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Television as a medium has been widely studied. Most studies focus on television effects, representation and television journalism (Sevareid in In the news: American Journalists View Their Craft, Scholarly Resources, pp. 35–41, 1991; Phillis in Media Asia 24:79–80, 1997; Motsaathebe in the Journal of Communication and Media Research 2:13–24, 2011; Cushion in Television Journalism, Sage, London, 2012). While there are studies that look at television in the current technological environment, most of these studies focus on the European and American contexts, unlike this book which focuses on television in Africa in the digital age. Since its invention, television has been hailed as a medium that offers audiences a range of benefits that other media could not provide.
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Motsaathebe, G., Chiumbu, S.H. (2021). Navigating the Digital Milieu in the Context of Television in Africa: A Synchronic Appraisal of the Disjunctures, Continuities and Prospects. In: Motsaathebe, G., Chiumbu, S.H. (eds) Television in Africa in the Digital Age. Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68854-7_1
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