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The Talking picture|h[electronic resource] : impact of mass media in Kenya, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda Octapixx Worldwide (Firm)

Material type: TextTextSeries: The Call of Africa: The Voice of a ContinentPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2009], c2004Description: 1 streaming video file (47 min.) : sd., col., digital fileOther title:
  • Impact of mass media in Kenya, Mali, South Africa, and Uganda
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .T35 2004
Contents:
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)
Summary: 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
Item type: CD/DVD
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Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) Multimedia Non-fiction PN1997 .T35 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 041014
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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

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