Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies

Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies is a standard text that will give students an opportunity to familiarize themselves with some of the best literature in media technology impact in emerging African democracies with relevant concentration on information and communication technology (ICT). This textbook is a collection of essays that may be used as primary reading for courses on mass media technology, and information communication technology (ICT). It is also suitable as supplementary reading in media and politics, political science and courses that focus on political communication, and business communication. The book serves as a reference guide to mass media scholars, development communication experts, government leaders, and diplomats interested in media review, most importantly as it pertains to African democratic dispensations. The book includes contributions by scholars whose research interests in media and its relevant impact on African democratic system have stirred considerable academic discourse. The chapters span several social science disciplines, giving students, professionals, and government agencies an opportunity to see challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Ph.D., professor of mass communication at Bowie State University, is currently the interim dean of the Graduate School. He has served as a provost fellow, assistant provost for graduate studies, assistant dean, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and department chair at Bowie State University. His professional experiences include leadership training at Harvard University and the Oxford Roundtable workshop, London. He has conducted research in the area of development communication, new communication technologies and development communication in Africa. Nwokeafor has written three books and published five book chapters. Kehbuma Langmia, Ph.D., assistant professor of communications at Bowie State University, teaches research and other media related courses in the Department of Communications. A graduate from the Television and Film Academy in Munich, Germany, Langmia has extensive knowledge and training in media productions and management. Since earning his Ph.D. in mass communication and media studies from Howard University in 2006, he has written and published fiction and non-fiction books, book chapters, and research articles in prominent national and international journals.