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Navigating the Digital Milieu in the Context of Television in Africa: A Synchronic Appraisal of the Disjunctures, Continuities and Prospects

Authors : Gilbert Motsaathebe, Sarah H. Chiumbu

Published in: Television in Africa in the Digital Age

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Television as a medium has been widely studied. Most studies focus on television effects, representation and television journalism (Sevareid in In the news: American Journalists View Their Craft, Scholarly Resources, pp. 35–41, 1991; Phillis in Media Asia 24:79–80, 1997; Motsaathebe in the Journal of Communication and Media Research 2:13–24, 2011; Cushion in Television Journalism, Sage, London, 2012). While there are studies that look at television in the current technological environment, most of these studies focus on the European and American contexts, unlike this book which focuses on television in Africa in the digital age. Since its invention, television has been hailed as a medium that offers audiences a range of benefits that other media could not provide.

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Title: Navigating the Digital Milieu in the Context of Television in Africa: A Synchronic Appraisal of the Disjunctures, Continuities and Prospects
Authors: Gilbert Motsaathebe
Sarah H. Chiumbu
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Television in Africa in the Digital Age
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-68853-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-68854-7

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68854-7_1