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Television in Africa in the digital age

Chiumbu, Sarah H.

Television in Africa in the digital age

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Television in Africa in the digital ageedited by Gilbert Motsaathebe, Sarah H. Chiumbu.
other author:	Motsaathebe, Gilbert.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021.
Description:	xxi, 295 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Television broadcastingAfrica.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68854-7
ISBN:	9783030688547$q(electronic bk.)

Television in Africa in the digital age
Television in Africa in the digital age[electronic resource] /edited by Gilbert Motsaathebe, Sarah H. Chiumbu. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xxi, 295 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Gender and cultural studies in Africa and the diaspora. - Gender and cultural studies in Africa and the diaspora..

Chapter 1. Navigating the digital milieu in the context of Television in Africa: A synchronic appraisal of the disjunctures, continuities and prospects -- Section A. Disjunctures -- Chapter 2. Entertaining Africans: Creative Innovation in the (Internet) Television Space -- Chapter 3. Understanding Netflix's foray into original productions in South Africa: A 'jet plane' and 'helicopter' view -- Chapter 4. Digital Disruption in South African Television News -- Chapter 5. Culturally Reconfigured: Assimilating Oedipus Rex into the Yoruba Mythical Universe through Television Adaptation Processes -- Section B. Continuities -- Chapter 6. "Strike fear in the heart of the white men." Hate language on digital television: The case of ZBC Television online news -- Chapter7. Persuasion across platforms: a rhetorical analysis of televised and digitized news reports on economic matters -- Chapter 8. Exodus, Access and Inequalities: The Impact of Digital Migration in Least Developed Countries of Africa -- Section C. Prospects -- Chapter 9. Digitization of Television in Kenya: Changing Trends in Content and Consumption -- Chapter 10. Television Journalism in the Digital Age: Analysing how Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC TV) and Eswatini TV (ESTV) are adapting to the digital era -- Section D. Regulation and Policy -- Chapter 11. Chinese State Capitalism and the Transition to Digital Television in Africa -- Chapter 12. Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting (DTTB) in Botswana: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 13. Dilemmas in Zimbabwe's Public Broadcasting in the Era of Digitisation -- Chapter 14. Concluding Remarks: Looking Backward, Looking Forward.

"This book brings together a multifarious discourse on 21st century television industry by exploring the digital milieu in the context of the medium in Africa. The variety and depth of the chapters included make it a compelling reading for university students, television practitioners and academics" - Muhammed Musa, Professor, Department of Media and Creative Industries, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain "This book is a welcome effort in that it presents critical reflections on an important medium in Africa - television - by African scholars" - Simphiwe Sesanti, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Editor of the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies (IJARS) This book places television in Africa in the digital context. It addresses the onslaught of multimedia platforms, digital migration and implication of this technology for society. The discussions in the chapters contained in this book encompass a wide range of issues such as digital disruption of television news, internet television and video on demand platforms, adaptations, digital migration, business strategies and management approaches, PBS, consumption patterns, scheduling and programming, evangelical television, and many others. The book is an important reading for academics, students and television practitioners. Gilbert Motsaathebe, PhD is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Johannesburg. Sarah H. Chiumbu, PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Johannesburg.

ISBN: 9783030688547$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-68854-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

891463
Television broadcasting
--Africa.

LC Class. No.: PN1992.3.A35 / T454 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 791.45096

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