The term “media development” might remind many people in South Africa of the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA). Well, the term has become a buzzword in international media financing. My aim here is to draw upon a talk I gave in 2007 at the Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership/Konrad-Adenuer-Stiftung conference for media executives […]
Fackson Banda
Professor Fackson Banda is the SAB LTD-UNESCO Chair of Media and Democracy at the Rhodes University School of Journalism & Media Studies. He has published in the areas of political communication; media sustainability; media policy and new media. He has worked at institutions including the Panos Institute, the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation and the University of Zambia.
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Are the media colonising the blogosphere?
I have been asked by this newspaper to be a contributor to its blogospherical initiative Thought Leader. This is my maiden input. At first, I was sceptical of the newspaper’s invitation. Well, I still am. I thought to myself: whatever it is we call the “blogosphere” is meant to be deinstitutionalised, far removed from the […]