While some academic attention has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portuguese, there is a dearth of research into African language digital communication. The book will interest scholars of media, journalism, communication, social media and culture.
While some academic attention has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portuguese, there is a dearth of research into African language digital communication.
This book analyses the online presence of African language media. The chapters in the book focus on the speed, structure, content, navigation and interactivity, operations and performance, and audience of the online media. They also pay particular attention to how social media such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have been appropriated by African language media. Using a wide range of case studies, the contributors assess the challenges of adopting digital technologies by the media, and how the technologies have impacted journalistic practice and media operations.
Examining the ability of the African language press to adopt new technologies, this book will be of interest to scholars of media, journalism, communication, social media and culture in Africa.
Introduction: Marketing Communication In African Languages Section A:
African Traditional Advertising and Marketing
1. Advertising and Marketing in
Traditional Yoruba Society in Nigeria Section B: Language Arts, Popular
Culture, Advertising and Marketing
2. Becoming a Local Brand: Coca-Cola,
Indigenous Languages and Evidence of Intimate Glocalisation Among Young
Africans in Nigeria and South Africa
3. Using Akan Language to Persuade in
Digital Spaces: An Analysis of the Demand and Supply YouTube Channel
4.
Language Hierarchization in Marketing and Advertising: An Analysis of
E-Advertisements from Zimbabwes Mobile Network Operators
5. Indigenous
Marketing Styles in the Lyrics of Yoruba Popular Music Artists Section C:
Political Advertising, Marketing and Communication
6. (De)Marketing Political
Products: An Analysis of the Branding of Malawian Political Leaders in
Indigenous Languages (1964-2023)
7. Negative Political Advertising and the
Entrenchment of Gender Norms in Indigenous Language Political Communication
8. Tsotsitaal: A Political Marketing Strategy by South Africas Main
Political Parties Mopailo Thomas Thatelo
9. Political Marketing, Persuasion
and Oratorical Whiz of Former Bophuthatswana Leader Lucas Mangope
10.
Advertising Robert Mugabe in Indigenous Languages: Readers Perspectives of
Born Crews Get Connected
11. Indigenous Jingles in Political Messaging:
Analysis of Yoruba Language Jingles in Nigerias 2023 Presidential Election
on Selected Radio Stations in South-West Nigeria
12. Perceived Influence of
Indigenous Languages in Political Advertising during the 2023 General
Elections among Residents of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State,
Nigeria Section D: Commercials in African Languages
13. Using Indigenous
Language Radio Advertisements to Build Brand Loyalty and Product
Marketability of Selected SMMEs in South-West Nigeria
14. Reimagining
Epistemic Decoloniality of Commercial Radio Advertising through African
Languages for Sustainable Development in the Digital Age
15. Radio
Advertisement in Igbesa Community, Ado-Odo Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
16. An
Analysis of The Use of Indigenous Language in Radio Advertising on Social
Media: A Case Study of Motsweding FM
17. Gender Representation Using
Indigenous African Languages in South African Television Advertisements
Section E: Public Relations
18. Decolonising Public Relations Education in
South Africa: A Case of the Lemba People
19. A Public Relations Perspective
of Emi lo kan As An Indigenous Political Marketing Slogan of All
Progressive Congress Presidential Candidate in the 2023 Nigeria General
Elections Section F: Branding, Corporate and Public Communication
20. My
Language, My Brand: Reflections on Oko Oloyuns Exclusive Yoruba Language
for SME Branding
21. An Analysis of The Use of Indigenous Languages in
Corporate Communication at The North-West University
22. The Use of African
Languages in China's Brand Advertising: Revisiting the Localization and
Standardization Debates
Abiodun Salawu is Professor of Journalism, Communication, and Media Studies and Director of the research entity, Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA), at the North- West University, South Africa. He has taught and researched journalism, media and communication for close to three decades in Nigeria and South Africa. Prior to his academic career, he practised journalism in a number of print media organisations in Nigeria. He has, to his credit, well over a gross of scholarly publications in academic journals and books. He has also edited/ co- edited 13 books and authored 1. He is a regular presenter of papers at local and international conferences. He is a co- vice chair of the journalism section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and a member of editorial/ advisory boards of a number of journals. He was involved in the founding of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research. He is rated by the NRF as an established researcher at the level of C1 (with international recognition), and he is a member of Codesrias College of Senior Academic Mentors. He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters and Member Royal Society of South Africa.
Kehinde Oyesomi holds B.Sc. (2004), M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2013) degrees in mass communication. She also obtained a post-doctoral fellowship in communications from North-West University, South Africa, in 2018. Kehinde Oyesomi is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies and also the immediate past Head of Department, Mass Communication, Covenant University. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Covenant Journal of Communication. She has 17 years of working experience spanning journalism, corporate communications and teaching. Award winner during her undergraduate (Best student in Media Planning, overall best student in Public Relations and Advertising), NYSC days in Enugu State where she researched and wrote a book on HIV/AIDS that was circulated around secondary schools in the State, and she has won several research papers and grant awards both nationally and internationally. Recently, she was presented the Lecturer of the Year award for her role of supervisory responsibilities to the Covenant University student who won the gold medal at the Future Creative Leader Academy among other 20 institutions. Oyesomi has since traversed wider terrains in different but related fields of media and gender, development communication, journalism and public relations. Dr. Oyesomi is a member of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR), African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), International Advertising Association (IAA), South African Communications Association (SACOMM), Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) among other local and international bodies and fora, and she is a reviewer and editorial board member for several local and international journals. She has published in several local and international high-impact journals. She also has book chapters and an edited book to her credit.
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