Newsmaking cultures in Africa : normative trends in the dynamics of socio-political & economic struggles /: normative trends in the dynamics of socio-political & economic struggles. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Foreword by Cleophas Taurai Muneri ; edited by Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara.
• Editors: Mabweazara, Hayes Mawindi, 1977-
• Contents: 1.Reinvigorating 'Age-Old Questions': African Journalism Cultures and the Fallacy of Global Normative Homogeneity, Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara.- Part I: Issues and Conceptual Debates.- 2.Towards a Journalism Education Model Curricula in Africa: A Call for a Glocal Rather than Global (Universal) Journalism Model, Ibrahim Seaga Shaw.- 3.African Journalism Cultures: The Struggle of Free Expression Against Neo-Patrimonial Governance, Robert A. White and Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara.-Part II: Professional Practices, Cultures and Identity.- 4.The Nairobian and the 'Politics' of Tabloidization in Kenya's Print Press, George Ogola.- 5. When Your 'Take-Home' Can Hardly Take You Home: Moonlighting and the Quest for Economic Survival in the Zimbabwean Press, Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara.- 6.Press Freedom in the African Great Lakes Region: A Comparative Study of Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Anke Fiedler and Marie-Soleil Frère.- 7.Newsmaking Practices in Uganda: A Comparative Framing Analysis of two Leading Newspapers, Brian Semujju.-Part III: Ethical and Professional Dilemmas.- 8.Brown envelope journalism: The Contradiction Between Ethical Mindset and Unethical Practice, Terje Skjerdal.- 9.Poor Capitalization and Corruption within the Nigerian Press, Muhammed Jameel Yusha'u.- 10.'Caught up in between a rock and a hard place'? A Comparative Study of how Business Journalists Negotiate Ethical Policies in Kenya and South Africa, Admire Mare.- 11.Media Ethics and Journalism in Tanzania, Ammina Kothari.-Part IV: Politics, Political Parallelism and Partisanship.- 12.Journalism, Politics and Professionalism in Zimbabwe, Wallace Chuma.- 13.Ideology as News: Political Parallelism in Botswana's Public Media, Letshwiti Batlhalefi Tutwane.- 14.The Journalistic Field in Ethiopia: Where Partisanship and Credibility Cohabit, Abdissa Zerai and Fitih Alemu.- 15.From Watchdogs to Hostages of Peace: The Kenyan Press and the 2013 General Election, Denis Galava.-Part V: New Media and Emerging Professional Cultures.- 16.'We Cannot Bite the Finger that Feeds Us': Journalists' Dilemmas and the Appropriation of 'Alternative' Media in Nigerian Print Newsrooms, Motilola Olufenwa Akinfemisoye.- 17.Reality check: The Nigerian Press and the Potentials of the Internet in the Domestication of International News, Mercy Ette.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 079.6; Journalism -- Africa
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137541093
• Related ISBNs: 9781137541086
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