Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change Mano Winston
Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change Mano Winston Who owns the media and communications in Africa today and with what implications? It traces the evolving…
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Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change Mano Winston
Who owns the media and communications in Africa today and with what implications? It traces the evolving forms of ownership of media and communications in specific African contexts, showing how they interact with broader changes in and outside the continent.The book also shows how Big Techs, such as Meta (formerly known as Facebook), are involved in a scramble for Africa's digital ecosystem and how their advance brings both opportunities and concerns about ownership and control. The book elegantly answers this urgent question by unpacking multiple dimensions of media ownership through rare and authoritative perspectives, including both historical and contemporary digital developments.
The book offers a nuanced account of how media ownership structures The chapters analyse evolving forms of ownership and their implications on media concentration and democracy across Africa.
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