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ERIC ED270769: The Role of the African Media in Patron-Client Relations: A Preliminary Look.

Noting the many difficulties in conceptualizing and analyzing development communication, this paper enriches the concept by linking it with a particular form of political, economic, and social organization common to many developing nations--the patron-client network. After a brief review of relevant communication and political science literature concerning the definition of development, development communication, and patron-client networks, the paper focuses on how patron-client ties and development communication are related as social forces in a developing nation. It then reports the findings…

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