Communicating National Integration: Empowering Development in African Countries

ISBN-13: 9781138266797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 248 str.

Osabuohien P. Amienyi

Opis

This book addresses the negative impact of social cleavages on the development of many African countries. This book provides a provocative discussion of how communication strategies can help to promote national integration and social, economic and political development.

Recenzje

'Today, many African nations are falling behind in their national development, due to outdated social structures and cleavages. The author of this insightful book, a leading expert in international communication with his African background, personal experiences, and expertise, provides both invaluable insights into the problems and keys to their solution. The book is a "must" for anyone interested in social communication within and between national cultures.' Dr Harold Fisher, Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA 'Professor Amienyi's work not only is an important contribution to understanding how mass media has worked in relation to national integration, but more importantly Professor Amienyi suggests how mass media can help foster national integration. His ideas about strategies, media channels and his model of integrative communication should result in more scholarly discussion and research in this important area.' Dr Marlin Shipman, Arkansas State University, USA 'This book suggests how communication can contribute to national cohesion and grapples with the complex issues of how ethnic and cultural identities are related to national identities. Departing from a theoretical base, the author provides a range of examples from African countries to illustrate his argument. This book should elicit more debate around what the role of communication in development should be in the African context.' Dr Herman Wasserman, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Spis treści

Contents: Understanding national integration for development. Communication And National Identification: Communicating verbal identification; Communicating with salient national symbols; Communicating affective identification. Communication And Integrative Behaviour: Communicating historical consciousness; Promoting social interaction; Communicating through economic development; Communicating through political development. Integrative Communication Considerations: The need for research; Planning the integrative communications; A model of integrative communications; Summary and conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Osabuohien P. Amienyi is Professor at the Department of Radio-TV, Arkansas State University, USA.