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2. Theorising Political Communication in Africa

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Political communication, traditionally has its roots in an interdisciplinary framework, from cultural studies to political science and organisational communication. As such, it is diverse and straddles a ‘scientific’, quantitative, political organisation stream and a qualitative media stream. In addition to it theoretically combining these streams it is also made up of three main elements, theory, practice and research. Theorising political communication in Africa would have to address this burgeoning field, in part or in total. This chapter therefore argues that in order to do this the context must be taken into account, and the subject and application must be decolonised. A few ways are suggested on how to go about (re)theorising about political communication in the southern African situation, including looking at alternative political communication ‘spaces’.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Key Developments in Political Communication in Africa
Nächstes Kapitel Split: Missing the Master Signifier in the Role of the Media in a Democracy: The Tension between the ANC’s President Jacob Zuma and the Media in South Africa
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Asante (1980‚ 1987, 2007).
 
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The forerunners to Asante’s Afrocentric perspective include, amongst others, Aimé Césaire 1972/2001; Harold Cruse 1969; Léon-Gontran Demoas (cited in Rabaka 2015); Franz Fanon 1963/1991; Marcus Garvey 1995; Kwame Nkrumah 1964; Reiland Rabaka 2015. Other contributors to the discourse include Maulana Karenga 1977; Ndlovu-Gatsheni 2013; Ama Mazama 2003; and Felicia Steward 2011. Several critics of the paradigm include Tunde Adeleke 2009; Patricia Hill Collins 2006; Joyce Ann Joyce 2005; Mary Lefkowitz 1996; Diane Ravitch 1991; and Clarence Walker 2001.
 
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Banksy: his ‘official’ website is: http://​www.​banksy.​co.​uk/​.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Theorising Political Communication in Africa
verfasst von
Beschara Karam
Copyright-Jahr
2018
Buch
Perspectives on Political Communication in Africa

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-62056-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-62057-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62057-2_2