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Book Reviews
Miguel Vicente Mariño, Sean Jacobs, Guy Martin, Tokunbo Ojo, John W. Forje, Tyler Fleming, Alice M. Klement
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News as Entertainment: The Rise of Global Infotainment, Daya Kishan Thussu London: Sage. 2007. Pp. 214. ISBN: 9780761968795 (paperback), 9780761968788 (hardback), reviewed by Miguel Vicente-Mariño. Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe, Andrew Meldrum New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. 2005. Pp. 290. ISBN: 0871138964 (paperback), 0871138965 (hardback), reviewed by Sean Jacobs. The Penny-A-Line Man, Reg Shay London: Athena. 2007. Pp. 432. ISBN: 1844017133 (paperback only), reviewed by Sean Jacobs. The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa, Marie-Soleil Frère London: Lynne Rienner. 2007. Pp. 287. ISBN: 1588264653 (paperback), 1588264890 (hardback), reviewed by Guy Martin. Globalization, Development and the Mass Media, Colin Sparks Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2007. Pp. 264. ISBN: 0761961623 (paperback), 0761961615 (hardback), reviewed by Tokunbo Ojo. New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2006. Pp. 189. ISBN: 9780195331288 (paperback), 9780195177473 (hardback), reviewed by John Forje. 50 Years of Journalism: African Media since Ghana's Independence, Elizabeth Barratt and Guy Berger Johannesburg: The African Editors' Forum, Highway Africa and Media Foundation for West Africa. 2007. Pp. 195. ISBN: 9780868104386 (paperback only), reviewed by Tyler Fleming. Global Journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems, Arnold S. de Beer (Ed.) Boston: Pearson Education/Allyn & Bacon. 5th ed. 2009. Pp. 482. ISBN: 0205608116 (paperback only), reviewed by Alice Klement.