Media in Africa

Media in Africa

(See also Media in Nigeria)

The media in Africa are expanding rapidly due to advances in telecommunications especially mobile phones and the internet, recent growth has taken place in leaps and bounds. By learning from developed countries, Africa has not been forced to 'reinvent the wheel'. Africans are a resilient people and although resources have been limited at times, it has produced people who could be referred to as genuine 'media giants'. In newspaper reporting, many Africans have won international media awards. In writing both prose and poetry, many awards have also been won by Africans, and Africa now claims a Nobel Laurete in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka of Nigeria.

History

In 1794 the first printing press arrived in Africa delivered to Freetown, Sierra Leone but this was destroyed by a French raiding party before it was ever used. When another press arrived in 1800 the newspaper the "Sierra Leone Advertiser" began being printed. Citation | last =Ziegler | first =Dhyana | last2 =Molefi K. | first2 =Asante | publication-date =1992 | title =Thunder and Silence: The Mass Media in Africa | pages=11-12| publisher =Africa World Press | isbn =0865432511]

Communications

Advances in satellite communication, and its availability in Africa (some countries on the continent have their own communications satellites) has meant that some local television stations are now viewed outside their terrestrial broadcast areas.

Digital media and internet

Digital media and internet are increasingly part of the African media landscape. One specific development worth mentioning, is the rise of mobile reporting. Journalist across the continent are increasingly using the mobile phone as their primary reporting tool needed to collect text, photo and video. This content is often distributed via the internet and is an early example of convergence in the internet and mobile medium.

Pan African community based websites are also emerging on the scene and reflect trends in the Web 2.0 movement seen in other parts of the world.

Television

A 24-hour pan-African news and information channel called A24 will start broadcasting from Nairobi in 2008 by satellite and the internet.

Radio

Print media

Historically, Nigeria has boasted one of the most free and resilient newspaper presses of any African country, even under its past military dictatorships, most of whom have shown an intolerance of the press. In the rest of the continent, vibrant journalism is also getting to be the order of the day. As in more developed countries, many journalists, in a bid to uphold the integrity of the profession, have preferred to go to jail rather than betray the confidentiality of a source.

In 2005, journalists representing 23 African nations met in Cameroon and established the Society for the Development of Media in Africa (Société pour le Développement des Médias Africains, SDMA). [http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/africa-wide_journalist_organization__douala.html]

Literature

(SEE African literature)

ee also

References

External links

* [http://allafrica.com/ allAfrica.com, Africa's largest online news service]
* [http://www.africanews.com]
* [http://www.africamediaonline.com/ AfricaMediaOnline.com]
* [http://www.africamediaethics.com/ AfricaMediaEthics.com]
* [http://mediaflip.wordpress.com/]
* [http://www.jhr.ca/africannewspapers.html Journalists For Human Rights]
* [http://www.africa-news.net/ Africa's online community]


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