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This book critically analyses the important role of radio in public
life in post-apartheid South Africa. As the most widespread and
popular form of communication in the country, radio occupies an
essential space in the deliberation and the construction of public
opinion in South Africa. From just a few state-controlled stations
during the apartheid era, there are now more than 100 radio
stations, reaching vast swathes of the population and providing an
important space for citizens to air their views and take part in
significant socio-economic and political issues of the country. The
various contributors to this book demonstrate that whilst print and
television media often serve elite interests and audiences, the low
cost and flexibility of radio has helped it to create a 'common'
space for national dialogue and deliberation. The book also
investigates the ways in which digital technologies have enhanced
the consumption of radio and produced a sense of imagined community
for citizens, including those in marginalised communities and rural
areas. This book will be of interest to researchers with an
interest in media, politics and culture in South Africa
specifically, as well as those with an interest in broadcast media
more generally.
This book explores the convergence of urban radio with digital
media technologies in Africa, focusing on how youth are riding on
the rapid (though uneven) internet rollout on the continent to
participate and drive the production and consumption of urban
radio. With thirteen original chapters, the book sheds new light on
the changing landscape of radio in a diverse set of African
countries, illustrated with rich case studies from Zimbabwe, South
Africa, Eswatini, Nigeria and Kenya. This book covers the following
themes: youth agency and cultural power; civic engagement and
political participation; youth, identity and belonging; youth
cultural expressions as well as the impact of capitalist
imperatives on commercial radio programing in Africa. Vibrant and
innovative, Converged Radio, Youth and Urbanity in Africa reveals
the creation of a new public sphere, through which African youth
project their voices and identities, participating in and shaping
national discourse.
This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the
aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about
regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for
public broadcasting reform in Africa. The Zimbabwe report is part
of an 11-country survey of African broadcast media, evaluating
compliance with the agreements, conventions, charters and
declarations regarding media that have been developed at regional
and continental levels in Africa. The research was carried out by
Dr Sarah Chiumbu who has worked in different capacities in media in
Zimbabwe and currently teaches media studies at Wits University in
Johannesburg, and edited by Jeanette Minnie and Hendrik Bussiek.
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