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Dekolonisation: Das Ende der Imperien
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2014), 144 pp.
The Concept of Public Service Broadcasting in a Changing Africa: A Tanzanian Experience
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 6, issue 1 (2014), pp. 7-25
"The central argument in this article is that the concept of public service broadcasting (PSB) in ‘a changing Africa’ has been changing, reflecting the changes in political, economic and sociocultural sceneries in Africa. Thus, from a Tanzanian experience, this article is an overview of the conc
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Our Friend, the Internet: Postcolonial Mediatization in Morocco
Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, volume 38, issue 3 (2013), pp. 267-289
"This article investigates the 'discursive notion' of communication technology, as embedded in the discussion of mediatization. Instead of focusing on the technical structure of media and its impact on society, I will alternatively turn my attention to its symbolic dimension. I will look beyond the
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Kein Platz an der Sonne: Erinnerungsorte der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte
Frankfurt am Main; New York: Campus Verlag (2013), 524 pp.
"Namibia gehört heute zu den beliebtesten Fernreisezielen der Deutschen - vielleicht auch deshalb, weil es einst als "Deutsch-Südwestafrika" Kolonie war. Die Erfahrung von Tourismus und Globalisierung rückte in den vergangenen Jahren den europäischen Kolonialismus, der auch die deutsche Geschich
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50 Jahre afrikanische Un-Abhängigkeiten: Eine (selbst)-kritische Bilanz
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2012), 260 pp.
Revisiting the Media Freedom Debate at Uganda's Independence Golden Jubileee
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS); Uganda Media Development Foundation (2012), 96 pp.
"The history of Uganda from the days of Colonial Rule, when modern mass media was introduced was revisited. The thesis of this study was that the substance of the political governance model inherited from Uganda’s colonial past continues in the postindependence period to define the relationship be
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Os Moçambicanos perante o cinema e o audiovisual: Uma historia político-cultural do Moçambique colonial até à República de Moçambique (1896-2010)
Deep Insights
Maputo; Holsbeek: Dockanema; Afrika Filmfestival (2011), 677 pp.
"This is the first monograph on the history of film culture ever for lusophone Africa. It consists of three parts: the colonial period (1896-1974), the first years of independence (1975-1991) and the years of the liberalization of the media (1992-2010). In these three periods attention is given to t
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New Developments in Central Asian Mass Media Research
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 12, issue 4 (2011), pp. 128-143
"This wide range of contemporary mass media research illustrates how Central Asia press outlets remain tightly controlled and manipulated, first under the czars, then under the Soviets, and now under authoritarian regimes. Over the past two decades, the press systems have not achieved even minimal d
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Towards an African Journalism Model: A Critical Historical Perspective
International Communication Gazette, volume 71, issue 6 (2009), pp. 491-510
"Much of the scholarly literature regarding theories of journalism practice is premised on the tenets of the western model of liberal democracy. To the extent that this model is held to be universal, it hinders the analytical theorization of journalistic precepts that have evolved locally in most co
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Der Kolonialismus und seine Folgen: 125 Jahre nach der Berliner Afrika-Konferenz
Berlin: INKOTA-Netzwerk (2009), 28 pp.
Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure, and Urban Culture in Nigeria
Durham: Duke University Press (2008), xi, 314 pp.
"In this groundbreaking work, Brian Larkin provides a history and ethnography of media in Nigeria, asking what media theory looks like when Nigeria rather than a European nation or the United States is taken as the starting point. Concentrating on the Muslim city of Kano in the north of Nigeria, Lar
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Centuries of Silence: The Story of Latin American Journalism
Westport: Praeger (2006), xii, 332 pp.
Die "revolutionäre" Expansion des indischen Zeitungssektors
Berlin: Südasien-Informationsnetz (2005), 50 pp.
"In vielen Ländern der Welt haben die Printmedien seit dem Siegeszug der audiovisuellen, elektronischen Medien, allen voran des Fernsehens, einen schweren Stand. Die Anzeigenmärkte sind so stark umkämpft wie nie zuvor und die Aufmerksamkeit des Publikums gilt als rar werdendes Gut. Anders verhäl
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Frankophonie: Sprache - Diskurs - Politik
Tübingen; Basel: Francke (2005), xv, 219 pp.
The Law and the Media in Ghana
Legon: University of Ghana, School of Communication Studies (2000), 220 pp.
Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press (1995), 294 pp.
"Bourgault investigates three principal influences: the pre-colonial legacy of the oral tradition, the presence of an alienated managerial class, and the domination of African nations by systems based on political patronage. The first two chapters provide the theoretical framework. Subsequent chapte
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Transnational Communications: Wiring the Third World
London: Sage (1991), xv, 327 pp.
The Press of Africa: Persecution and Perseverance
London; Basingstoke: Macmillan (1979), xi, 304 pp.
"As political freedom came to the Continent, so did press freedom disappear," is Barton's opening sentence. Although his attitude is definitely colonial, this statement is not as prejudiced as it first appears, for he attempts to put it in a historical perspective by making the case that this trend
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Perspectives on Publishing
Lexington, Mass.; Toronto: Lexington Books (1976), 283 pp.
