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The protests of university students in indepen dent Black Africa are described, using a communications framework with five basic elements: catalysts, students, mes sages, targets, and outcomes. Some appropriate future research activities are then indicated.

The protests of U students in independent Black Africa are described within a COMM's framework. The assumption is that student protests are (attempted) COMM's &, as such, may be studied using many of the tools which have been developed for studying COMM's. The protest COMM has 5 basic elements: catalysts, students, messages, targets & outcomes. Catalysts include a climate of protest, a specific problem, & a precipitating incident. Students can be categorized according to their backgrounds, numbers, org'al bases of action, & contemporary roles. Messages can be described in terms of channel employed & substantive content. Targets of protest include both primary & secondary actors. Outcomes can be categorized into sanctions upon students, changes in the catalyzing situation, & residual effects. The simple relationships among these elements of the protest COMM are indicated in a figure. It is felt that this is only a beginning. Variables must be operationally specified & needed data collected so that relationships among variables can be established & a theory of student protest action can be developed. Modified HA.