The Handbook of Communication in Africa: Theory, Research, and Praxis [Paperback]

Editors Introduction: African Communication Studies: A Celebration and a Call for (Further) Action??Section 1: Metatheoretical Perspectives??1. Africa at a Crossroads: Resisting Power and Unpacking Africas Problems and Possibilities through a Post-Positivist Approach???2. Interpretive Perspectives on Communication in Africa? 3. Critiquing Colonialism in African Communication Studies? 4. Postcolonial and Subaltern Scholarship on Communication in the African Continent: Storytelling, Representation, and Resistance??Section 2: Research Areas??5. On Ethiopian Media Studies: Some Initial Musings on an Emerging Scholarly Current??6. Media Veracity and Platform Authenticity: The Case of WhatsApp in Africa? 7. Public Relations in the African Context: A Review of Current Scholarship? 8. Organizational Communication Research in Africa: An Analytical Review? 9. An Exploration of Health Communication in Africa: A Systematic Analytic Review? 10. Technology and Communication? 11. Communication and Gender Inequality in Africa? 12. Gender, Culture and Media Dynamics in Africa: A Critical Reflection? 13. Communicating Sport in Africa: A Nascent Field with Expanding Trajectory??14. Toward Epistemic Freedom in the Study of Communication in/about/and the Environment in Africa? ?15. The Past Still Present: China-Africa Media Relations and the Transformations in Global Communication??16. AI-Driven Social Media Analysis in Africa: Trends, Misinformation, and Political Discourse? ??Section 3: Research and Practice??17. Situating the Catalytic Role of Cellular Technology within the Paradigmatic Shifts of Social Transformation among the Disenfranchised in Sub-Saharan Africa??18. Media Coverage and Activism Research and Practice in Africa??19. Communication Law Education in East Africa??20. Reflections on Development Communication, Gender, and Health in Africa??21. Peacebuilding and ColƒD