Networks of Communication in South Africa: New Media, New Technologies

ISBN-13: 9781316636572 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 300 str.

South Africa) Sooryamoorthy R. (University of KwaZulu-Natal

Opis

This book is an original study on the development of media technologies, communications and social networks in South Africa.

Recenzje

'Author R. Sooryamoorthy, who is based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, breaks new ground in media research with the publication of this book, Networks of Communication in South Africa: New Media, New Technologies … It is thus without reservation that I highly recommend Sooryamoorthy's well-researched text for all those interested in old and new media studies, communication practices, social network analyses, development studies, sociology and anthropology geared toward probing the new 'networked society' and its distinctive modalities of social relationships, forms of association, and new forms of sociality and sociability.' Lingham Lionel Thaver, International Journal of Communication

Spis treści

1. New media and the new worlds of communication; 2. The cellphone and the internet: the African communiscape; 3. The media, old and new: uses, trends and patterns; 4. Media use in South Africa; 5. The indispensability of cellphones in communication; 6. Electronic communication: access, application and uses; 7. Media, communication and social networks; 8. Social networks – structure and location; 9. Media, communication and networks.