Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century
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Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising"

Africa's Media Image in the 21st Century: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising"

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Africa’s Media Image in the 21st Century is the first book in over twenty years to examine the international media’s coverage of sub-Saharan Africa. It brings together leading researchers and prominent journalists to explore representation of the continent, and the production of that image, especially by international news media. The book highlights factors that have transformed the global media system, changing whose perspectives are told and the forms of media that empower new voices. Case studies consider questions such as: how has new media changed whose views are represented? Does Chinese or diaspora media offer alternative perspectives for viewing the continent? How do foreign correspondents interact with their audiences in a social media age? What is the contemporary role of charity groups and PR firms in shaping news content? They also examine how recent high profile events and issues been covered by the international media, from the Ebola crisis, and Boko Haram to debates surrounding the "Africa Rising" narrative and neo-imperialism. The book makes a substantial contribution by moving the academic discussion beyond the traditional critiques of journalistic stereotyping, Afro-pessimism, and ‘darkest Africa’ news coverage. It explores the news outlets, international power dynamics, and technologies that shape and reshape the contemporary image of Africa and Africans in journalism and global culture.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Beverly Hawk Introduction: a new Africa’s Media Image? Mel Bunce, Suzanne Franks and Chris Paterson PART I: Framing Africa 1. The international news coverage of Africa: beyond the "single story" Mel Bunce 2. Media perspectives: in defence of Western journalists in Africa Michela Wrong 3. Reporting and writing Africa in a world of unequal encounters Francis B. Nyamnjoh 4. Media perspectives: how does Africa get reported? A letter of concern to 60 Minutes Howard W. French 5. How not to write about writing about Africa Martin Scott 6 Bringing Africa home. reflections on discursive practices of domestication in international news reporting on Africa by Belgian television Stijn Joye 7. The image of Africa from the perspectives of the African diasporic press in the UK. Olatunji Ogunyemi PART II: The image makers 8. Mediating the distant Other for the distant audience: how do Western correspondents in East and Southern Africa perceive their audience? Toussaint Nothias 9. Media perspectives: television reporting of Africa: 30 years on Zeinab Badawi 10. Foreign correspondents in sub-Saharan Africa: their socio-demographics and professional culture Paulo Nuno Vicente 11. Media perspectives: reflecting on my father’s legacy in reporting Africa Salim Amin 12. Media perspectives: we’re missing the story: the media’s retreat from foreign reporting Anjan Sundaram 13. Instagram as a potential platform for alternative Visual Culture in South Africa Danielle Becker 14. Media perspectives: social media and new narratives: Kenyans tweet back H. Nanjala Nyabola 15. A "New Ghana" in "Rising Africa"? Rachel Flamenbaum PART III: Development and humanitarian stories 16. Media perspectives: is Africa’s development story still stuck on aid? Eliza Anyangwe 17. AIDS in Africa and the British media: shifting images of a pandemic Ludek Stavinoha 18. Media perspectives: a means to an end? Creating a market for humanitarian news from Africa Heba Aly 19. It was a "simple", "positive" story of African self-help (manufactured for a Kenyan NGO by advertising multinationals) Kate Wright 20. Media perspectives: Africa for Norway: challenging stereotypes using humour Nicklas Poulsen Viki 21. Bloggers, celebrities, and economists: news coverage of the Millennium Villages Project Audrey Ariss, Anya Schiffrin and Michelle Chahine PART IV: Politics in the representation of Africa 22. Africa through Chinese eyes: new frames or the same old lens? African news in English from China Central Television, compared with the BBC Vivien Marsh 23. Media perspectives: new media and African engagement with the global public sphere Sean Jacobs 24. Shifting power relations, shifting images Herman Wasserman 25. Communicating violence: the media strategies of Boko Haram Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar 26. Perceptions of Chinese media's Africa coverage James Wan 27. New imperialisms, old stereotypes Chris Paterson 28. Nollywood news: African screen media at the intersections of the global and the local Noah Tsika Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781138962316
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Weight: 594 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1138962317
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jul 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: From the "Heart of Darkness" to "Africa Rising"
  • Width: 156 mm


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