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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: j. Siguru Wahutu (New York University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009431958ISBN 10: 1009431951 Pages: 220 Publication Date: 31 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of Contents1. 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.Reviews'In In the Shadow of the Global North, james Wahutu has produced a deeply provocative intellectual piece that meticulously illuminates the normative character and role of African journalism in the construction of knowledge about Africa. The book provides an alluringly sharp, and arguably fresh empirical and conceptual direction into the debates around the representations of Africa by uniquely centring and projecting the role of African journalists and experiences in ways that emphatically challenge, and rebuff entrenched (Western) conceptions of media representations of Africa, even as it draws on Western sociological theory. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in rethinking existing discourses on the representation of Africa in the news media.' Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK 'Wahutu's remarkable, original contribution is long-overdue - African journalism and journalism scholarship has for too long been colonized by scholars who would impose colonialist, paternalistic pathologies rather than appreciating its contribution as 'just different.' This deftly researched and theoretically-rich scholarship simultaneously makes the case for the importance of sovereignty and recognition of the African journalistic tradition while also identifying the complicity African journalists have in silencing African voices and reifying narratives of ethnic conflict, marginalization, and helplessness.' Nikki Usher, author of News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism Author Informationj. 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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