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Chapter title	Africa: Media Systems
Authors	Mano, W.
Abstract	This entry concentrates on media systems in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. The Sub- Saharan media system was born in the colonial era. Following the partition of Africa in Berlin in 1884, the colonial era saw the establishment of mass media systems that initially served minority white settlers located in the emerging urban centers. Both early print and broadcasting frameworks were affected by the different policies and approaches of the colonial powers. The use of European languages, state-biased own- ership systems, and limited media freedom are among colonial media attributes that continue today. The national media systems and countries discussed as part of this region are anything but homogeneous because Sub-Saharan Africa is huge and diverse. It covers 42 mainland countries and 6 island nations located south of the Sahara desert. Although the penetration of communication media has picked up in the past 50 years, only radio comes near to being described as a “mass medium.”
Keywords	Africa Media; African Mass Media; Colonial media; Postcolonial Media
Book title	The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication
Year	2010
Publisher	Wiley
Published	21 Jun 2010
ISBN	9781118783948
	9781118783665
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405186407.wbieca033
Web address (URL)	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781405186407.wbieca033
Supplementary data or files	African Media Systems.pdf
Publisher's version	File Access Level Open (open metadata and files)

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