African Radio and Minority Languages - Participation and Representation

This book investigates how radio broadcasting across Africa provides a platform for the cultural participation and the representation of minority language speakers in a contested public sphere. This ambitious and broad-ranging study will be an essential read for scholars and students of media studies and sociolinguistics in Africa.

Sommario

1. African Radio and Minority Languages: An Introduction 2. The Political Economy of African Radio: Historical Foundations 3. Minority Language(s) Accommodation on Public and Commercial Radio: Limits and Prospects 4. Community Radio and Linguistic Patterns of Marginalisation 5. Rethinking Radio's Ethnolinguistic Public Sphere: A Conclusion

Info autore

Limukani Mathe (PhD) is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at North-West University in South Africa. Prior to that he was a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg and a Guest Lecturer at the University of Fort Hare. His research interests are in media representation with a particular focus on digital culture, journalism practices and indigenous text in the Global South. Mathe has edited books, contributed book chapters and also published in high-impact journals. His recent edited book, Reconceptualising Multilingualism on African Radio: Language and Identity reflects on the evolving identities and lingua in Africa and radio as a mirror of such realities.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Limukani Mathe
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032843162
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284316-2
• Pagine: 96
• Serie: Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Scienze della comunicazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Africa, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Press & journalism, Sociolinguistics, Radio & television industry, Literature & literary studies, Humanities, Communication Studies, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Language teaching and learning, News media and journalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Film, TV and Radio industries, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Biography, Literature and Literary studies, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / African Languages, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies