Title

Clash Of The Titans: Analyzing The Convergence Of Telephony And Radio In The Power Contest Between Uganda'S Central Government And Buganda Kingdom

Keywords

Globalization; ICTs; Information and communication technologies; Nationalism; Traditionalism; Tribalism; Uganda

Abstract

This chapter examines the paradoxical outcomes of the use of information andcommunication technologies (ICTs) in the power contest between the resurgingtraditionalism and the diminishing influence of nationalism in Uganda. In the wake of theglobal information revolution sweeping through Africa leading to the liberalization of thebroadcast media and the telecommunication sector, the chapter analyzes how theconvergence of the now ubiquitous mobile phone and the Central Broadcasting Services(CBS), a two-channel FM radio station owned by the country's most strategic andpopulous Buganda Kingdom, have engineered the renaissance of Buganda tribalnationalism to contest the overriding authority of the populist and hitherto unchallengedcentral government over land ownership.The chapter attests to the repudiation of the grand narrative that suggested that aliberalized media landscape perpetuates the dominance of the economically andpolitically powerful entities such as state authorities and corporations. Also, the chapterhighlights the contradictions associated with the effects of the use of ICTs-they are asconstructive as they are disruptive. © 2013 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

4-1-2013

Publication Title

Information and Communications Technology: New Research

Number of Pages

123-140

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

84895282070 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84895282070

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