The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa
This handbook attempts to fill the gap in empirical scholarship of media and communication research in Africa, from an Africanist perspective. The collection draws on expert knowledge of key media and communication scholars in Africa and the diaspora, off
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The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa
Bruce Mutsvairo Editor
The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa
Editor Bruce Mutsvairo University of Technology Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-70442-5 ISBN 978-3-319-70443-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70443-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017959658 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: lapandr Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword: Implicit Geographies
Academic scholarship is conducted in partnership with publishers, who are the conduits for the dissemination of academic research. Researchers offer statements and judgements about states of reality, however it is constructed, received or perceived. Publishers appeal to markets and the markets hail consumers. Authors are the producers, readers constitute the users, and markets constantly adapt to shifting dynamics. The key international publishers, in adapting to shifting academic markets and institutional regulation, have also shaped outputs, that is, the nature of knowledge, especially where books are concerned. Annuals addressing conceptual developments within disciplines were indicated in titles like Progress in Communication Sciences. That self-reflexive genre was later replaced by much weightier (both in terms of volume and thought) ‘handbooks’, such as this one edited by Bruce Mutsvairo. These handbooks are designed to push disciplines, extend conceptual edges, and to encourage new ways of thinking and doing. They are not just about ‘progress’, but ‘progressio
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