Impact of New Technologies and Globalization on Literature, Publishing, and Distribution in the African Diaspora.
Writers need to resist an increasingly homogenized media that delivers only the message of the dominant classes. The consolidation of media properties has put the ability to promote music, film, television, radio, and books under the control of a handful of transnational conglomerates. In order to...
| Published in: | Black Scholar Vol. 38; no. 2/3; pp. 21 - 24 |
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Paradigm Publishers, on behalf of The Black Scholar
Summer/Fall2008
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