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Postcolonial Cinema Studies
London; New York: Routledge (2012), xviii, 250 pp.
"This collection of essays foregrounds the work of filmmakers in theorizing and comparing postcolonial conditions, recasting debates in both cinema and postcolonial studies. Postcolonial cinema is presented, not as a rigid category, but as an optic through which to address questions of postcolonial
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Towards a Theory of Communication for Africa: The Challenges for Emerging Democracies
Communicatio: South African Journal for Communication Theory and Research, volume 37, issue 1 (2011), pp. 1-20
"While the scholarship on communication theory has evolved over many years in Africa it is still work in progress. This discourse has been anchored in society's cultural milieu. The import of this is that the debate has evolved without incorporating the realities of Africa. Consequently, theories of
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De-Westernizing Communication Research: Altering Questions and Changing Frameworks
London et al.: Routledge (2011), 288 pp.
"The rise of postmodern theories and pluralist thinking has paved the way for multicultural approaches to communication studies and now is the time for decentralization, de-Westernization, and differentiation. This trend is reflected in the increasing number of communication journals with a national
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La Comunicología de Liberación, otra fuente para el pensamiento decolonial. Una aproximación a las ideas de Luis Ramiro Beltrán
Quórum Academico, volume 7, issue 1 (2010), pp. 65-77
"El artículo plantea que la Comunicología de Liberación propuesta por el boliviano Luis Ramiro Beltrán en 1976 puede ser considerada entre las fuentes del pensamiento decolonial junto a otras elaboraciones del dependentismo y el anticolonialismo latinoamericano de entonces. El programa de invest
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Descolonizar el saber, reinventar el poder
Montevideo: Ediciones Trilce; Universidad de la República, Extensión Universitaria (2010), 110 pp.
"Es tan difícil imaginar el fin del capitalismo como imaginar que el capitalismo no tenga fin. Ese dilema ha fracturado el pensamiento crítico de izquierda en dos vertientes que plantean opciones políticas distintas. Una de ellas dejó de preocuparse por el fin del capitalismo y centra su creativ
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China in Africa: A New Approach to Media Development?
Oxford; London: University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP); Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (2010), 21 pp.
"In the past few years China has rapidly become an important player in the media sector in many African countries in at least three ways. First, its economic success and the impressive growth of media outlets and users within China have quietly promoted an example of how the media can be deployed wi
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Media in Africa: Political, Cultural and Theoretical Trajectories in the Global Environment
International Communication Gazette, volume 71, issue 6 (2009), pp. 473-489
"This article tackles assumptions made by Louise Bourgault in her pioneering book, Mass Media in Sub-Saharan Africa. The article discusses her claims about African journalism in relation to her engagement with Western approaches, and with regard to issues of orality, the Shannon and Weaver communica
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Pensamiento comunicacional latinoamericano: Entre el saber y el poder
Sevilla; Zamora: Comunicación Social (2009), 379 pp.
Towards an African Journalism Model: A Critical Historical Perspective
International Communication Gazette, volume 71, issue 6 (2009), pp. 491-510
"Much of the scholarly literature regarding theories of journalism practice is premised on the tenets of the western model of liberal democracy. To the extent that this model is held to be universal, it hinders the analytical theorization of journalistic precepts that have evolved locally in most co
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Indianizing Film: Decolonization, the Andes and the Question of Technology
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press (2009), ix, 282 pp.
De-Colonising Journalism Curricula: A Research & “development” Perspective
Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 79-87
"This paper argues that there is a need to decolonise journalism curricula and practices from the prevailing Western models. Putting journalism curricula in the wider context of higher education in developing and non-Western countries is an important step towards this direction. The paper looks at j
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Reporting the Sri Lankan Conflict: Ethnic, Separatist or a Fight for Freedom
Media Asia, volume 34, issue 2 (2007), pp. 88-95
"A study by De Alwis (2006) on the reporting of the Sri Lanka conflict under censorship, made comparisons to Western theories and models. The findings disclose the unique techniques used by the local press to circumvent media regulations. Censorship lacks the ability to tighten its hold on the local
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International Media Studies
Malden: Blackwell (2007), xiii, 265 pp.
"The purpose of this book, explained further in Chapter One, is to place before the media scholar, the historicity and continuity in structures of colonialism, postcolonialism, and media globalization around the world. Obviously these are not clearly demarcated processes and colonized countries have
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Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow
Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), 267 pp.
"Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in
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Latinoamérica en la ruptura del paradigma de la comunicación para el desarrollo. El recorrido de los pioneros en la búsqueda de alternativas democráticas
Punto Cero, volume 10, issue 11 (2005), pp. 7-22
"La rica producción intelectual y práctica en Latinoamérica parece encontrar en los últimos tiempos un merecido reconocimiento en el ámbito de la comunicación para el cambio social. Las siguientes líneas intentan evaluar el papel jugado por el continente en la ruptura del paradigma dominante
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Indigenous Communication in Africa: Concept, Application and Prospects
Inspiring Practice
Accra: Ghana Universities Press (2005), xvi, 282 pp.
"This book argues that indigenous modes of communication - for example the oral tradition, drama, indigenous entertainment forms, cultural modes and local language radio - are essential to the societies within which they exist and which create them; and that coupled with newer, or modern forms of co
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L'universel au coeur du particulier: Philosophie africaine, philosophie de la communication
Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain (2002), 514 pp.
De-Westernizing Media Studies
London: Routledge (2000), 342 pp.
"De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?" (Publisher des
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