Media and Technology in Emerging African Democracies

Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Ph.D., professor of mass communication at Bowie State University, is currently the interim dean of 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.

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOKPart 4 1. ICT AND MEDIA PLURALISM IN AIDING DEMOCRACYChapter 5 Chapter 1: From handmaid to goad of the governing elite? ICT orientations of broadcast media professionals in metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria.Chapter 6 Chapter 2: ICTS in the midst: Media and Democracy in NigerPart 7 2. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE PRINT MEDIA IN AFRICAChapter 8 Chapter 3: Role of ICT in election coverage by the Nigerian print media A study of the 2007 general electionsChapter 9 Chapter 4: The role of on-line media technology and democratic discourse in Cameroon: A study of " Post-Online" and " Cameroon Tribune"Part 10 3. RADIO AND TELEVISION: ASSUMMING NEW ROLES IN AFRICAN DEMOCRACYChapter 11 Chapter 5: Localism in the South African media context: A comparison of the South African local content and Canadian content rulesChapter 12 Chapter 6: The new public sphere: Radio and democracy in KenyaChapter 13 Chapter 7: The Phasing of Analog to Digital Technology in Nigerian Movie and Broadcasting Industries: A Review of Nollywood and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)Chapter 14 Chapter 8: Mass Media and Peace-Building in SudanPart 15 4. NEW MEDIA AND POLITICSChapter 16 Chapter 9: Media and Conflict: A System Analysis of Mass Media Technology's Impact on AfricaDemocratic and Economic SystemsChapter 17 Chapter 10: Communication, civil society, and democratization in Africa: Perspectives on political developmentPart 18 6. HEALTH CARE AND THE INFLUENCE OF NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGYChapter 19 Chapter 11: The use of Techno-media Strategies in Effective Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria and the Implications for Democracy SustenancePart 20 7. NEW TECHNOLOGY AS A WEAPON AGAINST CRIMESChapter 21 Chapter 12: Concepts, dimensions in new media technology: Reinforcing the contest against financial crimes in Nigeria

Students of media and communication have been armed with a powerful tool to move the African continent into the second and third generations of the New Millennium. These two authors have brought their classroom experience in communications to bear on what continental scholars need here and now. A brilliant effort of immense usefulness to all.