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T1  - Twinning social memory and social imaginary : challenges for east African media policies 
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UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/303965 
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A1  - Kivikuru, Ullamaija 
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Y1  - 2017 
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AB  - The article discusses the significance of the past in the planning of media policies in two neighbouring countries in Africa, namely Kenya and Tanzania. The theoretical frame is composed of four concepts: social imaginary, collective memory, domestication, and liminality. The scrutiny starts from the last years of colonialism and ends with the presentday situation with online media. In both countries, the basic media approach is still distinctly top-down and focuses on authorities—either the sta... 
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KW  - 518 Media and communications; domestication; liminality; Kenya; mediascape; media history; media policy 
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