Globalization and Cyberculture [electronic resource] : An Afrocentric Perspective /
Langmia, Kehbuma.author.
This book argues for hybridity of Western and African cultures within cybercultural/subcultural forms of communication. It demonstrates that when both Western and African cultures merge together through new forms of digital technology, marginalized populations in Africa are able to embrace communication, aiding in the socio-cultural and political development of the continent. The book also engages Electronic Colonization Theory in order to demonstrate how developing areas such as Africa experience a new form of imperialistic subjugation because of electronic and digital communication. Kehbuma Langmia is Fulbright Scholar/Professor and Chair of the Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication in the School of Communications at Howard University, USA. He publishes in the areas of intercultural communication, social media, and information communication technology.
Chapter 1. Traditional African and Western Modern Cultures -- Chapter 2. Cyberculture, Cybersubculture and Africa -- Chapter 3. Road to Cyberculture in sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 4. Requiem for In-person verbal/Nonverbal communication -- Chapter 5. New media new cultural dependence -- Chapter 6. Cyber culture and digital divide -- Chapter 7. Cyber culture and Identity Chapter 8. Cybernetic- Psycho-syndrome -- Chapter 9. Cybersecurity in Africa -- Chapter 10. Cyberculture and e-Health Communication in Africa -- Chapter 11. Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book argues for hybridity of Western and African cultures within cybercultural/subcultural forms of communication. It demonstrates that when both Western and African cultures merge together through new forms of digital technology, marginalized populations in Africa are able to embrace communication, aiding in the socio-cultural and political development of the continent. The book also engages Electronic Colonization Theory in order to demonstrate how developing areas such as Africa experience a new form of imperialistic subjugation because of electronic and digital communication. Kehbuma Langmia is Fulbright Scholar/Professor and Chair of the Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication in the School of Communications at Howard University, USA. He publishes in the areas of intercultural communication, social media, and information communication technology.
Communication.
Ethnology-Africa.
Culture.
Technology.
Digital media.
Globalization.
Africa-Politics and government.
Media and Communication.
African Culture.
Culture and Technology.
Digital/New Media.
Globalization.
African Politics.