The Talking picture|h[electronic resource] :

The Talking picture|h[electronic resource] : impact of mass media in Kenya, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda Impact of mass media in Kenya, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda Octapixx Worldwide (Firm) - New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2009], c2004 - 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col., digital file. - The Call of Africa: The Voice of a Continent .

Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Jan. 17, 2009 Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware

Anti-Apartheid Newspaper (4:59) -- Changes in Journalism (3:37) -- South African Victims (5:48) -- African Oral Tradition (1:54) -- African Women's Empowerment (5:30) --Radio: Social Mobilization (2:33) -- Tour Guide in Uganda (3:18) -- Africa and the Internet (1:56) -- Mali: Street Children (4:40) -- Africa: Exploitation of Twins (4:31) -Africa: Child Beggars (2:46) -- Africa: Culture and Abuse (3:27)

As Africa continues to modernize, the influence of the media in daily life is growing ever larger. This program examines the importance of the press, radio, the Internet, and TV via segments involving the Sowetan, a widely circulated South African newspaper that has its roots in the anti-apartheid struggle; KKC Kagadi, a rural community radio station in Uganda; Kenya-based Africa Online, an Internet service provider with a pan-African reach; and ORTM, the national broadcaster of Malian television. In the process, the program addresses racism, women's issues, grassroots entrepreneurship, access to online information,and the exploitation of street children-particularly twins

11 & up


Mode of access: Internet
System requirements: FOD playback platform


Portions are in other languages with English subtitles


Art and society
Art
Culture
Folklore
Language and culture
Mass media and culture
Mass media
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social aspects--Social conditions



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