this may of interest... ** apologies for cross-posting ** 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 [log in to unmask] for a free sample copy. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editorial: Positioning African media studies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repositioning African media studies Keyan G. Tomaselli ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Between journalism 'universals' and cultural particulars: challenges facing the development of a journalism programme in an East African context Terje S. Skjerdal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking backward, looking forward: African media studies and the question of power Mohammed Musa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ African media research in the era of globalization Nkosi Ndlela ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Missing links: African media studies and feminist concerns Audrey Gadzekpo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The growth and development of African media studies: perspectives from Nigeria Abiodun Salawu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fata Morgana: Mirage in the Desert - a sequence of images Graham Evans ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ‘We need to open up the country’: development and the Christian key scenario in the social space of Kinshasa’s teleserials Katrien Pype ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Popular music and political change in Côte d’Ivoire: the divergent dynamics of zouglou and reggae Anne Schumann ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Music advocacy, the media and the Malawi political public sphere, 1958–2007 John Lwanda ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The politics of corruption and the media in Africa Helge Rønning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Book and Film Reviews