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Journal of African Media Studies
The Journal of African Media Studies (JAMS) is now available
JAMS is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for debate on
the historical and contemporary aspects of media and communication in
Africa.
For more information about the journal and how to submit, please visit
the journal's website:
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.php?issn=17517974
If you are considering an institutional subscription, please email
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Free online access is available for the first issue:
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journalissues.php?issn=17517974&v=1&i=1
Free online access for current and future issues is available to
low-income countries:
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/online-access/online-access3.php
Journal of African Media Studies
Volume 1 Issue 1 (free issue) Cover Date: October 2008
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Contents
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Editorial: Positioning African media studies
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Repositioning African media studies
Keyan G. Tomaselli
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Between journalism 'universals' and cultural particulars: challenges
facing the development of a journalism programme in an East African
context
Terje S. Skjerdal
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Looking backward, looking forward: African media studies and the
question of power
Mohammed Musa
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African media research in the era of globalization
Nkosi Ndlela
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Missing links: African media studies and feminist concerns
Audrey Gadzekpo
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The growth and development of African media studies: perspectives from
Nigeria
Abiodun Salawu
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Fata Morgana: Mirage in the Desert - a sequence of images
Graham Evans
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‘We need to open up the country’: development and the Christian key
scenario in the social space of Kinshasa’s teleserials
Katrien Pype
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Popular music and political change in Côte d’Ivoire: the divergent
dynamics of zouglou and reggae
Anne Schumann
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Music advocacy, the media and the Malawi political public sphere,
1958–2007
John Lwanda
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The politics of corruption and the media in Africa
Helge Rønning
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Book and Film Reviews
