In the Shadow of the Global North

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-43195-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 533 g

Reihe: Communication, Society and Politics

In the Shadow of the Global North unpacks the historical, cultural, and institutional forces that organize and circulate journalistic narratives in Africa to show that something complex is unfolding in the postcolonial context of global journalistic landscapes, especially the relationships between cosmopolitan and national journalistic fields. Departing from the typical discourse about journalistic depictions of Africa, j. Siguru Wahutu turns our focus to the underexplored journalistic representations created by African journalists reporting on African countries. In assessing news narratives and the social context within which journalists construct these narratives, Wahutu captures not only the marginalization of African narratives by African journalists but opens up an important conversation about what it means to be an African journalist, an African news organization, and African in the postcolony.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wahutu, J. Siguru

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Why Study African Media?; 2. What is African Journalism?; 3. Habitus in the Postcolony; 4. African Journalism Fields; 5. Africans at the Margins; 6. Framing an African Atrocity; 7. 'That Is Lazy Journalism'; 8. Lessons Learned; Appendix A: Methodological Notes; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Wahutu, J. Siguru
j. Siguru Wahutu is an Assistant Professor at New York University's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University. Wahutu is an expert in the sociology of media, with an emphasis on genocide, mass violence, and ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa. He has written about global media patterns in covering genocide in Africa, ethnicity, land, and politics in Kenya, and on the Kenyan media's experimentation with social media platforms. Wahutu's research has appeared in African Journalism Studies, African Affairs, Journalism Studies, International Journal of Press/Politics, Global Media and Communication, Media and Communication, Media, Culture, and Society, and Sociological Forum.