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Departing from the typical discourse about journalistic depictions of Africa, this book focuses on the underexplored journalistic representations created by African journalists reporting on African countries. The book demonstrates that African journalists are crucial actors in the marginalization of African voices through their coverage of Africa.
List of contents
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.
About the author
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.
Summary
Departing from the typical discourse about journalistic depictions of Africa, this book focuses on the underexplored journalistic representations created by African journalists reporting on African countries. The book demonstrates that African journalists are crucial actors in the marginalization of African voices through their coverage of Africa.
