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Political communication inquiry principally investigates institutions such as governments and congress, and processes such as elections and political advertising. This study takes a largely unexplored route: An assessment of political messages embedded in music, with a focus on the artistic works of three male African music icons&mdash ; Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (Nigeria), Lucky Dube (South Africa), and Alpha Blondy (Cô ; te d&rsquo ; Ivoire). Methodologically, a purposive sample of the lyrics of songs by the musicians was textually analyzed to identify the themes and nuances in their political messaging. Framing was the theoretical underpinning. This study determined that all three musicians were vocal against corruption, citizen marginalization, and a cessation of wars and bloodshed in the continent.

"This book undertakes an extensive and in-depth scholarly treatment of African diasporas - based mainly on original research grounded in requisite literature and informed by relevant methodological tools. It mounts an extensive and in-depth scholarly exposition of African diasporas that advances the scholarship of African diasporas as a subject area"--Provided by publisher

"This book explores how politics and political processes in Africa have been impacted by the use of music in the dissemination of political messages for political campaigns, challenging the establishment and articulating the ills in society and governance, as well as other matters that generally deal with governing the citizenry"--

"This book is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly perspectives on delivering political messages to society through musical platforms and venues. Highlighting innovative research topics on an international scale, such as election campaigns, social justice, and protests"--

This study examined the role of Kuwait's diwaniya as a public forum in a private setting for political communication and discourse in the country. Its main findings show that political issues dominate the agenda of discussions in the forum. The study also shows that diwaniya attendees use it to communicate, exchange, and gain information and knowledge about political affairs and leadership in their country. Also noteworthy is the finding that a measure of freedom of speech exists in the diwaniya, in spite of the forum being hosted in a political environment where free speech is not encouraged by the monarch, the Amir, and his government. This study relied on the uses and gratification theory in assessing the needs the forum satisfies for its attendees and used the survey method for data collection.

Bridging and bounding Asian-ness in hip-hop: lyrics and media discourse / Ziye Tang, Shuhua Zhou -- "Tamizha, Tamizha": nationalism and irredentism in popular Tamil music / Satrajit Ghosh Chowdhury, V. Michelle Michael -- Protest art, songs, and political memes as catalysts for political change in Malaysia / Samuel Ihediwa -- "White" Korean music? How a thesis rendered centuries of culture invisible / Richard Hu -- Music of politics: Bangladesh: a journey of musical movements / Shabnam Azim.

This study examined President Donald J. Trump's "tweetosphere". It was a multimethod functional analysis of Trump's ego network (him and the people he follows, mentions, retweets, and replies to) of 741 tweets and retweets in his first year of office. The findings indicate that President Trump tends to tweet about, retweet, and mention (tag) himself, his government, conservative media, and family more than people of opposing political ideologies and the mainstream media. More than a third of his tweets and retweets were positive self-acclaims, especially about his character, his government, family, and conservative media.

The media in Africa are often indicted for being partly responsible for the conflicts and tensions in the continent, and the role of the radio in escalating the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is frequently cited in support of this indictment. This article examines newspaper reports of the post 2007 presidential election violence in Kenya and finds a contrast to the Rwandan 'model'. Although the newspapers analysed did not provide any forewarning about the impending crisis, they relentlessly published news stories and house editorials that addressed peace-building in the country. The authors suggest that the Kenyan example raises two main issues: (a) the media can play functional roles in de-escalating conflicts in Africa; and (b) reporters should be society's moral witnesses, not 'objective' bystanders, who watch and report on the collapse of humanity.

This study examines how two newspapers in South Korea, one conservative and one liberal, covered the U.S. presidential election of 2008. The study found that there was a significant divergence in the emphasis placed on certain types of issues between the two ideologically polarized newspapers. While the liberal Hankyoreh Daily placed more emphasis on social justice issues –such as racial equality and the abolition of social discrimination, the conservative Chosun Daily highlighted "human interest" issues, focusing on more trivial topics such as the candidates' gender, family, and fashion preferences. There was also a difference in the types of news sources used by the two newspapers. The Hankyoreh Daily sought to represent the voices of the South Korean elite, while The Chosun Daily used American politicians as one of its major source of information. This study argues that a news organization's ideological orientation is an important factor, which influences South Korean newspapers' "domestication" of the U.S. election, which was staged in a distant region.