This book contributes to a broadened theorisation of journalism by
exploring the intricacies of African journalism and its connections
with the material realities that underpin the profession on the
continent. It pulls together theoretically driven studies that
collectively deploy a wide range of evidence to shed some light on
newsmaking cultures in Africa - the everyday routines, defining
epistemologies, as well as ethical dilemmas. The volume digs
beneath the standardised and universalised veneer of
professionalism to unpack routine practices and normative trends
shaped by local factors, including the structural conditions of
deprivation, entrenched political instability (and interference),
pervasive neo-patrimonial governance systems, and the influences of
technological developments. These varied and complex circumstances
are shown to profoundly shape the foundations of journalism in
Africa, resulting in routine practices that are both normatively
distinct and equally in tune with (imported) Western journalistic
cultures. The book thus broadly points to the dialectical nature of
news production and the inconsistent and contradictory
relationships that characterise news production cultures in Africa.
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