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Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Political Communication: An Evolving Field Yet to Berth in Africa -- Introduction -- Research Questions -- Statement of Problem -- Methodology -- Conceptual Framework -- Theoretical Framework -- Literature Review -- Towards the Birth of Political Communication as an Academic Field of Study in Africa -- Consequences of Late Evolution of Political Communication in Africa -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Appendix: Survey Questionnaire on State of Political Communication in Africa -- References -- Interview -- Online Sources -- 3: Political Communication and African Diplomacy -- Introduction -- List of Coups in African States -- Counter Political Communication and Africa´s Response -- Observation and Conclusion -- References -- 4: African Ethics and African Political Communication: Some Comments -- Introduction -- African Political Communication and African Ethics -- On African Political Communication -- On African Ethics -- African Political Communication and African Ethics: The Linkage and Intervening Realities -- The Call! -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Strategic Political Communication in Africa -- Communication in Africa -- Strategic Communication: What It Is -- Strategic Political Communication -- African Strategic Political Communication -- Fundamental Essence of African Strategic Political Communication -- Election Campaigns -- Governance and High Level Government Policies -- Increasing Internal Cohesion -- Influencing Public Opinion -- Crisis Management -- The Future of Strategic Political Communication in Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Habermas in Africa? Re-Interrogating the ``Public Sphere´´ and ``Civil Society´´ in African Political Communication Research -- Introduction

Die Schlüsselstellung der Medien im antikolonialen und antiautoritären Befreiungskampf setzte sich im Prozess der Demokratisierung in Nigeria, besonders nach der Ära Babangidas und Abachas, fort. Die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Presse und die technische Entwicklung der Medien stellt der Autor in Beziehung zur staatlichen Entwicklung und Demokratisierung. Analog zur Entstehung der Medien zeichnet der Autor ein Bild der innenpolitischen Geschichte Nigerias. (DÜI-Gbd)

This study documents a crucial dimension of the resistance of Nigerian civil society to a repressive and monumentally corrupt military state in the late 1980s and 1990s in Nigeria. Employing a neo-Gramscian theoretical framework, the study relates how a section of the media defied censorship laws, outright bans, incarceration and the assassination of opposition figures, to prosecute the struggle for democracy. It captures the tensions and contradictions between a pliant section of the media, which sought to legitimise the state and a critical section of the same media, which in alliance with radical civil society, invented rebellious outlets to carry on the struggle against dictatorship.The study seeks to make fresh departures by documenting not only the role of the national media in the throes of democratic struggle, but that of the international media whose role was influential in the years studied.Finally the report offers empirical proof of the mechanisms by which a vibrant civil society can curb the ravages of a predatory state in an African country. ; CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1: Hegemonic Contest - Repressive State Versus Resurgent Media -- I. Introduction -- II. The Context - Antecedants -- III. Hegemony -- Theory IV. Hegemony and the Media - Applying the Theory -- CHAPTER 2: The Economic and Technological Tapestry - The Global Backdrop -- I. Nigerian Media - Economics, Technology and Ownership. The Context -- II. Harsh Economics and Survival Strategies -- III. Conclusion - Economics, Technology and Hegemony -- CHAPTER 3: Repression and Resistance 1989-93 -- I. Introduction -- II. Toughening Cadences and the Context of Repression -- III. Calendar of Repressive Activities -- IV. Coverage of the Annulment Controversy Crisis -- V. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4: Censorship and Intolerance - The Media in the Abacha Years -- I. Introduction -- II. Harsh Cadences, Persecution and Resistance -- III. A Calendar of Repression -- IV. Editorial Postures - The June 1994 Crisis -- V. Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5: Driven Underground - The Guerrilla Media Phenomenon -- I. Introduction -- II. Profile and Perceptions -- III. Editorial Postures - The Election Annulment Controversy -- IV. The Self-Succession Controversy - Antecedents -- V. Linkages to Civil Society and Production Strategy -- VI. Conclusion - Retrospect and Prospect -- CHAPTER 6: Protest Vernacular - Neo-Traditional Media Versus the Military State. I. Introduction -- II. Historical and Sociological Woof -- III. Media Versus Military State -- IV. Conclusion - Orature and the Discourse Map -- CHAPTER 7: The Global Context - The International Media and the Crisis of Democratisation -- I. Introduction - The Issues -- II. Carrot and Stick Approach to Global Media -- III. Editorial Postures -- IV. The Media and Globalisation -- Concluding Remarks - Democratisation and Resurgent Media