Overview
Covers the intricacies of contemporary journalism in Africa by deploying a wide range of empirical evidence
Sheds light on the everyday routines, defining epistemologies, and ethical dilemmas facing journalism in Africa
Uses a wide range of case studies from across Africa
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Professional Practices, Cultures and Identity
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Ethical and Professional Dilemmas
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Politics, Political Parallelism and Partisanship
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Reviews
“My most enthusiastic congratulations to the editor and authors of Newsmaking Cultures in Africa for bridging the gap between understanding journalists in their particular local contexts, recognizing the cultural specificity of newswork, and articulating journalism in Africa with journalisms around the world. I especially appreciate how this book does not fall easily in the 'dewesternise media studies' camp, but instead offers a much more nuanced and complex picture of local particularity, global similarity, interdependence and crossover.” (Mark Deuze, Professor of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
“This is a much-needed volume that contributes original and hitherto understudied evidence and theoretical frameworks on journalism in Africa. The authors collectively illustrate how journalism is historical and context driven. Altogether this is a must-read volume that provides fresh, fascinating and nuanced frameworks on journalism beyond the Anglo-Saxon models which have so far been central to its practice and thinking. Hayes Mabweazara and his team must be commended for inviting the academy to take seriously the trajectory of journalism in Africa and other non-Western contexts.” (Winston Mano, Reader and Director of the Africa Media Centre, University of Westminster, UK)
“Newsmaking Cultures in Africa examines at least six broad areas (journalism education, freedom, tabloidisation, new technologies, conflict environment, and conduct-ethics) with foci on nine countries...the breadth of geographical coverage of sub-Saharan Africa is commendable. The uniqueness of this anthology lies in bringing together, sensibly, familiar as well as fresh analyses of professional practice cultures in African journalism. Although it eschews North Africa, the book would be useful to scholars, practitioners and students of journalism, sociology and politics in Africa and beyond.” (Fred Mudhai, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Course Director MA Global Journalism, Coventry University, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara is Senior Lecturer in Journalism Studies at Falmouth University, England, UK. He is Associate Editor of the journal African Journalism Studies and Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Newsmaking Cultures in Africa
Book Subtitle: Normative Trends in the Dynamics of Socio-Political & Economic Struggles
Editors: Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54109-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54108-6Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54109-3Published: 05 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 396
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: African Culture, Journalism, Media and Communication