. The contributions look at different media ownerships and their implications on freedoms, governance, development and democracy across the continent to give a rich account of how power structures are both evolving yet challenged offering an ever-growing media ecosystem. Offering a significant representation of the diversity of existing media systems, the book goes beyond the postcolonial geographical divisions of North and South Africa to highlight common patterns and significant similarities and differences between the diverse African countries. The contributors to the volume expose media patterns that are shifting, battling, resurging, evolving but most importantly affecting development and democracy in a complex way. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of media and communications in Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
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