Cosmas U. Nwokeafor is a full professor of mass communication at Bowie State University where he currently serves as the dean of Graduate School. He has served as a provost fellow, assistant provost for graduate studies, assistant dean, and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and department chair at Bowie State University. He has conducted research in the area of development communication, new communication technologies and development communication in Africa. Kehbuma Langmia is an associate professor of communications at Bowie State University where he teaches research and other media related courses in the Department of Communications. A graduate from the Television and Film Academy in Munich, Langmia has extensive knowledge and training in media production and management.

“Media Role in African Changing Electoral Process provides a strong and much sort for details in the area of Media role in political communication in the continent of Africa. The editors have done such an outstanding scholarly work by pulling an array of interdisciplinary credentialed scholars of African descent who present convincing data in support of their various claims. This book is a must read and a powerful learning tool for students of Mass Communication, Media Studies and Political Science.”

• FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTIONCRITICAL OVERVIEW OF NEW MEDIA, MEDIA POLITICAL SYSTEMS ANDPOLYGLOT MEDIATOCRA{Z}Y & DEMO-CRA{Z}Y: THE AFRICANEXPERIENCECHAPTER 1INTERNET/ONLINE MEDIA ADOPTION IN AFRICAN ELECTIONSCHAPTER 2AFRICAN POLITICS AND THE MASS MEDIA: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF THEMEDIA IN ELECTIONSCHAPTER 3MEDIA AND SUSTAINABLE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICACHAPTER 4MEDIA POWER IN ELECTIONS: EVIDENCE OF THE ROLE OF AGENDASETTINGTHEORY IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA’SEVOLVING DEMOCRACYCHAPTER 5MEDIA MANAGERIAL PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OFTHE ELECTORAL PROCESS: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCECHAPTER 6THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: TOWARD THE ETHICS OFSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYCHAPTER 7TRANSPARENCY IN THE POLLS: A REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENTNATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AND THE NIGERIANTELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA) IN THE APRIL 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS INNIGERIACHAPTER 8SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND THE 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION INCAMEROONCHAPTER 9COMMUNICATING ELECTORAL INFORMATION IN RECENT ELECTIONS INCAMEROON: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVECHAPTER 10RADIO DRAMA ON A FERTILE GROUND FOR ENGINEERING DEMOCRATICVALUES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICACHAPTER 11UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS: A SYNTHESIZED ANALYSIS OF POLITICALPARTICIPATION IN KENYACHAPTER 12MEDIA AND POLITICAL PLURALISM IN GHANA’S QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLEDEMOCRACYINDEX CONTRIBUTORS EDITORS